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Required:
- Helmet
- Ice axe
- Harness (such as a webbing harness tied with a water knot)
- Locking carabiner
- Cord loop or equivalent, with 2-3 ft reach (for a klemheist or prusik)
- NW Forest Pass for each vehicle

Slightly faster than Moderate pace, with a limited number of breaks.
This will be a steep, nasty, unfun day...you don't want to sign up for this trip!
More info on summitpost for Merchant Peak and the South Gully route.

We'll only do this trip if there's no rain in the forecast...if the trip is canceled due to weather then there won't be an alternate destination.

Here's our approximate route...
...on a USGS topo map (zoom in for more detail)
...on a Google Terrain topo map (zoom in for more detail)
...as a KML file download for Google Earth, GPS units, etc.

When to meet:
Sat 6:30am (be ready to leave the cars and start hiking at that time)
Where to meet:
Barclay Lake TH, elev 2280 ft
SR-2 to Baring General Store (MP# 41) & turn left, then 4.3 mi NE to TH
1:30 from Seattle, 1:15 from Bellevue
Lat/Long = 47.792407, -121.459294
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