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[TR] Luahna - PooLedges 9/19/2008


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Trip: Luahna - Poo Ledges

 

Date: 9/19/2008

 

Trip Report:

TR: Luahna September 16-18, 2008

 

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It’s hard to find a peak more rotten than Luahna, Clark Mountain’s little brother, but it’s even harder to find a more beautiful area to visit this time of year. I spent a leisurely two nights out here this past week.

 

My carpool partner Don dropped me off at the Little Giant Pass trailhead, then headed up valley for different objectives. Little Giant Pass rewards it’s pilgrims with a sweeping view of Napeequa, one of the most elegant glacier carved valleys in the Cascades. After hiking up river a bit, I ascended game trails up to Butterfly Butte, just east of Luahna.

 

 

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Gentian. Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Gentian. Buttefly Butte

 

 

Buttefly Butte: amazing. I bivvied on a pumice field atop its highest point, about 200 feet above the Pilz Glacier terminus.

 

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Clark from Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Evening sky from Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Glacier Peak from Butterfly Butte

 

 

The following morning I donned six point crampons and strolled up the Pilz Glacier to the col. From there, I angled upward across sandy ledges to the summit.

 

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Luahna and the Pilz Glacier

 

 

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Beware of quicksand

 

 

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The Iceman of rodents. Pilz Glacier

 

 

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Marmot skull fragment. Pilz Glacier

 

 

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Luahna summit panorama

 

 

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Fish porn: Bull (Dolly Varden) trout in the Chiwawa River

 

 

Rest of TR is below....

 

Gear Notes:

Sixpoints,poles,tennies,Im-not-a-deer-Tshirt

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These pics won't work in the original post, for some reason. Anyway, here's the rest of the TR:

 

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Fireweed. Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Clark Mountain reflection. Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Western anemone (seed stage). Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Obligatory paintbrush photo. Butterfly Butte

 

 

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Tachnid fly (Gymnosoma nudifrons). Napeequa Valley

 

 

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Find the bear. Southwest of High Pass

 

 

I then headed for High Pass, camping a few hundred feet below on a pretty little heather bench.

 

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Mt Berge from just east of High Pass

 

Popping over High Pass, I descended, trending left, through mostly open forest to Buck Creek, where I picked up the trail and headed to Trinity, where Don, finished with his three summits, awaiting my arrival.

 

On the way down I stopped for lunch at the bridge over the Chiwawa River. I noticed what appeared to be a piece of wood slowly rising and falling in the current. It appeared, well, kind of floppy, somehow. Upon closer inspection I realized that it was a fish tail. It was a salmon; well over a foot and a half long, and it wasn’t alone.

 

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Amanita buttons. Chiwawa River

 

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Really neat pix!

Your fish vid would be good too except that it's a pretty good test case of just how bad the youtube compression algy is.

So what brand is your "I'm not a deer" t shirt? I just picked up a Cloudveil one from STP that is pretty much the brightest red anyone (deerhunter or not) has ever seen ...

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These were shot with a borrowed Canon Powershot SD1000. Before I dropped it, I used a Canon Powershot 800IS. From now on, I'll be using a the next generation of the same; a Canon Powershot SD870 IS. This is a great little camera: 4x zoom, 8 MP, 3" LCD, macro. I web ordered mine from B&H Photo in NYC; one of the few reputable shops out there, for about $250 incl shipping. There are shops out there that offer a cheaper price, but they they're notorious for a) claiming the item's in stock when it's not b) sending you a refurbished unit instead of a new one, complete with crappy aftermarket battery c) call you and try to upsell you all kinds of crap you don't need and d) charge you more than the price you thought you were paying.

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