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crabio Member
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:52 pm
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I have looked at that mountain for 20 years and always wondered ..... How would one go about climbing up to the top of there ????
I have seen guided tours up Mt Rainer all the time but I never hear anything about Mt Olympus.
Is there a standard route up that mountain ?
How difficult is it to get up on the peak ????
Anyone here ever done that ?????????
Just curious !
-Crabio
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Randy Cube Rat
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:55 pm
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A Google search will bring you a lot of information. It's climbed all the time, especially via the Hoh River.
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yukon222 Member
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:57 pm
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joker seeker
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:01 pm
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The classic route via the hoh is also well described in a few guidebooks.
I very much enjoyed the trip several Augusts ago. We allowed 6 nights/7 days for our journey, which gave us time for lingering along the river as well as 2 nights at a high camp. As a contrast, on our summit day the only others we saw were three guys who I later learned had clocked it in just under 14 hours car-to-car. They seemed to be having fun too. Doing it in 3 days strikes me as particularly tough - two long days with the camping gear, but some folks are clearly better beasts of burden than me.
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crabio Member
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:14 pm
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So how technical of a climb is it or is it just a big long steep hike ?
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crabio Member
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:16 pm
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Never mind .... just read that trip report. It ain't no day hike that's for sure but man it looks like fun !
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bobbi stillaGUAMish
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:41 pm
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bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
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SlowWalker Perma-grinner
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Jason Hummel Member
Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 1209 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma Washington |
crabio wrote: | Never mind .... just read that trip report. It ain't no day hike that's for sure but man it looks like fun ! |
Actually http://cascadeclassics.org/Climbing/Olympus/Summer03/MountOlympus_Summer03.htm
Some good pictures of the area, but not the style I would recommend for the knees but I do enjoy fast trips like that every once and awhile.
BTW, a wonderful climb. 4 days would be relaxing. The trail is super easy. Go for a hike up there and enjoy the area and get to know it. Later come back for a climb. The rock is 4th class (although there is a 3rd class route somewhere) and it's only a pitch. There's some easy glacier with some big gapers.
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Flora Enjoying the Sun!
Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 1035 | TRs | Pics Location: Land of many waters |
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:21 pm
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There's a nice view of Mt. Olympus from High Divide... The Mt. O climb is a NW classic, long slog in, but well worth it according to climber types. Not me! I've just hiked to Elk Lake. Camping by the river is fine by me. Beachcombing on the Hoh.
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graywolf Member
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:33 am
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I've climbed Olympus eight times, dating back to 1976. It's a beautiful climb - one of my favorites, if not my favorite. Done it fast, done it slow, always in good weather. If you go from mid-July on, there's a pretty good chance you won't get rained on at all (even though it's the rain forest!).
The 3rd class route is more realistically a 4th class pitch. I've climbed up to 5.13b in my younger days, and I disagree with the 3rd class rating. My buddy and I climbed it thee times without a rope (didn't even bring one), but I wouldn't recommend that for a fair majority of climbers because of the exposure on the summit pyramid.
There used to be a guide service out of Port Angeles, and the main guide, Steve, has done Olympus well over 80 times, if not over 100. Unfortunately that store closed recently, and I'm not sure that anyone is guiding Olympus anymore.
The only easy day was yesterday...
The only easy day was yesterday...
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
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Helicopter?
NWHikers Mi-24 Hind attack Hiking Helicopter
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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bobbi stillaGUAMish
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 8012 | TRs | Pics Location: olympics! |
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:40 am
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perfect backpacker joe! i always said that if i win the lottery i'll buy a helicopter and hire a pilot to take me to the trailhead of my favorite peaks.
helicopter to snowdome-awesome!
bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
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ScottM Member
Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 363 | TRs | Pics Location: The Olympics |
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:58 am
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Mountain Madness out of Seattle offer the Olympus climb each year. This year it is mid July I believe. It is 5 days for around $800 (this includes food). I climbed Baker a couple of years ago with the MM guide that had led the Olympus climb the week before. I'm not sure about those 2 guys in that previous post but unless I knew that glacier very well I think I would have been roped up.
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summithound Climbing Connoisseur
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:42 pm
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crabio wrote: | How would one go about climbing up to the top of there ???? |
Step 1) Make sure you have all the appropriate gear and it's in top shape
Step 2) Make sure you are in shape
Step 3) Take time off work
Step 4) Drive out to the trailhead
Step 5) Hike
Step 6) Climb
Step 7) Don't die on the way back down
Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
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