Lipschitz Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Trip: Sahale Peak - Quien Sabe Glacier Date: 8/1/2009 Trip Report: My buddy and I planned on climbing Sahalee and Sharkin in the same day, car2car. We ended up climbing only Sahalee. We didn't find any boot tracks on the glacier and didn't encounter folks on the route. We had the glacier and peak just for ourselves We heard "on/off bealy" screams from Sharkin and saw a large group late in the afternoon. We left the car at 7:45am and returned 11 hours and a half later. The landscape there is so pretty I ended up taking 10x pictures compared to a typical climb (and thus stopping more often and longer than usual). Quien Sabe is a small glacier but it has character. We had to zig-zag around a few crevasses. Routefinding was not difficult, but wasn't boring, either. Early morning in Boston Basin A closer look at the Who Knows Glacier Johannesburgh and Snowking Forbidden and Eldorado Approaching the summit Last patch of snow and Boston Peak Looking down from Sahalee Peak towards Sahalee arm Eldorado from Sahalee Peak 4 climbers on Salahee Glacier Looking at the glacier route and Sahalee Peak Nice red color in the afternoon Boston Basin in the afteroon Sharkfin seen from Boston Basin Boston & Sahalee Peaks and waterfalls Last nice view before the torture Gear Notes: Heavy/long rope Did not use the picket, did not use the rock shoes and rock pro since we abandoned the plan to climb Sharkfin Approach Notes: Primitive trail. Biting flies do not mind deet. Approach seamed much longer than it really was. We really wanted to avoid coming down at night. Sharkfin will have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lipschitz Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Oops, my first TR. I messed up the pictures. The link to them is here until I find out how to fix this: http://picasaweb.google.com/ominpom/Sahalee?authkey=Gv1sRgCJy5roi6z8zvPw# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) You need to copy the image locations and not the picasa URL. See what I did with your first picture. Edit: I corrected the peak spelling on the title to help with future TR searches Edited August 10, 2009 by Off_White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKing Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Great TR and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culbejack Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I was thinking about going up this weekend with the same itinerary - but was reading that there is a large moat to cross to get to Sharkfin. Just wondering if that's why you decided to forgo climbing Sharkfin - any comments on the the condition of the snow ramp near Sharkfin col (or the moat)? Thanks! Beautiful photos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazz Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) couple of friends went up aug 1st. here is their tr with lots of pics. http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7977512&highlight= Edited August 17, 2009 by tazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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