dkemp Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Wow, what a weekend. Hiked up the Boulder Glacier with my pals on Saturday - good times! We ascended Boulder Glacier direct, to the west of the Boulder/Park cleaver. Well, 'direct' might not be the right word - actually we did end-runs around cracks all day - 'direct' it was not. Finally joined the cow path above the cleaver, crossed the bergshrund and hit the summit. Descended via the cleaver. Ran into a friendly group of 12 Mounties below the 'schrund, and ran into an equally friendly Olympia group of 4 above the 'schrund. Along with our group of 6, a total of 22 people beat the crap out of the route on Saturday. Lots of people at the football field, including a couple guys from Vegas that were doing Easton route car-to-car in a day. Group of 3 climbers came up the NR - way to go guys! Met a nice guy from Vancouver - we pointed out peaks to each other on "our" sides of the border. Cant beat that view from camp at 5800. So great to be there with friends playing Name that Peak. Big views of the Pickets from my tent door. Love those North Cascades! Dox Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 was the marsh all swampy yet? it is a scenic route for sure, but in late july the bugs and swamp are freakin miserable until you get up on the ridge! Quote
dkemp Posted June 30, 2003 Author Posted June 30, 2003 That marsh is swampy, I wore my gaitors! Not very buggy yet. We saw lots of amphibians along the trail. Oh, I forgot to mention, a guy carrying skis passed us going up the trail. He skied the cleaver that day. Clearly a great idea although musta been hard work carrying those boards up there. We didnt talk but I'm sure he was enjoying it. Inspiring. Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Was there any evidence that the FS has started the work on the new trail? It is supposed to be up higher on the side of the ridge, avoiding the swamp. The plans were approved last year. Quote
dkemp Posted June 30, 2003 Author Posted June 30, 2003 I didn't know that and no, I didnt see it. D Quote
JoshK Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 dkemp said: Oh, I forgot to mention, a guy carrying skis passed us going up the trail. He skied the cleaver that day. Clearly a great idea although musta been hard work carrying those boards up there. We didnt talk but I'm sure he was enjoying it. Inspiring. I carried skis up the NR a few weeks ago and despite the drawbacks (and swearing I did) of having skis on your back while climbing somewhat technical terrain, all was forgotten when skiing down the C/D!! Quote
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