\n\t\t\t\tThe Pickets (Austin Shannon)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>
\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nLooking for the full Cascade experience? The Picket Range has all you need and more!\u00c2\u00a0 Climbing in the Cascades will test a climber to his or her absolute end.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picket Range is no exception.\u00c2\u00a0 I recently had the opportunity to guide a trip to the Southern Pickets.\u00c2\u00a0 Peaks such as Inspiration (7,880ft), Degenhardt (8,000ft), and West McMillan Spire (8,000ft) were on the top of our tick list.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The hike from the parking lot to camp in Terror Basin is 6,000ft of elevation gain over just a few miles!<\/p>\n
Yes the Pickets are rugged; yes they are the most remote range in Washington State.\u00c2\u00a0 But they are every bit worth the effort.\u00c2\u00a0 The remote campsite of Terror Basin is everything the alpine climber can hope for.\u00c2\u00a0 Beautiful streams running by the campsite.\u00c2\u00a0 Few visitors.\u00c2\u00a0 And perfect panorama views of the Southern Pickets.\u00c2\u00a0 One major advantage to the long rugged approach is, once your there most of the work is done.\u00c2\u00a0 Many summits are available from the Terror Basin campsite.<\/p>\n
The climbing on Degenhardt and West McMillan spire is wonderful.\u00c2\u00a0 It offers climbers great alpine exposure, magnificent views of Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan to the North and Glacier Peak and Mt. Rainier to the south.\u00c2\u00a0 If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a climber looking for more to explore in Washington, I highly recommend the Picket Range.<\/p>\n
After we had two great summits of Degnhardt and West McMillian Spire we headed over Washington Pass to the small town of Mazama, Washington.\u00c2\u00a0 Mazama is a climber\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paradise.\u00c2\u00a0 Great places to eat, fun swimming holes on the river, and spectacular granite climbing make Mazama a true destination climbing spot.<\/p>\n
The Goat Wall is just 4 miles up lost river road outside Mazama.\u00c2\u00a0 Prime Rib of Goat is a Mazama classic.\u00c2\u00a0 This route is an 11 pitch 1300\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 grade III sport climb.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Prime Rib is a great summer climb when the temperature is hot in the valley.\u00c2\u00a0 The route itself is in the shade all day and gets any sort of valley breeze.\u00c2\u00a0 After our tough ascents in the Picket Range the short approach of The Goat wall was welcomed.<\/p>\n
IMG Lead Guide Austin Shannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
August 2, 2016 Looking for the full Cascade experience? The Picket Range has all you need and more!\u00c2\u00a0 Climbing in the Cascades will test a climber to his or her absolute end.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picket Range is no exception.\u00c2\u00a0 I recently had the opportunity to guide a trip to the Southern Pickets.\u00c2\u00a0 Peaks such as Inspiration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-cascades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15656,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655\/revisions\/15656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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