JoshK Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 Has anybody done the dakobed traverse? It's glacier peak -> tenpeak -> clarke mountain. I was thinking about this for a trip going up frostbite ridge and coming out through the white river. I'm trying to get an idea for how long, possible routes, etc... Quote
JoshK Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 Quit sprayin' and answer this shit. I'm impatient. Quote
greenfork Posted May 22, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 no. look at a goddamn map and figure it out for yourself. Quote
JoshK Posted May 23, 2003 Author Posted May 23, 2003 Yeah, fuckstick, I know how to read a map and I've looked at it. I'm certainly not going to decide to go or not based on what somebody here says, but personal beta may be helpful. Â Quote
erik Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 JoshK said: Yeah, fuckstick, I know how to read a map and I've looked at it. I'm certainly not going to decide to go or not based on what somebody here says, but personal beta may be helpful. Â Â TEH LUV Quote
Off_White Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 I believe Beck knows the area pretty well, send him a pm. Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 We did Clark Mountain to Thunder Creek. Some trail, some off trail when it disapeared. Had to crawl through blowdown. Found large hunters camp. Thundr creekk was too big to cross so we had to thrash up streem and cross a tributary before it was safe to cross. Getting in and out of Thunder basin is a crawl throuugh sliide alder. We saw 2 people in the 7 days we were out there in Augest. Great route. Don't remember seeing any other cars at the White river trailhead. HAVE FUN Quote
rat Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 did the tenpeak-clark section from white river trailhead. plenty of fine ridge running and side-hilling. snow slopes and pocket glaciers on the north side of the ridge will help you avoid some of the side-hilling. hitting tenpeak from high in thunder basin then traversing over chalangin (sp?) and luana to a bivy near clark took a day. Quote
ski_photomatt Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 The car shuttle for this would be a real bitch. It'd probably take a day of driving  Making the standard approach to Glacier Peak would allow one to skip climbing up and over it with many days of food and a full pack and shorten the trip somewhat. The traverse would more fun with skis I think, but I haven't investigated it that closely. I'd be intersted in going if you need a partner. Quote
Dru Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 is it anything like dakine traverse?been on that one a few times. still lost. Quote
MounTAIN_Woman Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 Three of us did a similar traverse several years ago. We used Routes and Rocks for information, in addition to studying maps. Rumor has it that there is a trail brushed out by hunters up Thunder Creek into the Thunder Basin. We had an ugly brush bash. I wrote a feature for Pack and Paddle on the High Thunder traverse that describes the route we took. We went in from Trinity and traveled over High Pass up the Butterfly Glacier, and then over Neyah saddle. We climbed Tenpeak Mountain on that trip. We also did a traverse from Boulder Basin to Luahna Peak a few years later. I'd be happy to email you the full reports from these trips. Send me a PM. Â Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted May 23, 2003 Posted May 23, 2003 As of 2 years ago the trail from the White river to thunder basin had a brushy section and a few blow downs, other than that it was fine. There is a well used camp spot in the trees below Thunder basin. Quote
Beck Posted May 24, 2003 Posted May 24, 2003 don't go, josh, stay away from the dakobeds- why would anyone want to go in there, anyway?? Â no one needs to go explore this part of the state, its boring. Quote
JoshK Posted May 24, 2003 Author Posted May 24, 2003 Â Don't worry, I'm not going in there this weekend. But, in any event, I agree. I've been there before, it's one of my least favorite areas. I'm only going back cause I left some gear there. Quote
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