The NW Ridge route on Broken Top can be done several ways, but we took the
most common route. From camp at Green Lakes, we followed a snow field
to a steeper snow and scree slope and up to a saddle at 7,870 feet between
a larger ridge and the NW ridge itself. From the saddle, we followed
the rocky trail up the ridge, through a 15-foot crux at 9,000 feet, over a
small rock pitch to near the Summit. Just below the Summit pinnacle, we
followed a narrow ramp to the South for about 60 feet and then scrambled up
some 4th and 5th class rock to the small Summit block.
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