Intermediate Alpine Climb - Le Petit Cheval/Spontaneity Arête
Sat, Aug 17, 2019
Overall, this was a fun and relaxing climb on good rock with a great partner, and perfect weather. Pretty much perfect.
Overall, this was a fun and relaxing climb on good rock with a great partner, and perfect weather. Pretty much perfect.
Overall, the approach, climb, and decent went smoothly and without incident, the students and rope leads did and awesome job, and the conditions on climb day were ideal.
WaPass two-fer of climbs with fun ridge traverses on a beautiful day.
Smooth trip up Kangaroo Temple with a strong, fit group.
Long but interesting 3 day backpack with 31 mikes and 7000 elevation gain. Leader was able to handle different paces and a very large group (11) well.
Road in good condition, but a sign said it would close August 19--31st? The "trail" is overgrown. Some bushwhacking around river crossing. Sloan glacier looks sad.
Short approach, moderate climbing. The best kind of trip.
Car to Car summit via the Bedal Creek Approach (I wont call it Bedal Creek Trail). Heavily crevassed glacier, over grown trail and everything from twigs to trees will want to get really personal and "touchy touchy" with you. But the summit and the views are totally worth doing it all over again
The hike was changed from Welcome Pass to Excelsior Pass. A good day, but no views due to the clouds.
Successful hike to Skyline Divide, with 10 participants. We shortened the trip to about 5-6 miles and 1,500 elev. gain. The road access was poor, and very slow driving in and out.
Successful 2-day carryover of the West Ridge.
Canceled because only one participant signed up.
Bring a camera to photograph marine life. The kayak launch will close September 1 - April 15 each year. Avoid trying to land or explore during low tide.
A nice pm paddle with scenic views of wildlife.
Fun scramble with lots of veggie belays. Did a bonus scramble of Yakima Peak afterwards
The hike began at the Sunrise Parking lot, went out by Frozen Lake, and then on down into Berkeley Park. Flowers are past peak but still beautiful, especially by the numerous streams.
A stunning loop with panoramic views along the Chelan summit, across lake Chelan, and out across the Columbia basin; through lush green meadows rich with flowers even in mid August; and some of the best concentrations of larch in the region around lovely lakes with nice camps. Hard to lose here!
A pleasant evening hike to a view at Cougar Mountain.
Warm and sunny evening for dinner at the ledge. We had a great trip!
