Best Glacier peak access?

[mtn.climber]

A group of us are planning a Glacier peak climb via Gerdine ridge in mid-June. I know...conditions getting there might be crappy but it's the only chance we have this season. I've read about various approaches, but would like some feedback from others that have went.

 

Approaches we're considering....

White River (long, brushy, avy debris)

Indian Creek (avy debris, brushy)

Little Wenatchee River (unsure of access to road's end, conditions of trail unknown)

North Fork Skykomish (long, conditions unknown)

Lightning Creek (shortest distance, but a bushwack)

 

Any others I should be looking at? Anyone else want to join our group. We all have glacier experience. Let me know. Thanks.

Edited May 27, 2011 by mtn.climber

[AlpineK]

Try the North Fork of the Sauk River. It's flat for a ways then uphill to White Mountain. Traverse and drop over a ridge to the White Chuck, "Glacier."

[mtn.climber]

Problem is the NF Sauk is blocked at MP 0, which adds a lot of road walk to the distance.

[builder206]

Lost Ridge to Byrne Lake, down across the Sauk, up the Kennedy

 

in 2009 the river crossing was no big deal

 

edit: lol, in *August* the river was no big deal YMMV

Edited May 27, 2011 by builder206