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Trip: Lindeman, Hanging, and Middle Peaks - via Centre Creek Trip Date: 08/31/2025 Trip Report: Over Labour Day weekend the Chossdogs went to Canada, for the most part. There was a brief portion in the middle of the weekend when on the way to Middle peak we found ourselves lost and seemingly in America, where we learned that it was actually Labor Day weekend instead. This was pretty confusing, since back at camp it was still Labour Day weekend. Nevertheless, we found that the route to Lindeman from Centre creek is well traveled these days, as is the trail down to the delightful camps near Upper Hanging Lake (no fish, unfortunately). The summit of Lindeman is a straightforward Class 3 scramble on good rock. Expect to see a few parties. Things got decidedly scruffier as we traveled to Hanging Peak and especially the final few hundred feet to the summit of Middle Peak. Much choss was encountered, but so was much solitude and there was never a true need for a rope. Helmets, ice axe, and crampons came in handy for ascending the north side of Middle Peak, but it didn't seem a lot worse than some spicy Class 3. There might be other ways to get up it, but they all looked even less savory. Hanging Peak was also some exposed Class 3, but not quite as involved as Middle. Mostly though, this was an amazingly scenic and quiet destination on a busy holiday weekend. I figure may was well spread to word to spread the masses.... Middle and Baker from Lindeman: Scrambling up LIndeman: Shuksan from Lindeman: Border Peaks: The haunted house of the Chilliwack, Slesse: It is important to pace one's chossing. @BrettS adjusting speed on the summit of Lindeman: @BrettS, @Trent, @sepultura, @therunningdog and myself on summit of Lindeman: Perry Creek fire blew up while we were on the summit of Lindeman: Heading down to Upper Hanging Lake: Sunset on Bear: @therunningdog looking at a signpost for directions to Middle Peak: Summit of Middle: This pretty much sums up Middle Peak: You can always count on @BrettS for a photo worthy dive into an alpine lake: Not a bad spot for the dogs to base: Rexford on the hike out: Well hey there, someone was thinking ahead! Gear Notes: ice axe, helmet, crampons Approach Notes: Centre Creek to Upper Hanging Lake

Drone view: Three Fingers, Squire Creek Wall, Whitehorse

Great subject. A few of mine. I'm on the right, first time up Rainier 7/20/69, the same day Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon! My buddy Eric skiing the Emmons 2013 (not quite 50 yrs. later). NW face of The Great White Throne, Zion NP, 1975. Looking down the NW face 2014 ("Why the hell did I climb that?") after getting guided up a new route my friends put up on the south face.

so CLOSE they could taste it. This one's gonna sting for a long time to come.

I think this is the east face of Azurite in the sunrise Saturday morning.

Did someone mention the elderly? And the Alpine Lakes Wilderness? Sign me up!!

“They chose the path where no one goes”

This gonna be your record cover?

Right on. After doing forbidden and looking at that face I knew we had to do something on that face. In the late 80's my buddy Ralph and I started off early July with the intention doing the route that said 20 pitches of 5.6. So just brought handful of nuts,tricams and titons. We ended up going to the left of you and left of that gully. Most of the gully's were wet,we had to use the two tools just to get on the rock after that it seemed constant 5.8 with some harder for 10 to 12 pitches of really good rock. Then we started getting into wet and greasy stuff I ended lowering off a couple of pieces and tried going left and right no go. I found a snow covered ledge that barely fit. We cleared it off put our bivy sacs down and then heard something coming from above well we hugged the wall and a nice chunk of ice landed on the ledge. Oh well it was getting dark so we ate some food and talked how we didn't have enough gear to safely rappel and how long we would probably wait for a rescue all while looking down at the road. We brushed and flossed our teeth and went to sleep sorta. In the morning Ralph thought he seen a runner hanging off a horn way to the left above so wth tension and what was left of our meager rack I got to it and got to some dry rock that easy class 4. Whoo hoo we hauled ass to the summit and started the descent a few rappels and we were at the top of CJ gully. That was definitely the closest we got to getting nailed by rocks. One person would look up and yell when the other would run to (shelter) there wasn't much of that. So getting home looking at Fred's green book it seemed we might of done the route that was written up as generally unpleasant and frightening. A couples years later I was walking around north Seattle and met Don Brooks pushing a stroller with two newborn with another kid walking, it seems they just wanted one more but got a extra one. Anyhow he was with the group that did the unpleasant route, he said he didn't write the entry and felt it wasn't bad. I felt the same should of done it later in the summer and don't go down CJ gully in the afternoon. Ralph said his favorite memory is sitting on that ledge flossing his teeth and thinking we were fucked! Always thought that face would be amazing in the winter.

They really should deploy the military to do this selective enforcement of the law. I believe that is what the American people wanted when they elected a convicted felon and gave him a mandate to prohibit self expression on free time.