Category Archives: Climbing

Travel using feet and hands – whether scrambling or technical climbing using rope and anchors.

Broken Top, Oregon, September 2020

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Paul McClellan

On Wednesday, September 30, Bob F. and I climbed Broken Top, just southeast of the South Sister in Deschutes County. Broken Top is an extinct Pleistocene stratovolcano that last erupted about 100,000 years ago. It has been greatly eroded during … Continue reading →

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Hurwal Divide, Oregon, August 2020

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Paul McClellan

On Wednesday, August 26, I climbed Hurwal Divide. Hurwal Divide lies in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, part of the Wallowa Mountains, and gets its name as the steep divide between Hurricane Creek to the west and the West Fork Wallowa … Continue reading →

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Twin Mountain, Oregon, July 2020

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Paul McClellan

On Saturday, July 25, I climbed Twin Mountain in the Elkhorn Mountains northwest of Baker City. Twin Mountain is one of “Oregon’s 100 Highest Peaks“, a list first published by Jeff Howbert in the May 1996 issue of Pack & … Continue reading →

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Date Creek Mountains Highpoint, Arizona, April 2020

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Paul McClellan

On Saturday, April 4, I left Tucson for a few days to visit three Arizona prominence peaks. After climbing Buckskin Benchmark on Sunday I drove Sunday afternoon north towards the town of Congress. My goal for Monday was to climb … Continue reading →

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