Good conditions. Cleaver was half snow, half rocks. Very few crevasses open due to recent snow fall. Windy but not a major issue. Warm weather created mushy snow very early in the day. Snow shoes not need.
We attempted Sloan/Corkscrew from Bedal creek side, missed the turn without knowing it and ended up in the wrong saddle, hence the turn around.
This was an excellent trip in a very scenic area. North Petunia was an easy scramble, Petunia was much more challenging.
This was an excellent trip in a very scenic area. North Petunia was an easy scramble, Petunia was much more challenging.
Beautiful hike up along side cascading Surprise Creek through forests and lush meadows to Surprise Lake.
Nice weather, great group of hikers, social pace, and plenty of photo ops. Out of 12 registered, 4 cancelled the day before, 1 no show.
Dragontail Peak West Route, down Asgard Pass. Trip date 6/26/2016.
Weather related cancellation
This was a successful BWT trip. It was done at a moderate pace with frequent stops to view wildflowers.
Six tenacious women enjoyed a beautiful day tackling the Rachel Lake's "mile from hell."
Snow climb in the winter, scramble in the summer
Participants decided to take the west route. An exciting and fun deviation from the standard route.
We had eight paddlers attend the June 22nd Wednesday night paddle. It was a balance of four experienced, three recent graduates and one pending graduate paddlers. Winds were 5-12 knots from the west with a flood tide until 9 PM under overcast skies. Our route took us south to Gull Harbor for a high tide paddle deep into the quite waters were we saw 4 or more Great Blue Herons. On our return paddle a Pigeon Guillemot was observed delivering fish to a nest in the bluff above Burfoot County Park, several more Pigeon were seen fishing in the area. All participants completed the paddle successfully!
Alternate destination (3rd & 2nd Burroughs Mtn) chosen due to avalanche hazard on intended destination Mt Ruth. Beautiful day with lots of mountain goats, and a fire rainbow.
A fabulous, strenuous hike with 180 degree wilderness views to enjoy at the top!