Scrambling

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Scrambling

Off trail adventures generally with a Summit

Warning: Some Scrambling requires special training and gear. All Scrambling requires solid Navigational Skills. If you don't have trained and experienced leads in your unit, you will need to find one or consult with a guide or other climb expert.

Do NOT Attempt Outdoor Climbing or Scrambling without properly Trained Instructors!

Scrambling

These trips can be mild or wild, depending on your destination. Many are appropriate for Scouts and many are beyond what you can expect the average Scout or Adult to complete safely.

Grading Scrambles

There are a number of ways to grade Scrambles, and it is important to understand the various grading systems before you set out on a big adventure.

Yosemite Decimal System (YDS)

Class 1: Similar to hiking; a steep walk where hands are generally not needed.
Class 2: A steeper walk or easy scramble that is less technical than a Class 1 hike, but still may involve some hands for balance.
Class 3: Scrambling where hands are used for balance, but rope is not typically needed, although it may be carried.
Class 4: Simple climbing where a rope is often used, and a fall could be fatal.
Class 5: Technical rock climbing where rope and protection are required.

Strenuous Rating: In addition to the class, the YDS also has a strenuous rating (1-5) that indicates the overall difficulty of the route, from easiest (1) to most strenuous (5).

UK Scrambling Grades (1-3)

Grade 1: The easiest routes, requiring both hands and feet but typically with no need for ropes.
- Examples include Striding Edge on Helvellyn or Crib Goch in Snowdonia, which can be easy but have some exposed sections.
Grade 2: More technical than Grade 1, with less frequent or less obvious handholds and more exposure.
- Route finding can be more difficult.
- Examples include Pinnacle Ridge and Bristly Ridge.
Grade 3: The most difficult grade, involving longer periods of technical scrambling.
- These routes require confidence, experience, and often a rope for protection.

There are a few other Rating Systems used the the French and others, but the Yosemite and UK systems are the most common ones you'll see.

Scrambles

Here are a few popular scrambles to Peaks in Washington State.

Adams
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Southern Cascades
- 12 Miles
- 6,700' Gain
Alta
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/4
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 12 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Angeles
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/1
- Olympics
- 3 Miles
- 2,100' Gain
Ann
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 8 Miles
- 3,500' Gain
Arrowhead
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/2
- Stevens Pass
- 7 Miles
- 3,300' Gain
Bald
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/1
- Mountain Loop Hwy
- 8 Miles
- 2,000' Gain
Baldy
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Olympics
- 7
- 2,900' Gain
Baring
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/3
- Highway 2
- 6 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Barrier
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 12 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Bean
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/1
- North of Cle Elum
- 10 Miles
- 3,300
Bedal
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Mountain Loop Hwy
- 10 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Bills
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- Teanaway area
- 8 Miles
- 3,300' Gain
Black
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- N Casc. - Rainy Pass
- 12 Miles
- 4,200' Gain
Black Tusk
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- B.C. - N of Vancouver
- 23 Miles
- 5,400' Gain
Breccia
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- 12 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Bryant
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 10 Miles
- 3,500' Gain
Buckhorn
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/3
- Olympics
- 12 Miles
- 4,500' Gain
Cadet
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Monte Cristo
- 15 Miles
- 4,800' Gain
Carrie
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- Olympics
- 26 Miles
- 5,600' Gain
Cashmere
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Leavenworth
- 18 Miles
- 5,200' Gain
Chaval
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Glacier Pk.
- Wilderness
- 10 Miles
- 5,000' Gain
Chikamin
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- Alpine Lakes W.A.
- 18 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Church Lookout
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 9 Miles
- 3,900' Gain
Chutla
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/1
- Rainier Nat'l Park
- 7 Miles
- 3,200' Gain
Circle
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/1
- Darrington
- 6 Miles
- 2,700' Gain
Clark
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- Glacier Pk Wilderness
- 22 Miles
- 6,200' Gain
Coleman Pn
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/1
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 9 Miles
- 1,600' Gain
Daniel
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness
- 15 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Deception
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Olympics
- 20 Miles
- 6,200' Gain
Defiance
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/3
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 8 Miles
- 3,500' Gain
Del Campo
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Monte Cristo
- 13 Miles
- 4,200' Gain
Denny
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/1
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 4 Miles
- 2,400' Gain
Dickerman
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Mountain Loop Highway
- 8 Miles
- 3,700' Gain
Eagle Rock
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Highway 2
- 3 Miles
- 2,600' Gain
Earl
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Teanaway area
- 8 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Echo Rock
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 12 Miles
- 3,300' Gain
Ellinor
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/1
- Olympics
- 6 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Esmeralda - W Pk
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Teanaway area
- 8 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Fay
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/1
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 3 Miles
- 1,600' Gain

