JoshK Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Has anybody skied up along the spine of Icicle Ridge as described in Rainer Burgdorfer's book? Looks like it might make a nice ridge tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I haven't, but in that same area, Hatchery Creek makes a nice "ridge" tour with lots of elev. gain. Nice open forest up high, and safe from avies until you get close to Big Jim mtn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 up fourth of july and out chatter creek in the spring. good terrain. some friends have done it up fourth of july and down to the icicle ridge parking lot in a better snow year. they had fun. you would be carrying your skis down the lower part of the trail right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 I haven't, but in that same area, Hatchery Creek makes a nice "ridge" tour with lots of elev. gain. Nice open forest up high, and safe from avies until you get close to Big Jim mtn. Hey Phil, I posted a map of the area. Is there no way to get from those large flats and ridgeland onto the gentle south slops of Big Jim without significant avalanche slope exposure? The topography makes it look like an interesting area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Big Jim is rather impressive when viewed from High Camp, to the West. I've wondered about heading up there from Hatchery Creek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 the short answer is "yes". windloaded slopes above lake augusta. the shot down to carter lake is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Definitely looks like a great area. I'll have to get in there soon. thanks Rat, -josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Is there no way to get from those large flats and ridgeland onto the gentle south slops of Big Jim without significant avalanche slope exposure? I've haven't been that far, I was just guessing. Just made it to Pt.6296 during a high-avy-danger day last season, then turned around due to a friend with tired dogs. It was just nice unusual-for-the-Cascades terrain up there. Open woods and glades. Thought maybe you could follow the ridgeline itself to Big Jim, but I didn't get a good look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 Yeah, you can tell from the very topography that is a more unusual area of the cascades. The large high elevation "flat" spots between the ridges and main peaks seem more common when I am looking at topos of Colorado, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 regarding philfort's comment about skiing the ridge to the summit: we tried one winter and made it to pt. 7616'. we bailed off to the northeast due to rocky sections along the ridge and unusually cold conditions...good skiing though. the ne facing bowls above big jim mt. lakes would be great with the right conditions (only been there in the summer). enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Do you know what the "Badlands" that the map shows NW of Big Jim Mtn. are all about? Kinda cool or kinda not worth the hike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magellan Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Yeah, what the heck goes on in the badlands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarch Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Bad stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 matt, the badlands are nothing special unless you love lodgepole thickets and blowdowns. the higher terrain is really nice though. it's worth day-hiking over big jim from big jim lakes and out via lake augusta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 That's kinda what I expected, Rat. On paper, it looks like a cool area kind of how I think Nason Ridge is pretty cool-but maybe not "special." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjizzy Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 it's worth day-hiking over big jim rat, I don't think matt is tough enough to hike over big jim from big jim lakes big jim deserves some lakes named after him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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