On March 31, Mark Bunker and I climbed a previously undocumented line on the northwest face of Snoqualmie Mountain (6,278’) that we called the Turf Testament. We did not see evidence of past ascents but would not be surprised to learn the route has been climbed previously.

Turf Testament begins in the large right-facing dihedral a few hundred feet uphill of the Slot Couloir's exit. We found two full pitches of rock, turf, and thin ice in the initial dihedral. Moving left at that point, two shorter pitches of connecting dihedrals led to the ridge between the Slot and Crooked couloirs. (Future parties may want to explore steeper variations directly above our second and third pitches.) After a short walk up the ridge, a final chockstone gully led to an exit just left of the summit cornice.

Based on conditions (both the climb and our own), we found the route comparable in difficulty to the nearby Pineapple Express, New York Gully, and all of their variations. 

– Rolf Larson