Sahale Glacier

[PVD]

Can anyone tell me how crevassed the route is right now?

 

Thanks

[Blake]

not very

[OlegV]

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/480689/an/0/page/1#480689

 

Sahale Glacier is just a snow field, and if you stay to the right of it, you'll avoid crevasses:

[markharf]

Sahale Glacier is an actual glacier, and it has crevasses. They are few, obvious and easily avoided. In particular, stay to climber's left to when crossing the flat section at the top; I've a friend who somehow succeeded in falling in one of those.

[goatboy]

I think they're easily avoided, but certainly considerable!

 

 

 

SEE large images HERE

[Recycled]

I crossed the glacier (unroped) last week. The crevasses are starting to open up. There is one obvious and one less so - you need to keep your eyes open to follow the fracture line. There's a fairly clear path across the glacier, though I thought it wise to hang a bit further left at the first crevasse than the path indicated.

[ncascademtns]

Stay to the right and you can avoid most of the glacier by climbing on the rocks.

[David_Scott]

Any thoughts on what this route will be like now: lots of miserable loose rock, or will it stll be a nice climb this late in the season, with such a low snow pack? Thanks

[Rad]

It's a beautiful September route with some of the best views in the Cascades.

 

There's only a little talus below the summit pyramid and that's not bad at all.

 

Go get it!

[armin]

We climbed Sahale yesterday and crossed the glacier unroped. It's still easy to skirt around the crevasses, although they are starting to open up.