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Objective 3: Sahale via Sahale Glacier http://www.summitpost.org/sahale-mountain/150220 After Rainier Alex had to head back to the real world. I still had a few days to kill and the great weather continued so I elected to get up to the North Cascades for something I could solo. Sahale is...

Objective 2: Rainier via Kautz Glacier/ Disappointment Cleaver http://www.summitpost.org/kautz-glacier/155648 After Adams Alex had some work to do down in Eugene so I crashed with him for a couple of days. On the drive down we talked about else we should go after this trip and what some of...

Last summer I was out in the PNW for about 2 weeks and we got one sunny, rain-free day. The summer before we had to wait out the weather for a week just to get one mediocre day to go for Rainier. I damn nearly swore off the whole area but on a whim I booked a last minute trip out there for 10...

Way better than my first ascent when I had food poisoning!

Hey Chip. I just got back from the Cascades and can give you a gps track of the current route if your buddy is still looking for it. There were 2 variants leaving the top of the DC but they closed the climbers left route the day before we came down due to serac fall. Email is pcushing21 at...

No worries Earl, I figured you didn't hear me and/or didn't recognize me. We've only crossed paths a couple of times though we did hike together once a few years ago (S Presis, 1/9/10). Glad you guys had a good day out there too. Pat

We must have been juuuust in front of you guys coming off Lend-a-hand. I think we were working our way up Zeacliff around 9:30-10am and probably made it to Zealand in or around 11-11:30. That's a nice 5 peak day!

Well MichaelJ might not be able to help you out all the way from the top of his soapbox but I will. I've only done Scar from Big Rock but wikiloc is a great resource: http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=112648

Multiple routes exist. What route are you looking for?

Gale River, Haystack, Zealand, among others open! Saweeeet.

5-2-13 The hancocks suck err... the hancocks are not so bueno right now as mhobbs and others have noted. The line of super crappy snow seems to be at the right elevation where you cover most of the mileage on these guys. It's mostly dry ground until the first crossing. Then a mix of mud...

5-1-13 tecumseh via ski area Took a gamble and went without any traction or pack, worked out great. Bare ground with just a few small patches of snow before the right hand turn/traverse. Some ice around there which quickly transitioned to snow. Easy going with just bareboots...

4-30-13 Couldnt wait any longer to get on the slides. Bare ground until crossing the river to start the loop from the north. Needed snowshoes immediately as there had been little activity this way as of late. Trail a little tough to follow with the light blazing and no footbed to follow. Turned...

I'm looking for partners for an unguided climb of Denali next summer (June 2014). I'd like to try the West Rib or one of its variants if a strong team of 3-4 can be assembled (otherwise w butt). I'm eyeballing a trip out to the north cascades this upcoming late july/early august for a...

4-25-13 Quite the mixed bag. Sawyer River Rd is 99.9% snow and ice free. It's nice and dry all the way but there's a good bit of ice just at the bridge by the summer trailhead. Despite the low elevation there was a good bit of ice and rotten snow right off the bat. Lots of collapsing bridges...

4-24-13 Moriah: I got a late start up Moriah at 11 am but was treated to abundant sunshine and temps around 70! Quite a difference from yesterday. I used the Stony Brook shortcut so I can't comment on the lower crossing but the upper ones were fine. Took nearly 30 mins to reach the legit snow...

4-23-13 Bare ground to start up Valley Way which shortly transitioned into ice and very firm snow. The ice wasn't too bad at all so we wound up barebooting all the way up to the hut. Madison was virtually snow/ice free so we barebooted. A fair amount of ice was present up Adams but we still...

4-22-13 Snow right from the start as you enter the woods in Crawford Notch. I barebooted without trouble up to the split below Avalon. The crossings were a bit elevated. The first was rock-hoppable and the second involved getting your boots a little wet. Used microspikes from the Avalon...

4-21-13 Parked at the end of Little River Rd. Some small patches of snow/ice on North Twin but 99% snow free (to FWT, that is). We didn't really hit any substantial snow until about halfway up Hale. The snow was rock solid and we used microspikes and never had to pull out the snowshoes...

4-19-13 We parked by the gate and did the road walk which was a tad muddy but almost completely clear of snow. After the river crossing we put on snowshoes and had them on for the rest of the hike. A little bit of ice and bare ground between the first bridge and the second by nothing but...