tivoli_mike Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Headed up on Friday night , camped at trailhead. Started at 7am on Sat and reached Boulder Basin by 12pm, encountering snow around 5K. Pushed on to the bivy sites at 6900'. Well developed sites with good running water I might add. 10 parties ahead of us, all summiting on Saturday. We were up at 1am, heading up at 2:30am along the Sitkum glacier. Didn't really feel like we were on a glacier though, no open crevasses between high camp to the Saddle. We had clear visibility, views to Rainier, Stuart, et al. Summited around 6:30am, where it was a balmy 15 degrees (yikes), and headed back to camp down the steep snow field directly south of the pumice/scree slope from the Saddle. Packed up and hit the cars around 2:00pm. A tiring weekend but the excellent weather and fairly safe conditions on the glacier mostly made up for it. Read the other post about the trailhead break-ins. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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