Washington Scrambles

Best Nontechnical Ascents

Peggy Goldman

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781594858413
• Edition: 2

CLICK HERE to download a sample from Washington Scrambles Scrambles are for people who need to be on a mountain top, but don't need a rope to get there!• An out-of-print guidebook completely redone and brought back by reader demand
• 80 challenging, but non-technical, ascents in Washington, plus 5 traversesAlpine scrambling is a form of nontechnical mountaineering that falls somewhere between high altitude hiking and rockclimbing. Ropes and other aids typically are not needed. This new, fully revised second edition features 85 routes, including 25 all-new scrambles not in the first edition, as well as a new chapter covering fi ve high-alpine traverses in the North Cascades.All routes are displayed on maps, many of which indicate alternative routes to the primary way up. Keep stats? Then you'll also appreciate the all-new "scramble statistics" table.

Table of contents

• Washington Scrambles: Selected Nontechnical Ascents 2nd Edition
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Scrambles at a Glance
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• NORTH CASCADES
• PASAYTEN WILDERNESS
• LAKE CHELAN–SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS
• GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS
• CENTRAL CASCADES
• ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS (NORTH)
• ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS (SOUTH)
• OKANOGAN–WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST
• MOUNT RAINIER
• SOUTH CASCADES
• OLYMPICS
• ALPINE TRAVERSES
• Appendix A: Scramble by Difficulty and Skill Level
• Appendix B: Equipment Lists
• Appendix C: Contact and Permit Information
• Index