Let's Climb Johannesburg Mountain- Technical and Advanced Skills

This is a place holder and firm date and plan to be updated as we get closer to climb date- Conditions permitting.

Join the waitlist to be considered for this climb. Please, do not join if you are not able to operate independently and self sufficiently. Mountaineering skills required for this climb including; hiking, navigation, route finding, bushwhacking, 4th and 5th class scrambling, glacier travel, rope skills, work as a team, and more.

Johannesburg:
Listed in Washington's Difficult Ten Peaks with a stingy ascent record well under 40 all time and the most prominence of all ten Difficult peaks at 1560 feet. It definitely has a much higher failure record humbling the most skilled of climbers. One of the top ten hardest to climb in Washington State.

You can plan and train for it by climbing some of the more well know peaks. Rainier, Stuart, Hood, Eldorado, Black Peak, and a few of the other well known summits in the State.

Washington Difficult Ten List:

1. Lincoln Peak (9080 Feet)
2. Mox Peaks (8504 Feet)
3. Burgundy Spire (8400 Feet)
4. Mount Fury- West Peak (8305 Feet)
5. Nooksack Tower (8285 Feet)
6. Johannesburg Mountain (8200 Feet)
7. Hozomeen Mountain- South Peak (8003 Feet)
8. Inspiration Peak (7880 Feet)
9. Mount Index- Middle Peak (5493 Feet)
10. Mount Index- North Peak (5360 Feet)

I have been captivated by Johannesburg mountain for almost 15 years. I first saw it around 2009 and have been fantasizing about it. I knew I did not have the skills and the strength to make an attempt. Heck, I am not even sure I do now, but I think I am ready mentally and physically.

I plan to hit a few of the peaks along the Ptarmigan Traverse starting in late spring/early summer /2023. This one is close by and will likely be at the end of the season for me.

Johannesberg Mountain is very massive. It towers above the popular Cascade Pass trailhead. The Northeast Buttress is the longest line on the mountain on one of the biggest walls in the range.

Route:
Northeast Rib starting from Cascade Pass in North Cascade National Park.

Plan:
This is an overnight trip with one or two nights camped up high. The route takes us below The Triplets and Cascade Peak. Time and conditions permitting, we will climb all three starting with The Triplets and finishing with Johannesburg.

We will start early from the Park and Ride Friday around 7am and drive to the TH. Boots on the trail as soon as all the gear is packed.
Return Sunday by 6pm.

More details to come. In the meantime, here is more information to help you prepare:
From Peakbagger
From Summit Post

Gear:

• Minimalist mountaineering and glacier gear list
• Minimalist camping gear
• Minimalist hiking pack and clothing
• Stove fuel, water filter, and food for the duration
• Bug, wind, sun, and wet protection
• Depending on team size, we should have two or three 30m ropes

Getting There:
TBD
Carpooling- TBD (Meeting at Ashway Park and Ride)