Community Trips
This route is for the "Cannell Plunge", quite simply one of the best if not the best shuttle ride in the Western US. Bold statement I know but it really is amazing. Although its a shuttle ride dont make the mistake of thinking that it is easy or bringing your "big bike", this is a true wildness ride in every sense of the word. I rode it twice on 1 week...
TR: Salmon Creek 10/17/2009
ACA
Rating: 4C1 IV
(R)
Our hiking time:
12½ hours
Our Hiking distance:
4.7 (est)
Elevation loss: 3529
ft (point to point)
Elevation gain: ? (mostly
downhill)
Our rope:
1, 230-ish ft 8mm Cyn Pro DS, 1 248-ish ft 8mm Cyn eXtreme , 1 9mm 220
ft Cyn Pro DS, 150ft webbing 10 quicklinks
Other gear: Hammer drill,
3 complete anchor stations,...
What a must do ride. We took our time in the lovely surroundings and after 3hrs you are still at 7200ft. with a 5000ft 'Plunge' to complete. It was aweosme. The tracks were a mix of flowy stuff, rock gardens, medows and awesome downhill singletrack.
