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Climb: Sahale Mountain-Sahale Glacier Date of Climb: 6/26/2004 Trip Report: Left Eldo TH @ 10am on Saturday and started up the road. Decided against bikes from beta of fellow cc'ers. Never found the infamous crossing as they had fixed it, and bikes would have been very helpful. The trail to Cascade Pass was simple, and only a few patches of snow were encountered en route to Sahale Arm. Snow was finally encountered at Sahale Camp, but most of the camps were exposed and available. Weather was really bad the entire day with no views and heavy winds. Never saw Sahale Peak or the surrounding mountains except for some minor breaks in the weather. One other group of 3 entered camp around 8pm that night and opted to stay on the snow for some reason. Started the next morniing with some clear skies at 6am. Glacier was bening except for a few of the gapers that are always there near the top shelf. Snow was all the way up to the shoulder, but the regular route looked too dicey to take some of the group on, so we opted for the south face route (Rappel route). 40 degree snow approached the start of the rock route. Conditons changed quickly and we encountered cold winds and low visibility while getting the group on the summit. The descent was quick, but a few crevasses had opened up while the warmer weather hit the glacier. Encountered one solo skier around 2pm, and felt very sad for him, that must have been one hellish approach for 1500 feet of skiing! From camp, the descent was long, especially the last 3.5 miles on pavement and gravel roads. I really don't believe that Sahale Camp is 2 miles from Cascade Pass, it just doesn't seem correct....anyone else have an opinion on this one? Gear Notes: Small rack of cams, glacier gear, 30m 8.1 rope Approach Notes: Road closed at Eldo TH (mp 19) 3.5 miles to Cascade Pass TH. Trail to Cascade Pass is virtually snow free w/o any problems.

Did you talk to me at Sahale Camp asking where the Sahale Arm trail was?

North Cascades turned out to be awesome on Sunday, only cloudy on Saturday and Saturday night

Saw you guys coming off of Buckner at Sahale Glacier Camp on Saturday night. You said you had crossed over from Boston Basin to Buckner then back over. How was that trip? Buckner looked sweet this weekend!

Is it worth it to bring skis this weekend? Is the snowline from Cascade Pass on up w/o patches? Thanks for any info Oh yeah, would bikes be a bad choice for the approach to the TH?

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A couple for you..... You might also want to contact Micahel Fagin via www.wowweather.com

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Just spoke to them this AM. They are working on the road just past Boston Creek and the road is pretty trashed from what they said. Once they start working on it, they said it will be difficult to pass, even on bike. It would be X-Country over the creek on the up or downhill side. Give them a call @ 360/856-5700 for more info

That's a nice pic Dan!

It's in DT Ever-Wet Check the website for directions Call them for more information about the demo If you go there, you can try out shoes,hence the "Shoe Demo" title

Planet of the eights is an awful place! Little Bridge Creek Rock is pretty cool. Mad Meadows is a great beginner place.

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Jason, I sure hope your not calling me a 5.10 trad climber!

Juts bring lots of slings and a #1 and a #2 Have fun!

I agree, it's only gonna get worse. Anyone got a contact name? Is it the city of anacortes or skagit parks?

We would totally be there, but I think Aspen still has a couple of years