North Face -

Crazy bushwhack. Apparently there is some flagging that leads you into a drainage that descends into the main valley. We didn't find it. Instead we bushwhacked from the White Salmon Lodge for about 4 hours before we came out onto the glacier.

We climbed the route the next day with a couple pitches of rock being the crux. We did this as a carryover to the Fisher Chimneys.

A couple things that are mislabeled on the map that you should really pay attention to so your final day isn't like hours with a tour nearly round the whole Shuksan Arm.
-The Hourglass is actually Hell's Highway. Either way it's the way to go down to the Fisher Chimneys
-Winnies Slide is mislabeled. It's actually the steep section of snow just below the Fisher bivi on the north side of the Shuksan Arm.
-Fisher Chimney's is mislabeled. We went all over the White Salmon Glacier to get to the mislabeling to find that wasn't it. This actually could of ended up pretty dangerous as we were out of food and all the up and down had us pretty wrecked. It is actually just after you come down Winnie's Slide and cross over a rock bench with some bivy spots. Don't go to the spot labeled on the map! It's way before that.

Once you get into the Fisher Chimneys it's pretty straightforward. If you're smart you'll arrange a ride or stash a bike at the Lake Ann trailhead.

Things were really cut up for us. Might bring more screws late season. We had 4 and used all of them and 2 pickets. Micro cams and ballnuts would be good protection for the rock section.

what a climb...great weather the day of the north face.
the route was in perfect shape. 2 minor injuries on the descent
to 2 in the party but made it out safely...beautiful.

Great climb, soloed the route car to car. Fun ice on the summit pyramid made for interesting climbing with a single axe.