Mt. Anderson Conditions 7/1-7/3

[iluka]

In case anyone is interested... some conditions for the route to Mt. Anderson.

 

No surprise with the fact that the Dosewalpis road is still VERY washed out 5 miles from the trailhead and will remain so for a while from the looks of things. Trail from the TH to Honeymoon Meadows camp is snow free. The bridge across the river at Honeymoon Meadows camp is out and the West Fork of the Dosewallips is running very high making a crossing there challenging... even in the morning. We hiked about 200-300 meters out from camp on the south side of the river, hugging the bank and eventually found a large downed tree which you could easily straddle and move across to the other side. That was the only challenging crossing.

 

Trail from the crossing up to Anderson Pass had snow in patches but made for easy travel. Little snow from Anderson Pass to the Anderson Glacier morraine. The lake is still frozen. The Anderson Glacier is not showing crevasses right now and there is snow almost all the way to the top of Flypaper Pass (bare for the last 20 feet). Snow all the way down the north side of the pass to the Eel Glacier. Once on the Eel, you can follow a snow ramp all the way to the summit.