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Glacier Climb - Sahale Peak/Quien Sabe Glacier

Great climb with lots of smoke. Quien Sabe is approaching late season conditions

Peter Tran Peter Tran
August 19, 2018
  • Road suitable for all vehicles

  • Approach trail to Boston Basin in good conditions. Basin is snow free until the glacier. Easy slabs to walk up on the approach. Glacier itself is starting to become heavily crevassed, and the large bergshrund in the center of the glacier as you approach the Boston Sahale saddle will generate some interesting route finding problems in the near future. Ridge is snow free except for a small patch that  you can walk around near the top. Sahale Glacier crevasses are starting to form, but still easy to walk around. There is running water at Sahale Camp. No snow on the descent to Cascade Pass

The team car camped at Cascade Pass TH Friday night and started walking down to the Boston Basin TH at 345. The approach to the basin is unremarkable; plenty of streams to refill water. The smoke was pretty intense, unlike the forecast of moderate smoke. 

Basin is snow free until the glacier. Easy slabs and plenty of running water throughout. 

The glacier is starting to become heavily crevassed. The shrund stretches across most of the glacier, save for a thin snowbridge in the middle (probably out in the next few days) and a wider, higher angle portion climbers left. This will probably be out in the next few weeks.

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You can climb the ridge all the way to the summit.

Crevasses on the Sahale Glacier are forming, but can easily be navigated around.

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There is running water at Sahale Camp and a few tarns below