Snoqualmie Pass The Tooth Summit Climb

The Tooth Seasonal Routes

Northeast Buttress – Summer – 

The Northeast Buttress of Chair Peak is an alpine route that will make you feel like you are in the rugged mountains of the North Cascades. Instead, you’re only an hour away from Seattle, so this becomes a great single-day outing in the mountains. The route starts at the toe of the buttress and ascends a diagonal snow ramp with a small bulge half-way through, and ends at a tree. Continue through moderate mixed terrain or snow to the bottom of the ice crux. Climb through the drip to steep snow above, and continue to the summit.

South Face or Northeast Slab – Summer – Beginner/Intermediate, Grade II, Class 5.4, and Steep Snow; or Intermediate/Advanced, Grade III, WI 3, Steep Snow

The Tooth is included in Nelson and Potterfield’s Selected Climbs in the Cascades Volume 1 and 2. Regardless of the route you choose, you’ll enjoy this alpine route. The South Face affords easy rock climbing with an amazing pay-off, whereas the Northeast Slab jumps up in objective difficulty and becomes a true winter route.

South Face – Winter – Beginner, Grade II, and Class 5.4

The South Face of the Tooth is a great beginner climb for anyone who wants an alpine experience worth every minute of the approach it took you to get there. There’s a reason it’s included in the first volume of Nelson and Potterfield’s Selected Climbs in the Cascades. Three pitches of low fifth class climbing gain the modest summit of the Tooth, as you’re surrounded by the sharp peaks at Snoqualmie Pass.

About Snoqualmie Pass

Snoqualmie Pass is Seattle’s hidden gem for Alpinism. Within an hour from Seattle, you can climb traditional rock and ice routes and be back in Seattle for dinner, all year long.

We offer climbing on three different peaks in the pass. All of them are true alpine objectives that will make you wonder how you are so close to the city. After a few hours of hiking you will find yourself climbing on spectacular Washington classics that offer their own unique challenges.

Looking to get your first taste of alpine climbing? Already have some experience but want to explore what Snoqualmie has to offer? Join us and discover what the pros already know. Snoqualmie Pass is a climbers playground just waiting to be explored!

Contact us to develop a custom itinerary for you and your party.

These are custom climbs; please visit our custom pricing page for the most accurate cost.