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The Tooth is a popular rock climbing summit with close access out of Snoqualmie Pass. The peak seems to attract every rock climber at least once in their lifetime, even those who have never left the rock gym before. If the summit is your goal and not the route, you can sneak up the west ridge by an easy class 4 route. Most people are over climbing the 400 feet on the east face above Pineapple Pass.

Distance: 3 miles
Summit Elevation: 5,604 feet
Elevation Gain: 2,700 feet
Access: Paved

Route:

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Access:

Hike the Snow Lake Trail 2 miles to a split and sign that says "Trail Not Maintained". Follow this trail (Source Lake Overlook Trail) as it works above Source Lake toward The Tooth. A climbers trail keeps climbing marked by cairns . Scramble up to Pineapple Pass or the notch south of the pass. To reach the west side, traverse around the south facing cliffs. Once on the west ridge, climb on ledges and the ridge to the summit. There is one small face of low 5th class but it is short. I did this trip alone my first time climbing the Tooth. Two other times with non-climbers so we did some running belays on the class 4.

Drive to Snoqualmie Pass and over 2 miles to the Alpental Ski Area.

The Tooth from the Snow Lake Trail

The NW Ridge of the Tooth from Hemlock Peak

The east face of The Tooth

Sitting on the tooth

North Face of The Tooth

Joe, Nick and Rachelle (this was our 4th date)

In a snowcave looking down to Source Lake

The final scramble to Pineapple Pass

Low Mountain, Granite Mountain, Mount Rainier

Denny Mountain from The Tooth

Looking northeast, Stuart in haze on left with HiBox on right

Kaleetan Peak, Hemlock Peak, Bryant Peak, Chair Peak

On the summit of The Tooth

Ice cave above Source Lake

Looking down the east route from the summit