Fernow
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- Hwy 2- Skykomish
- 8 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Fire
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- 12 Miles
- 4,300' Gain
Forgotten
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Mtn Loop Hwy
- 10 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Gardner
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- East of Wash. Pass
- 24 Miles
- 6,000' Gain
Goat
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 10 Miles
- 4,400' Gain
Goat Island
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/3
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 9 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Gothic
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Monte Cristo
- 12 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Granite
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/3
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 8 Miles
- 3,800
Granite
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Upper Cle Elum River
- 18 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Graywolf
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Olympics
- 9 Miles
- 4,700' Gain
Green
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- 8 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Grindstone
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Leavenworth
- 10 Miles
- 4,500
Guye
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/1
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 5 Miles
- 2,100' Gain
Hadley
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 16 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Hannegan
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 10 Miles
- 3,100' Gain
Hardy
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- North Cascades
- 5 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Hi Box
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 8 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Hidden Lake
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Marblemount
- 9 Miles
- 3,300' Gain
Higgins - W Pk.
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/3
- Darrington area
- 9 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Howard
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Stevens Pass
- 12 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Hurricane
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- 8 Miles
- 3,500' Gain
Index
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/5
- Highway 2
- 8 Miles
- 4,100' Gain
Ingalls, S Peak
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- North of Cle Elum
- 12 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Jim Hill
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- Stevens Pass
- 8 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Jove
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Stevens Pass
- 5 Miles
- 2,900' Gain
Jumbo
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Darrington
- 5 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Kaleetan
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/4
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 12 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Kendall
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/2
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 10 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Kyes
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Monte Cristo
- 14 Miles
- 5,300' Gain
Labyrinth
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Stevens Pass
- 7 Miles
- 2,600' Gain
Larrabee
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 10 Miles
- 2,600' Gain
Lennox
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Highway 2 - Skykomish
- 10 Miles
- 4,500' Gain
Lichtenberg
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/1
- Stevens Pass
- 7 Miles
- 1,800' Gain
Little Annapurna
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/5
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness
- 15 Miles
- 5,200' Gain
Lookout
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Marblemount
- 9 Miles
- 4,400' Gain
Malachite
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Highway 2
- 10 Miles
- 4,700' Gain
Mastiff
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Stevens Pass
- 10 Miles
- 3,700' Gain
Maude
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/5
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- 14 Miles
- 5,600' Gain
Merchant
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/4
- Highway 2
- 5 Miles
- 3,900' Gain

Mother, First
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/1
- Mt.Rainier Nat'l Park
- 4 Miles
- 1,500' Gain
Navajo
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- Teanaway area
- 14 Miles
- 4,100' Gain
Observation Rock
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park
- 12 Miles
- 4,200' Gain
Oval
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/4
- NE of Lk Chelan
- 14 Miles
- 4,400' Gain
Park Butte
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/2
- Mount Baker Recreation Area
- 7 Miles
- 2,100' Gain
Persis
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/1
- Highway 2
- 4 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Phelps
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- N Fork Snoqualmie River
- 5 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Pilchuck
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Granite Falls
- 8 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Pinnacle
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/1
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 4 Miles
- 1,700' Gain
Pratt
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/2
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 10 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Pugh
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Mountain Loop Highway
- 10 Miles
- 5,300' Gain
Rampart
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/3
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 12 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Red
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/2
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 10 Miles
- 2,900' Gain
Red (Painted)
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Glacier Pk.
- Wilderness
- 6 Miles
- 4,900' Gain
Rock
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/4
- East of Stevens Pass
- 10 Miles
- 4,100' Gain
Ruby
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/5
- North Cascades
- 18 Miles
- 6,200' Gain
Ruth
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/5
- Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park
- 9 Miles
- 4,400' Gain
Seven Fingered Jack
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Glacier Pk Wilderness
- 14 Miles
- 5,600' Gain
Silver
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/1
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 4 Miles
- 1,800' Gain
Snoqualmie
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/2
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 4 Miles
- 3,200' Gain
Snowking
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/5
- Glacier Pk. Wilderness
- 11 Miles
- 6,500' Gain
Sperry
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/2
- Mountain Loop Highway
- 8 Miles
- 3,600' Gain
St. Helens
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- South Cascades
- 9 Miles
- 4,600' Gain
Stickney
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/1
- Highway 2
- 5 Miles
- 2,000' Gain
Stillaguamish
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Mtn Loop Hwy
- 12 Miles
- 3,600' Gain
Stone
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/4
- Olympics
- 8 Miles
- 4,200' Gain
Tamanos
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/2
- Mount Rainier Nat'l Park
- 10 Miles
- 3,000' Gain
Teanaway Pk.
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/2
- Teanaway area
- 7 Miles
- 2,900' Gain
Teneriffe
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/4
- Middle Fk Snoqualmie
- 7 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Three Fingers, South Peak
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/5
- Mountain Loop Highway
- 14 Miles
- 4,000' Gain
Tinkham
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/2
- Snoqualmie Pass
- 5 Miles
- 1,600' Gain
Townsend
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/3
- Highway 2
- 9 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Trappers
- Technical/Strenuous: 2/3
- N Cascades Nat'l Park
- 12 Miles
- 3,400' Gain
Tyler
- Technical/Strenuous: 1/3
- Olympics
- 8 Miles
- 2,500' Gain
Vesper
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Mountain Loop Highway
- 8 Miles
- 3,800' Gain
Wallaby
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/3
- N Casc - Wash. Pass
- 5 Miles
- 2,800' Gain
Wedge (Pt.6885)
- Technical/Strenuous: 4/2
- Leavenworth area
- 5 Miles
- 2,600' Gain
White Chuck
- Technical/Strenuous: 5/1
- Darrington
- 4 Miles
- 2,700' Gain
Yellow Aster
- Technical/Strenuous: 3/3
- Mt. Baker Wilderness
- 9 Miles
- 3,200' Gain

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