Accessed via sled analog (tracked atv), road is plowed to just after the gravel pit from the lake Wenatchee side, so the approach is approximately 13 miles each way from that side. Without a sle...
Strong work! An enchantments traverse that involves largely shitty travel conditions and misadventures in the ice bulges is a right of passage around here!
We skied in via the drop, and were able to ski most of the way into the valley, then had to remove our skis and descend/traverse for about 100 feet, then were able to ski the rest of the way into the...
I was out with slien, and to elaborate on the conditions, they were poor in a wide variety of ways that were highly spatially variable. The snow in the route has not entered any kind of melt-refreze...
So rad! I must have stared across at GP 4 or 5 times this week wishing I was up there, I'm glad to know someone was making the most of it. Thanks for posting the conditions update.
The north side of the ridge east of 7955 showing the three obvious (to me) snowy routes off the ridge on the north side. I believe the route described in Lowell's TR is the large snow basin on l...
The two pairs of skins thing is from skimo racing - because the skins only cover about 3/4 of your ski they don't have tail clips, so if the glue fails you are done. During a skimo race most peo...
Yes, I did it as a day trip, but I was using full skimo race gear, which has changed the game for me (and everyone else that I know who uses it). 5 years ago this would have been a soul-rending...
Photos of the Cool Glacier. After crossing onto the Cool I moved to the left off the boot pack back onto the ridge of disappointment peak in an attempt to minimize my time on the glacier. There was...