denalidevo Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Trip: Sloan Peak - Corkscrew Route Date: 6/27/2006 Trip Report: On June 26-27, 2006, I climbed Sloan Peak with Phil Prins and Rich Guthrie (this was the first time I'd climbed with Phil since McKinley in '03). We took an alternate approach via Bedal Creek. It was described as a 4 hour cross-country jaunt but we managed to push it to 8 hours with some "creative" navigation choices and extended bushwhacking. Summary: left the trailhead at noon, arrived at base camp at 8pm after being whupped and beaten by slide alder, devil's club and unseasonable heat. Went to bed to a wonderful sunset though! June 26: Rich & Phil rearin' to go Deep brush Approaching high camp Settling into camp Sunset on Three Fingers and Whitehorse Glacier Peak June 27: Summit day stats: Left base camp @ 6am, el: 5,700 ft Summited @ 9am, el: 7,835 ft Returned to base @ 11:00am Missed the trail on the way down - another hour of bush-whacking :-( Back at trailhead @ 3pm Summit day pics: Sloan Glacier Good times! Link: Sloan Peak - June 27, 2006 photo set on Flickr Gear Notes: Glacier rig & rope Approach Notes: Bedal Creek approach = lots of bush-whackin' Quote
genepires Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 I was told there was a nice trail on that side. I wonder if it was put in after 2006. Quote
denalidevo Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) As I recollect we started on a nice trail to Bedal Basin, then headed off cross-country for Sloan. Somewhere along the way we headed up the wrong side of a drainage and had to descend into some slide alder and cross a creek to get back on track. Probably user error... Edited March 12, 2011 by denalidevo Quote
Mattski Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 I climbed it from the Sloan Creek TH and had a great trail almost to the glacier. Quote
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