Glenn Widener's Climbs

Glenn Widener's Climbs

Check out my cool new Google Earth trail mapping site ShareMyTrail.com! You will find flyovers of nearly all the climbs listed here.

Glenn at summit, Forbidden Peak, exactly age 45, Aug 10 2002.

Join me on some of my more "interesting" and beautiful climbing trips. Here are some of my all-time favorites:

Temple Crag, Moon Goddess Arete: Maximum Exposure
Dragontail Peak, Backbone Ridge: A ridge too long
Mt. Triumph: 11th inning stretch
Hood, Sunshine: best climb on the mountain
Shuksan, Fischer Chimneys: no wasted daylight
Burgundy Spire: the quintessence of alpine rock climbing

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Interested in climbing with me? Suggest a private climb objective, or for my scheduled Mazama climbs, send climb cards to:
Glenn Widener
2911 SW Stanley Ct.
Portland, OR 97219
Or email me.

Climbs planned for 2012 (Mazama leads): see my sharemytrails.com description and mapping pages:
Mt. Hood, Ladd Glacier Headwall, May 12 2012
Lemah Peak, July 14 2012
North Sister, NW Ridge, July 29 2012
Inspiration Peak, South Face, August 12 2012
Forbidden Peak, East Ridge, August 25 2012

Climbs in 2011
Mt. Hood, Sunshine: perfect!
Mt. Baker, Coleman-Deming: lots of snow...
Chimney Rock: and more snow...so no rock climbing
Washington Pass: finally some rock
Mt. Jefferson East Face: still more snow...
Climbs in 2010
Burgundy Spire
more climbing at Washington Pass
Mt Washington, OR
Exfoliation Dome
Hood South (new std route)
Climbs in 2009
Mt Adams, SW chutes ski
Smith Mazamas Advanced Rock field session
South Face Prusik Peak, Enchantments
St Helens Worm Flows, Mazama climb
Washington-Ellinor Traverse, Mazama climb
Climbs in 2008
Temple Crag, Moon Goddess Arete: Maximum Exposure
Acker Rock, Peregrine Traverse
Rainier, Disappointment Cleaver: Katie's graduation climb
Climbs in the Tatoosh: Castle, Pinnacle, Plummer, Unicorn
Climbs in 2007
Shasta: Clear Creek, April 27-29, 2007
Dragontail Peak, Backbone Ridge, July 6-9, 2007
Tetons: Direct South Ridge, Nez Perce, Caves Arete, Disappointment Peak, July 20-26, 2007

Climbs in 2006
Mazamas Basic School, Gerald Itkin's group, Horsethief 2006
Chimney Rock, June24, 2006: Triflin' with the man-mountain
Mt. Thomson West Ridge, July 10, 2006: Very fun, but a lot longer than it looks
Sloan Peak, Corkscrew Route, July 15, 2006: Fun, easy climb, heinous approach
Mt. Stuart West Ridge, August 26, 2006: I finally get up this thing!

Climbs in 2005
Eldorado, July 2005: Technical approach to a non-technical climb...
Baker, Easton Glacier, July 2005: Glenn finally ski-descends credibly...

Climbs in 2004
Mt Hood, South, May 2 2004: Mt Hood the cheatin' way
North Sister, July 4 2004: great climb on third attempt, ignoring "rescued" skis...
Pete's Pile, August 2004: a quick visit to a "secret" climbing area along the Hood River
South Sister, August 2004: My daughter's second peak, repeat of my first Mazama climb
Mt. Stuart, Direct North Ridge, August 2004: North Ridge the hard way
Smith Rock, October 2004: some quick digital shots of a Smith weekend, including with Miriam on "Wherever They May Roam"

Climbs in 2003
21 Peak Salute, August 2003: First dry run runs dry...
Middle Sister, July 2003: My daughter's first mountain; my largest team to date
North Sister, July 2003: Failed but oh-so-fun attempt on the beautiful approach and climb on the N. Ridge.
The Tooth, July 2003: A classic fun 5.4 4-pitch climb at Snoqualmie Pass, Mazama trip, Robert Joy leading
Yosemite weekend, May 2003: Crazy 5-day road trip!

Climbs in 2002
Jefferson East Face, July 27 2002: a really great climb, except that most handholds are portable
West Ridge of Forbidden Peak, August 10 2002: my first "50 classics" climb - happy birthday to me!
Mt. Washington, North Ridge, September 2002 - I finally get up it!
Ingalls, East Ridge, July 2002
Rooster Rock, with Brian and Keith Langenwalter, July 2002 - one nice sunset photo
Ski tour, east face of Mt. Scott, May 2002 - huh? It's the high point in Crater Lake NP.

Glenn's scary stories:
Jefferson, Jeff Park Glacier, July 2000: The Bivvy
Bad Day at Beacon Rock, November 1995

Other good climbs from earlier years:
Ingalls Peak, Aug2000: great climb on the way to no climb...
St Helens, Monitor Ridge, June 1998: 5 dads, 5 daughters
Glacier, Frostbite Ridge, July 1997
Three Fingered Jack, October 1999

Brian's stories on Glenn:
Our first attempt on Ranier, 1994 - never made it to base camp, but great photos from Burroughs Mt.! Brian's story told here does little to enhance my reputation as a climb leader...
N. Ridge, South Sister (Silver Couloir variation), 1993 - my first hard lead - and Brian's great story.

Other climbs and miscellaneous mountain photos

Future climb ideas and tentative project list for the 2008 season

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