FKT: Nate Allan - Mount Deception (WA) - 2026-05-08

Climbed Mount Deception via the Honeymoon couloir on a nice Friday morning. Started at 1:45 am, on the summit around 6:30-ish, and was back at the car a minute or two after 10:00 am. Used trail runners until the snow line (just before the upper basin), then switched to boots, crampons, and two tools. Snow on the upper mountain was still in good shape. Accidentally wasted time by forgetting my trail runners on the way back and having to backtrack. The most important reason to do this route quickly is not to avoid objective hazard but rather to get pancakes in Sequim before the breakfast place closes.

One of the attached photos shows the Honeymoon couloir (as a red line), as seen from the upper basin.