joshenj Posted July 19, 2010 Posted July 19, 2010 Trip: Mt Logan - Douglas Glacier Date: 7/15/2010 Trip Report: Rick Samona and I climbed Mt Logan via the Douglas Glacier. We camped at the Easy Pass TH on Tuesday to get a head start on the approach. Hiking up to the pass went by quickly and soon we started the decent into the Fisher Valley. We kept hiking unitl we got to about 3900' having lost all but 200' of the elevation we had gained going up to Easy Pass. From there we crossed the river on a log, and started up the tributary valley. About 3/4 of a mile is where the brush really started. We did everything to avoid the groves of giant devils club, but at times it was unavoidable. We soon made it to the clearing at 4000' our route of choice was directly up and right of the Pillbox. This section was brushiest, slowing us down quite a bit. The regrowth is definatly back with avengence. Eventually we made it to camp at 4700' quickly ate and got to bed. Pondering our acent of the headwall in the morning. We chose to climb the east side of the headwall where there seemed to be some brush and trees to aid in our acent. Once at the base of the headwall we made it up the verical trees and then got to some class 3 scrambling to the base of the glacier. The glacier itself was just a slog up, except to save time we made a short move up some icefall to avoid a long walk around it, there were plenty of snowbridges accross the crevasses. We got to the notch, and headed up to gain the ridge. Once there a short scrambling traverse put ourselves on the summit. We chose to go all the way back to Fisher camp that night to make an easy day 3. Durning the night however I woke up several times to crashing noises in the woods and animals running through camp, crazy. Im retarted about how to add photos but check out my flickr site and they are there. Gear Notes: Glacier gear, machete would have been usefull. Approach Notes: More brush then expected, thus adding more time to the approach and decent. Quote
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