March 4, 2006, Sahale Arm

3/4/06

WA Cascades East Slopes North

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Posted by powscraper on 3/4/06 11:54am

We 4WD'd our way up Cascade River road as far as possible (mile 16 or 17? snow at mile 14 or so) and began skinning at 8 AM. The day blessed us with 14 or so miles of road skinning under fair skies, interrupted by a detour up to ~7700' on the Sahale Arm. Whumps, and wind-slab columns shearing spontaneously on the Sahale Glacier side convinced us to forget about the summit (also it was oh, 3 or 4 pm by that point). We had a nice big run on the arm and down Midas Creek.

also, need to set something straight for Paul and Sky:
http://students.washington.edu/ashwortj/NWMountains/ollie_label_sm.jpg

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