Fred Beckey - First Ascents

First Ascents

Some of his first ascents:

  • 1940 Forbidden Peak, North Cascades - with brother Helmy, Lloyd Anderson, Jim Crooks, and Dave Lind.
  • 1945 Price Glacier, Mount Shuksan, North Cascades with Jack Schwabland and Bill Granston
  • 1946 East Ridge Devils Thumb, Alaska with Bob Craig and Clifford Schmidtke (Aug 25)
  • 1947 North Peak, Liberty Bell, North Cascades - 1947
  • 1948 North Ridge of Mount Baker, North Cascades Fred Beckey, Ralph and Dick Widrig (August 1948)
  • 1954 Northwest Buttress to North Peak, Mount McKinley, Alaska (May 27) with Donald McLean, Charles Wilson, Henry Meybohm and Bill Hackett.
  • 1954 Mount Deborah with Heinrich Harrer and Henry Meybohm
  • 1954 West Ridge Mount Hunter (Alaska) - with Heinrich Harrer and Henry Meybohm
  • 1959 Yocum Ridge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA with Leo Scheiblehner
  • 1961 North Face of Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies, Canada with Yvon Chouinard
  • 1961 Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower, Bugaboos, Canada with Yvon Chouinard and Dan Doody
  • 1963 Complete North Ridge, Mount Stuart, North Cascades, Washington, USA with Steve Marts
  • 1963 Northeast Buttress of Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada with Steve Marts and Eric Bjornstad
  • 1963 West Buttress (IV 5.8 A1), Musembeah Peak, Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA (September) with Layton Kor
  • 1967 El Matador (NCCS IV, A3), Devils Tower, WY. FA with Eric Bjornstad
  • 1968 Direct East Buttress (IV F8 A4), South Early Winter Spire, North Cascades, WA. FA with Doug Leen
  • 1968 South Face (III F8 A1), Cathedral Peak (Okanogan), North Cascades, WA. FA with Dave Wagner, John Brottem and Doug Leen
  • 1968 Northeast Face, Mount Hooker, Canadian Rockies, Canada. FA with John Rupley
  • 1970 Beckey's Spire aka Christianity Spire, Sedona AZ
  • 1996 Mount Beckey, Cathedral Mountains, Alaska, USA - 1996, with John Middendorf and Calvin Hebert

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