Johannesburg Mountain ~ Northeast Buttress ~ September 5, 2020

Reed, Kyle and I climbed the famed NE Buttress of Johannesburg this week. Rising nearly a vertical mile from its base, the north face of Johannesburg is one of the more impressive faces in the North Cascades. We are stoked to have now climbed it. It took us 12 hours to make it from our cars to the summit where we stayed the night. It then took us 10 hours to descend the heinous east ridge and hike back out to the cars via Cascade Pass.