No TR's yet : (
5/15/09
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
5/10/09 2:16am
3117
2
11/23/08
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
11/23/08 2:43pm
2533
1
6/24/06
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
6/25/06 4:01pm
2667
0
5/1/04
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
5/1/04 10:27pm
3015
3
7/26/03
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
7/27/03 1:43am
3298
1
No TR replies yet : (
Nope- lower right. See those switch backs? That's the OTHER trail (Bell Pass) that ascends up to the Park Butte area from the West.
Oof. A summer trail, plain as day, in the lower right.
No- not really. The closest thing might be the Hexo which was a Kickstarter project.As to where you can/can't fly, this link might be the easiest to visualize these rules. A big problem for me is...
That's cool. Thanks for sharing that!
Nice. So the road was snow free to the Tilly Jane trailhead?
So speechless- I can't tell you how awesome this is. I've wanted to head up there during the summer and managed to make it up to the wilderness boundary during a low snow winter a couple yea...
Man- I'm surprised no one else has commented. Way to go. Awesome scenery!
aha. You're the set of skin tracks I was following through the ski area yesterday. I was up there taking photos and admiring your tracks..
I suddenly feel like the TAY photographer. :DI was in the area hoping to photograph sunrise from the Mt Baker Vista viewpoint and I spied the headlamps from a party of four climbing. This could be yo...
Awesome. Appreciate the current road beta!
heh. I'm not shooting with anything that outragous. I shoot with a Pentax 10 megapixel DSLR and what I put up int this thread is just a small crop from a larger photo. I shot this using my 55-300...
Thanks. I was waiting for someone to own those tracks last weekend but the report didn't come..
I think I was admiring those tracks from the Boulder Ridge trailhead that day...
The Glacier Peak is a special area. I've enjoyed these photos & trip report along with the recent one from the Olympics. There's just a real "soul" your trips instead of the ag...
Really enjoyed the writeup. Thanks Lowell (and to John for offering this kind of access).A note to John-This would be a fantastic addition to WSDOT's public blog!
Such a beautiful area but you earn your stripes accessing it no matter what the season. Nice attempt, though!
Thanks..I only quickly glanced up the turnoff as I drove by & it was clear immediately off of FS-81. That said, when I left Saturday afternoon, there were several truck with snowmobile trailers pa...
Beautiful pictures, Lowell.
Wow. What an ordeal and test of resolve. Props to you & your group and for the great TR..
Actually, it depends on where that snowmobile was and where it came from. Anything on the traditional winter route about 4800' is now illegal according to this:http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiin...
I'm confused. I thought the road to the Meadows trailhead was open during the winter because it is a snow park area (for all the snowmobilers). I've been thinking about slowshoeing from ther...
I love the urban trip reports every winter. Hilarious.. :D
Photos added.
I flew back from SoCal on Sunday. Here's the overhead view :)
Ahh Mt Baldy. I remember a multi-foot bluebird opening day when I lived down there. Good stuff..
Nice photos & that is a crazy marmot.I've thought that the road to Skyline Divide is washed out (again). How far did you get to the trailhead??
Nice, thanks for the conditions update. Might try to hit it this coming weekend.
JD-I haven't down anything up in this area except the hike to Hannigan Peak so I can't comment.Here's a link to all my photos from my hike. I don't think I took a photo which shows...
Thanks for the update & report. I'm thinking about heading down this weekend. Is there any snow below the Crescent Glacier? I typically set up camp there at 6800' near the creek. Just cu...
Here is a photo of the traverse from Hannigan Pass taken from Hannigan Peak from this past Saturday. I agree- a fall would be very bad juju!Look hard & you'll see a line of climbers headed ac...