Cascade Alpinist

Welcome!

wdixon — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:18:19 +0000

Cascade Alpinist is an outdoor gear distributor and representation agency that handles the territory of the greater Pacific Northwest.

We are passionate about the outdoors and the best gear possible. We don’t sell anything we wouldn’t use on our personal adventures.

We choose brands to represent based on quality

Back in the Sawtooh and Hoodoo Peak

Craig Dixon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:43:02 +0000

The south face of Hoodoo Peak appeared snow free, so we headed directly for the face. The guide book recommended climbing to the notch just north of Point 8071 but, we took a look at the face and decided that a mostly direct route was an easy scramble to the summit. It felt good to be climbing the large rough blocks of granite making our way upward the last 1264 feet to the summit. Hoodoo Peak is not a difficult objective being ranked as the 59th highest summit in Washington and after an hour and half we were on the summit.

Sawtooth Ramble in Early Fall

Craig Dixon — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:53:19 +0000

I was able to get a good look at the area and realized that the route over Horsehead Pass was not the most direct way to climb Mt. Bigelow. Goldman makes a single sentence mention in her guide book that there is a way up the peak from Hoodoo Pass. After studying it on the map, I confirmed my thinking that the West Ridge should be a direct and easy way up the peak. We would need to walk a little further to get to the summits of Switchback and Martin

Return to the Big and West Craggy

Craig Dixon — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:35 +0000

First light came early, so we decided to leave at second light which is about 8 o’clock. Leaving camp, I noted we had about 12 hours of daylight, plenty of time for a short easy scramble of two peaks. We followed the creek keeping between the edge of the talus field and the creek. Heading north and slightly west we walked through the open forest to gain the south trending arm that comes down from the pass that separates Big Craggy and West

Black Peak, 8970 Feet of Fun

Craig Dixon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:27:25 +0000

The view from on top was like a photo album of the peaks I want to climb. Logan, Goode, Silver Star, Tower and Golden Horn framed our summit vista. We hung out and enjoyed the sun for about a half an hour, cutting our stay short when we the view reminded us that we still needed to walk out the long valley before