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Andy D.
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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 2:53 pm 
Took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to get up Eightmile Mountain. I started 4pm Thursday from where Rd #7601 is gated at Bridge Creek CG. Road is snow-free for 2 miles, then patchy to the Eightmile Lake trailhead. Trail is snow-free for a bit, then snowshoes came out. A thin breakable crust and sloppy wet slush made for slow going and frequent postholing. I wasn't too optimistic about making a summit! Took 3 hrs under overcast skies and light drizzle to Eightmile Lake where I camped. Friday I awoke to a gorgeous day and headed out at 7am on snow that had thankfully hardened up a bit overnight. I had no route info with but decided the east face was probably no good with this soft snow (good call). Instead I traversed west above the lake to the southern slopes and found a steep avy gully that took me all the way up to the upper east ridge. I switched from snowshoes to boots & 'pons about halfway up. I was pleasantly surprised to find the upper ridge nice & firm with no difficulties to the summit. Arrived at the spacious summit plateau at 10:15, enjoyed the views but didn't linger as the snow was already softening considerably. I was able to glissade most of the way down until it was too soft. I donned snowshoes for a wallow-fest down to the valley floor where it was smooth sailing back to camp (12:30) and back out to the car (3:30pm). Awesome day in the hills! ~16mi RT (no GPS)
track up east ridge
track up east ridge
Eightmile summit
Eightmile summit
the 'Chants
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the 'Chants
Eightmile Lake
Eightmile Lake
Eightmile Lake & Axis Peak
Eightmile Lake & Axis Peak
approx route
approx route

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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 3:13 pm 
Nice job getting a somewhat tricky peak, especially this early! up.gif

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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 3:59 pm 
The amount of snow looks phenomenal for Enchantment area peaks.

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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 4:30 pm 
up.gif Nice photos that is a good trip !

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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 4:46 pm 
Excellent! I bet you had the whole place to yourself, and I bet it was awesome! Sure looks that way. I must say I'm jealous!
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PostSat Apr 22, 2017 7:00 pm 
Great looking trip. up.gif

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PostSun Apr 23, 2017 6:06 pm 
Amazed at how much snow, even on the ridge crest. smile.gif

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PostSun Apr 23, 2017 8:07 pm 
up.gif looks nice.

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