These are Beyond what Most Scout Units can do, even with training
Warning: These climbs require advanced skills and significant conditioning. These climbs and beyond what many Mountaineers will be capable of completing without a guide.
Baker / Park Gl. Headwall (I-II)
Big Four / N Face (III)
The Brothers / Traverse (II)
Bonanza / Mary Green Gl (III )
Bonanza / SE Ridge (III)
Bonanza / Traverse (II)
Cascade – Mixup Traverse (III)
Challenger / Challenger Gl (II)
Chimney Rock / East Face (II)
Chiwawa / Lyman Glacier (II)
Cloudcap / E Ridge (II-III)
Colchuck / North Buttress (II)
Columbia / S Ridge (II)
Constance / N Chute (III)
Constance / Traverse (III)
Degenhardt / Degenhardt Gl (III)
Despair -Triumph / Traverse (III)
Dome / Dome Traverse (II)
Edith Cavell / E Ridge (III)
Eldorado / NE Face (III)
Elkhorn / S Ridge (III)
Formidable / N Ridge (II)
Fury / E Ridge (III)
German Helmet / N Ridge (II)
Glacier Peak / Scimitar Glacier (II)
Goode / SW Couloir (II)
Gunsight / W Face (II)
Himmelhorn / Regular Rt (II)
Jack / N Ridge (II)
Jack / E Ridge (II)
Jefferson / Jefferson Park Gl (II)
Johannesburg / S Face (III)
Kaleetan / N Ridge (II)
Matier / E Ridge (BC) (III)
Ottohorn / Regular Rt (II)
Rainier / Fuhrer Finger (II)
Rainier / Gibraltar Ledges (II)
Rainier / Success Cleaver (II)
Rainier / Sunset Ridge (III)
Rainier / Tahoma Glacier (II)
Rexford / NE Ridge (II-III)
Sheep Gap / N Face (II)
Sloan / NE Ridge (BC) (III)
Spickard / N Face (III)
Three Fingers / NW Ridge (II)
Triconi / North Ridge (II)
Twin Sisters / Traverse (II)
Agnes / S Ridge (II 5.6)
Argonaut / NE Ridge (II 5.8 A1)
Argonaut / NW Arete (II-III 5.7)
Argonaut / SE Ridge (II 5.6)
Athelstan/Moonraker (BC) (III 5.7)
Bear Mtn. / N Face, W Buttress (III 5.8)
Big Four / N Face, Tower Rt (IV 5.7)
Big Kangaroo / S Face (III 5.9)
Big Kangaroo / W Route (II 5.5)
Big Snow Mtn. / E Buttress (III 5.7)
Black Peak / NW Face (II 5.5)
Black Pyramid / N Face (II 5.6 A1)
Black Pyramid / NE Face of E Pinnacle (II 5.7)
Black Pyramid / NW Face (II 5.7)
Blackcomb Peak/DOA (BC) (II 5.7)
Blum / N Ridge (III 5.9)
Bonanza / N Face of SW Peak (V 5.9)
Bonanza / S Face (II 5.5)
Booker / NE Face (III 5.8)
Burgundy Spire / Corkscrew Rt (III 5.8)
Burgundy Spire / N Face (III 5.8)
Burgundy Spire / W Face (III 5.9)
Cascade / N Buttress (II 5.6)
Cashmere / NW Ridge of NE Pyramid (II 5.6)
Castle Peak / N Face (III 5.8 A1)
Castle Peak / N Face, W Side (II 5.)
Cathedral Peak (CA) / SE Buttress (III 5.9)
Cathedral Peak (BC) / S Face (III 5.9)
Cathedral Peak (BC) / SE Buttress (III 5.8/5.9)
Challenger / NE Spur of E Face (II 5.6)
Chamois / N Buttress (II 5.7)
Chamois / Les Cornes, E Face (II 5.7)
Chaval / North Ridge (II-III 5.7)
Chianti Spire / Rebel Yell (III 5.10)
Chianti Spire / Standard Rt (II 5.6)
Chimney Rock / E Face Direct (II 5)
Chimney Rock / E Face of N Peak (II 5.8)
Chimney Rock / SE Face of N Peak (III 5.7)
Chopping Block/ NE Ridge (II 5.5)
Colchuck / NE Buttress (III-IV 5.8)
Colchuck Balanced Rock / NW Buttress (III 5.8)
Colonial / NW Couloir (II 5.6)
Comet Spire / E Face, Center Rt (III 5.7)
Concord Tower / North Face (II 5.6)
Concord Tower / Cave Rt (II 5.7)
Constance / N Face (IV 5.7)
Constance / Red Dike (III 5.5)
Constance / W Arete (III 5.4)
Crooked Thumb / NE Face (II 5)
Crown Mtn/ Widomaker Arete (BC) (IV 5.9)
Cutthroat / SE Buttress (III 5.6)
Cutthroat / S Face (III 5.7 A4)
Davis / NE Face Couloir (III 5.6)
Dorado Needle / E Ridge (II 5.5)
Dorado Needle / S Face of SW Buttress (IV 5.8)
