mountainsloth

I too suffered the wrath of mosquitoes in the alpine this week. They were super bad between 4k-6k in the alpine lakes wilderness.

What is the snow level round the south side? Wanting to know if it is worth a ski trip.

That's a fun day!

Has anyone been out there lately? I want to do a trip at the end of August and trying to gauge snow and bug potential.

Never been to Mecca. Thoughts on quality of climbing weather 2nd week of April? I am thinking this is the year to visit this early.

Wow. Crazy. A buddy of mine attempted that route in November/December and there was 3x as much snow as now. Nice day out.

Wow. Crazy. A buddy of mine attempted that route in November/December and there was 3x as much snow as now. Nice day out.

Excellent outing, TR, and photos. Thanks!

Fat (for WA standards) water ice up the Rachel Lake trail off the climbers trail to Hi-box peak. Its about half way up the canyon on the south side. It looked to be about 100 ft tall with an extra half pitch above. The lower portion looks pretty vertical and featureless. Not sure if it has ever been climbed, but someone go and climb it before we lose the cold!

Great story! Reminds people what is possible in life and kids.

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How about Saturday instead? I gotta work tomorrow. Should be drier sat. Anyway. I know the place well if you can wait.

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Happy healing josh.

Jason, your TRa always impress and inspire. I seem to step away from every one of your reports and think "I need to go there." Way to keep ticking off those summits and. Enjoying every step of the way.

Great TR. I was wondering if you and your lady were standing on your heads again in the summit pics? This summer a couple friends and I did the north peak, south peak, and kept traversing the entire ridge south until we reached the pass back to the ingles lake trail. Nothing too hard but a great way to stay in the gorgeous 360 views you get up there and highly recommended.

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Sun chips is great. Give it a go.

I too have been dreaming about those slabs for many years. Thanks for a glimpse.

That's a lot of good granite!

Cool! Always wanted to check this route out

Love that area. Nice report and climb. I looked at that ridge last year wondering about its moderate looking, rambly nature. The approach Seems kinda forced though.

The schwhackfest is half the adventure. Looks amazing!

Awesome!