Scrambling recommendations

Looking for some good exposed scrambles. Ideally 4th and low 5th class with a good bit of exposure. Headed to Chamonix in August and need to get more comfortable making easy moves with a few hundred feet of air below me. 

Are you Spokane?  I recommend the traverse from Harrison around the beehive lakes.   You can also do some cool ridge running out to Lionshead.   Rock Climbing in The Selkirk Crest, North Idaho (mountainproject.com) 

Robert Meshewwrote:

Are you Spokane?  I recommend the traverse from Harrison around the beehive lakes.   You can also do some cool ridge running out to Lionshead.   Rock Climbing in The Selkirk Crest, North Idaho (mountainproject.com) 

Great recommendation! I did that traverse on Monday! 

If you make it down to Oregon, 3 fingered jack. 5.easy and some of the most impressive exposure in the state.

A Washington recommendation --   Hit Colchuck then over Dragontail via Pandora's Box to Little Annapurna.   Or you could run the other way to Argonaut.    

Check out Sean O’Rourke’s “Forty Classic Scrambles of North America”. It’s a great book!

http://www.drdirtbag.com/2019/06/01/introducing-40-classic-scrambles-of-north-america/

https://www.drdirtbag.com/scrambles-preview.pdf

The North Cascades

28 Sloan Peak (Corkscrew)

29 Goode Mountain (Northeast Buttress)

30 Johannesburg Mountain (Northeast Rib)

31 Eldorado and Dorado Needle

32 Southern Pickets

33 Mount Shuksan (Fisher Chimneys)

DC route is a safe and easy scramble to the top of rainier this years bc all the snow melted its just down to rock long single day hike 

Not exactly a scramble, but the N ridge of Tricouni (5.4) near Squamish/Whistler has a good 4th class ridge to the summit with tons of 1000ft+ exposure that will get your heart going.

West ridge of Stuart has some spots where you can pop over onto the north side and feel it! 

Scrambled west ridge of stuart the other day and it's super fun! That said its got one section of 5.6 (secure crack climbing though) so not exactly low fifth if that is what you are looking for.

The rest of the route is really fun and chill, lots of 3rd and 4th and some low fifth.

Maybe Considerwrote:

DC route is a safe and easy scramble to the top of rainier this years bc all the snow melted its just down to rock long single day hike 

No. The Cleaver itself is still partially snow-covered, with significant rockfall hazard on the lower traverse from Ingraham Flats. Higher up on the route, there are a number of involved crevasse crossings due to continued melting of late-season snow. 

Terry Ewrote:

Check out Sean O’Rourke’s “Forty Classic Scrambles of North America”. It’s a great book!

http://www.drdirtbag.com/2019/06/01/introducing-40-classic-scrambles-of-north-america/

https://www.drdirtbag.com/scrambles-preview.pdf

The North Cascades

28 Sloan Peak (Corkscrew)

29 Goode Mountain (Northeast Buttress)

30 Johannesburg Mountain (Northeast Rib)

31 Eldorado and Dorado Needle

32 Southern Pickets

33 Mount Shuksan (Fisher Chimneys)

This is pretty horrible beta. Literally none of these are actual scrambles except for the Corkscrew route, or maybe a few peaks in the Pickets.

Johannesburg in particular is considered one of the most heinous 5.6 climbs in the state, with vertical tree pitches and heather pulling with thousands of feet below you. It’s notorious and a friend told me it was fairly terrifying.

OP should check out stuff like Del Campo, Baring Peak, Kaleetan peak, Lundin Peak, Hibox Mountain, or many of the standard scrambles in the enchantments.

^ Thanks for the feedback! Good reminder (for me at least) that what some people consider “scrambling“ is relative.

There's a book, I think it's called "washington scrambles" or something like that.  it is pretty decent.  they have kind of a 2 part grading system - first part is basically how long/tiring it is and the second part is basically how technical/exposed it is.