Dorado Needle / SW Buttress (III 5.7)
Dragontail / Backbone Ridge (IV 5.9)
Dragontail / Colchuck Col Buttress (II 5.6)
Dragontail / N Face, Hidden Couloir (III 5.7)
Dragontail / NE Couloir (II 5.7)
Dragontail - NE Towers / NE Buttress (III-IV 5.9)
Dragontail / Serpentine Arete (IV 5.8)
Early Morning Spire / SW Face (IV 5.9)
Eldorado / E Ridge Direct (III 5.8)
Eldorado / S Face (III 5.4)
Eldorado / W Arete (IV 5.8)
Elephant Head / NW Ridge (III 5.8)
Elephant’s Perch (III 5.9)
Exfoliation Dome / Blueberry Buttress (III 5.9)
Fin, N Face (II 5.7)
Forbidden / E Ridge Direct (III 5.7-8)
Forbidden / N Ridge (III 5.4)
Forbidden / NW Face (IV 5.6)
Forbidden / W Ridge (II 5.3)
Fury / N Buttress (III-IV 5.6)
Garfield - W Peak / S Face (III 5.5)
Goode / NE Buttress (III-IV 5.4)
Goode / NE Face (III-IV 5)
Goode / NW Ridge (III 5)
Green Giant Buttress / Dreamer (IV 5.9)
Gunsight / E Face (III 5)
Gunsight / SW Face (II 5.6)
Guye / Improbable Traverse. (II 5.8)
Guye / W Face, Ramp Rt (II-III 5.8)
Habrich / Gambit Grooves (III 5.7)
Habrich / SW Nose (III 5.8)
Half Dome / Snake Dike (III 5.7)
Index Town Wall / Town Crier (IV 5.8 A2)
Index - Middle Peak / W Face (IV 5)
Index - N Peak / E Face (IV 5.7)
Index - N Peak / N Face (III 5.6)
Ingalls / E Ridge (Ii 5.7)
Inspiration / E Ridge (II 5)
Inspiration / S Face (III 5.8)
Inspiration / W Ridge (II 5.6)
Jack / SE Ridge (III 5.6)
Joffre/NW Rib (BC) (III 5.8)
Joffre/ Enchainment (BC) (IV 5.9)
Johannesburg / NE Face (’67) (IV 5.6)
Johannesburg / NE Rib (III 5.4)
Johannesburg / W Rib of NE Rib (III 5.3)
Juno Tower / Clean Break (IV 5.10)
Kangaroo Temple / E Face (II-III 5.8)
Kangaroo Temple / NW Face (II 5.7)
Kangaroo Temple / SW Face (III 5.8)
Keyes / NW Ridge (III 5 + Aid)
Keyes / NE Ridge (II 5.4)
Lexington Tower / E Face (III-IV 5.9+)
Liberty Bell / Barberpole (III 5.9)
Liberty Bell / Liberty Crack (IV 5.9 A2)
Liberty Bell / N Face (II 5.8)
Liberty Bell / NW Face (II-III 5.9)
Liberty Bell / SW Face (II 5.6)
Little Annapurna / S Face (II 5.6)
Little Mac Spire / SW Arete (II 5.8)
Logan / NW Buttress (III 5.7)
Matier / SW Buttress (BC) (IV 5.7)
McMillan Spire / N Buttress of E Spire (IV 5.9)
McMillan Spire / N Face of W Spire (III 5.6)
McMillan Spire / SE Face of W Spire (II 5.7)
Minuteman Tower / E Face (III 5.10)
Molar Tooth / NE Arete (II 5.6)
Mole / N Face (II 5.7)
Mole / SW Rib (II 5.9)
Mole / W Face (II 5.7)
Nooksack Tower / NE Face (III 5.4)
N Early Winter Spire / N Face (II 5.7)
N Early Winter Spire / NW Corner (III 5.9)
Overseer Mtn / SW Face (BC) (III 5.8)
Paisano Pinnacle / W Face (III 5.8)
Professor / W Face (II 5.5)
Prusik / W Ridge (II 5.7)
Prusik / S Face (III 5.9)
Rexford / E & NE Ridge (BC) (III 5.7)
Royal Arches / Royal Arches (IV 5.9)
Sherpa / N Ridge (II-III 5.8)
Sherpa / W Ridge (II 5.4)
Shuksan / NW Arete (III 5.7)
Shuksan / NW Rib (III 5.8)
Sir Donald / NW Arete (III 5.2)
Silver Star / W Buttress (III 5.8 A1)
Slesse / NE Buttress (V 5.10)
Slesse / NW Face (II 5.6)
Slesse / W Pillar (II 5.8)
Sloan / SE Face (II 5.7)
Sloan / W Face (II-III 5.5)
Snoqualmie / NY Coulouir (Winter) (III 5.8 A1)
Snow Creek Wall / Mary Jane Dihedral (III 5.9)
Snow Creek Wall / Orbit (III 5.8+)
Snow Creek Wall / Outer Space (III 5.9)
S Early Winter Spire / N Face (II 5.10 A2)
S Early Winter Spire / W Face (III 5.10)
Sperry / E Face, C Rib (III-IV 5.8)
Sperry / E Face, N Rib (II 5.7)
Spire Point / S Face (II 5.6)
Static Point / Curious Cube (III 5.9)
