[TR] Dakobed Range - Luahna, Chalangin, Tenpeak (8/8-11, 2013) 8/8/2013

[Tom_Sjolseth]

Trip: Dakobed Range - Luahna, Chalangin, Tenpeak (8/8-11, 2013)

 

Date: 8/8/2013

 

Trip Report:

August 8-11, 2013

 

Originally this trip was supposed to end at Trinity via High Pass and Buck Creek Pass, but intense electrical storms had us changing our itinerary. This is essentially a repeat of a trip Birddog and I did in August of 2011, but this time we kept on the N side of the range instead of the S. We wound up traversing the Richardson, Pilz, and Butterfly Glaciers. The descent down Thunder Creek was made more pleasant thanks to very recent work by a trail crew w/ horses. Those must be some cowboys to get horses up there! My hat is off.

 

We started from and ended at White River TH. We ascended Clark via the Klenke/Sjolseth cross-country Y-Basin route, passing within 400' of the summit. We then continued on traversing the N side of the crest, climbing Luahna and Chalangin Peak along the way. We had one particularly sweet high camp at ~7900' on the Napeequa/Thunder divide above the Butterfly Glacier. Lightning was intense here, and we nearly got struck with several bolts cracking right on top of us. We dropped back onto the S side via a key ramp from the upper Butterfly, before climbing Tenpeak, then setting up another camp in upper Thunder Basin (gorgeous). We dropped back down to the White River trail via the climber's path in Thunder Creek. Good routefinding required here to keep the trail..

 

Highlights:

 

-40+ goats in one herd (pictured somewhere below)

-Perseid Meteor Shower

-Almost getting hit by lightning (more than once)

-Two all-night thunderstorms w/ hail, high winds, and lots o lightning

-Stupendous views

-Saw nobody the entire trip

 

Anyway, enough with the boring words, here are some photos...

 

 

 

[olyclimber]

What ever it is you do for a living, I'm jealous of your summer off time. Probably no kids either!

 

Thanks for another one, every picture is appreciated.

 

So if you were at #152/200 in 2011, where are you at now?

Edited September 4, 2013 by olyclimber

[ZakG]

Thanks for all of the great photos. Looking at the Beckey guide over the years, I have always wanted to see the Honeycomb glacier up close. Looks like I was born a few decades too late. Compare with the photo of "Tenpeak Mountain and Honeycomb Glacier from east" in the guide. Holy crap! What happened to that long, beautiful glacier tongue?