North America, United States, Washington—Cascade Mountains, Big Snow Mountain, East Butteress

Publication Year: 1972.

Big Snow Mountain, East Buttress. Big Snow Mountain (6680 feet) lies north of the Snoqualmie Pass group. The east buttress is characterized by a prominent dihedral and overhangs along its crest. On May 11 Jeff Dial and I traversed the left side of lower Hardscrabble Lake and scrambled over two rock bands to reach the southern side of the buttress at 5400 feet. We stayed close to the crest while traversing under overhangs and moving generally from a southern to a northern exposure. The rock was very sound. There were 10 pitches, 4 of class four and the rest class five with occasional pins for aid. NCCS III, F7, A1.

DON WILLIAMSON