Static Point / Off Line (III 5.10)
Static Point / On Line (III 5.10)
Stuart / N Ridge (III 5.7)
Stuart / NE Face (IV 5.9)
Stuart / NW Face (IV 5.8 A1)
Stuart / Razorback Ridge (III 5.9)
Stuart / W Ridge (II 5.4)
Swiss Peak / Northeast Face (IV+ 5.8)
Terror / E Ridge (II 5.6)
Terror / N Face (III 5.8)
Three Fingers / NE Buttress (II-III 5)
Three Musketeers / S Face (II 5.6)
Thompson / W Ridge (II 5.4)
Toketie Wall / N Prow (III 5.9)
Tooth / E Face (II 5.7)
Tooth / S Face (winter) (II 5.4)
Tooth / SW Face (II 5.7)
Torment / S Ridge (II 5.4)
Torment-Forbidden Traverse (IV 5.6)
Triumph / NE Ridge (III 5.5)
Triumph / NW Ridge (II 5.3)
Triumph / S Ridge (II 5.6)
Twin Spires / SE Spire (II-III 5)
Vayu / NW Ridge (BC) (IV 5.5)
Vesper / N Face (II-III 5.8)
Warbonnet / S Face (II 5.6)
Wedge Mtn / NW Rib (BC) (IV 5.7)
Whitechuck / SW Face (II 5.6)
Whitechuck / W Face (III 5.7)
Whitehorse/ E Ridge (II 5.3)
Witches Tower / NE Face (II 5.8)
Witches Tower / NW Buttress (II 5.7)
Fissile Pk / NW Face (BC) (II-III)
Fitzsimmons / N Face (BC) (IV)
Forbidden / NW Face of N Ridge (II-III)
Formidable / Formidable Gl (II-III)
Formidable / Formidable Gl Direct (II-III)
Formidable / NE Glaciers & E Ridge (III)
Fury / NE Face (III)
Hood / Cathedral Ridge (III)
Hood / Luethold Couloir (III)
Hood / N Face (III)
Hood / Sandy Headwall (III)
Hood / Yocum Ridge (III)
James Turner / N Face (BC) +5.7 rock .V)
Joffre / NE Glacier (BC) + 5.8 rock (IV)
Joffre / Central Couloir (BC) (IV)
Joffre / The Ramp (BC) (IV)
Joffre / Twisting Couloir (BC) (IV)
Johannesburg / CJ Couloir (III)
Kyes / Upper Pride Glacier (III)
Mesachie Peak / Mesachie Icefall Couloir (II-III)
Matier / NW Face (BC) (III)
Maude / Entiat Icefall (III)
Maude / N Face (III)
Observation Rock / N Face (II)
Pingora / N Face (III)
Rainier / Edmunds Headwall (III-IV)
Rainier / Kautz Headwall (II-III)
Rainier / Kautz Glacier (II)
Rainier / Liberty Ridge (III-IV)
Rainier / Mowich Face (III-IV)
Rainier / N Mowich Headwall (IV)
Rainier / Nisqually Icefall (II-III)
Rainier / Ptarmigan Ridge (IV)
Rainier / S Tahoma Headwall (IV)
Redoubt / NE Face (III)
Robson / Kain Face (IV)
Robson / N Face (IV)
Sampson / N Face (BC) (IV)
Sauk / N Face (Winter) (II)
Serratus / N Face (BC) (III-IV)
Shuksan / Nooksack Cirque Wall (II-III)
Shuksan / N Face (II-III)
Shuksan / Upper Nooksack GIacier (II)
Sinister / N Face (II-III)
Spider / N Face Rt. 1 (III)
Spider / N Face Rt. 2 (II-III)
Stuart / Stuart Glacier Couloir (II-III)
Tooth, NE Slabs (Winter) (II)
Torment / NW Glacier (III)
Weart / N Face (BC) (IV)
Wedge / NW Couloir (BC (III-IV)
Wedge / Wedge Couloir (BC (III-IV)
A water ice climb is a type of climbing that involves ascending frozen waterfalls, other frozen flows, or ice formed from running water. Unlike alpine ice, which forms from glacial ice or consolidated snow, water ice climbs are often temporary and change as temperatures fluctuate.
Borgeau / Right-hand (WI 4)
Bow Falls (WI 3-4)
Cascade Falls (WI 3)
Cascade Waterfall (WI 3)
Great White Icicle. (WI)
Guiness Gully. (WI 4)
Horsetail Falls (WI)
Lady Wilson’s Cleavage. (W 3)
Murchison Falls (WI 4+)
Night n’ Gale (WI 4+)
Nothing but the Breast (WI)
The Professor Falls (WI 4)
The Ribbon (WI)
Sinatra Falls. (WI 2)
Synchronicity (WI 4)
This House of Sky (WI 3-4)
Fred Beckey’s Cascade Alpine Guide
Kevin McLane's Canadian Rock: Select Climbs of the West
Jim Nelson and Peter Potterfield's Selected Climbs in the Cascades
Alan Kearney’s Classic Climbs in the Northwest