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Backpack - Dishpan Gap Loop

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Backpack - Dishpan Gap Loop

Preference to Tacoma Introduction to Backpacking students. Trip will open to all Mountaineers to register on April 30.

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Monte Windsor
Monte Windsor
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  • Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 23.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 3,500 ft
  • Pace: 1.75 -2 mph

TBD

A 3-day loop in the Central Cascades.
Total distance: ~23 miles (biggest day could be as much as 12 miles)
Elevation gain/loss: ~3,500 feet over the 3 days.

There are 2 stream crossings.  We chose late-summer dates so the flow rates will be reasonable (will verify with rangers beforehand).

Per Craig Romano's guidebook:

"Follow a tumbling waterway to miles of alpine meadows along the Cascade crest.  Cross three passes, amble by a sparkling lake in a rock cirque, and roam through boundless blossoming flowers – or in autumn transverse ground ablaze in crimson.  The views from radiating emerald ridges to Glacier Peak, the snowy-white sentinel of the Central Cascades, are breathtaking."

Route in blue dash:image(2).png

Photo credit to Merritt on WTA.

Preference to Tacoma Introduction to Backpacking students. Trip will open to all Mountaineers to register on April 30.

Route/Place

Dishpan Gap Loop

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

To be discussed at lecture for Introduction to Backpacking course students.

The Ten Essentials plus overnight gear which may include:

  • Tent with footprint/ground tarp
  • Stove and fuel
  • Sleeping bag
  • Sleeping pad
  • Water filter
  • Bear canister or Ursack
  • Cooking pot/pan with plate and utensils
  • Toilet paper and shovel or blue bag to deal with waste
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