Basic Alpine Climb - Duke of Kent (winter)
Sat, May 19, 2018
A little bit of everything summed up this outing.
A little bit of everything summed up this outing.
Successful hike on a beautiful day. All 4 CHS hikers who have each had very little previous hiking experience completed the hike without significant problems.
Great trip for the beginning backpacker. Easy, gradual accent to lake with bathrooms available near well maintained campgrounds. Good sized fire pits available for building community and smores!
We only did Fortune. Went up main trail to ridge then scrambled on snow and rock to summit. Last few minutes on summit clouds broke so we were able to get some good views of Stuart and Ingalls as well as surrounding peaks. For descent we went down ridge then had a great glissade and returned via the Esmeralda basin trail. Had to navigate A number of stream crossings on the way back.
The couloir is pretty much out
Nice hike in the snow and the rain, but no summit.
On a beautiful day, we had Mt. Ellinor mostly to ourselves. Overall, a great scramble, but the glissade chute has deteriorated to the point where we could only glissade a small portion of it.
We had great weather and an enthusiastic group. There were no problems.
A ladies St Helens climb on the day after Mother's Day.
Lovely 2 day climb of Dragontail via Pandora's Box
Snow at trailhead covering 99.5% of trail plus heavy snow melt made this usually straight forward scramble and fun, challenging route find scramble with a few T4 moves. Great positive attitudes and pro-active route leading from team. Seeking traditional route and one twisted ankle slowed descent: trip 8am start and return to cars 6:50pm.
A successful photography trip to eastern Washington to photograph the Palouse. Weather was not ideal, but nice views from Steptoe Butte and of Palouse Falls.
Our group of 7 climbers/scramblers set out for Camp Muir at 9:00 AM along with about 500+ others who wanted a day in the sun.
Perfect weather led to near-perfect conditions along the route.
Fun and adventurous Mother's Day Hike/Scramble to McClellan Butte...snow from 3400ft+, a few avalanche gullies to assess prior to crossing and a great scramble at the end. Spectacular views from the Butte.
Flower extravaganza in the shrub-steppe and two volcanoes plus lots of other peaks out.