[Tom]

Today, probably closer to what it looks like in March.

[Backpacker Joe]

Is that Green lake Thomas? And are you on your way to Switzerland again?

[Tom]

That's Berdeen and Green from a few years ago in March. No plans to fly over the polar ice cap any time soon but if anyone is traveling to Europe and lucky enough to have a window seat on a clear day it's a pheomenal tour of the North Cascades and Canadian Rockies on your way north. Every night around 7:15 PM we saw SAS Flight 938 pass directly over us like clockwork although I think my shot is from NW Flight 34 which passes over at 1:15 PM.

SAS 938

[Sabahsboy]

Back near the beginning of Time, September, 1972, I flew from SeaTac to Bergen via SAS. I think SAS curtailed flights for some years between. However, the route is similar. I had a window seat near the smelly rest room. The views were incredible. I recall seeing only some of Cascades. The Far North of Canada had this mysteriuos grid, laid out in quads of perhaps 10 miles or more. From 36,000', the world looked like it was draped with a net. Finally, we got over the night and over Greenland....it was spectacular...the ice cap was "forever". The mean "air hostess" requested" I close the window shutter so other folks could watch a movie (nearly everyone was asleep); I objected and the lady brought her companion "hostesses" and threatened me! Said I had taken 'their seat"! Well...SAS assigned the seat...etc. Ultimately, I missed seeing the rest of Greenland, the volcano that rises mid-ocean and Iceland or Spitzbergen, etc. I was allowed to open the shutter just before landing at Bergen...it is pretty neat...all sorts of islands, many bare of trees. So...what are we looking at in the photo? Fascinating stuff!

[Tom]

[Mark Griffith]

What an amazing trip report. On the list for sure.

[Gray]

I understand the reluctance to post an exact route... but I'm curious... do y'all have a rough estimate for total/daily milage and elevation gain/loss? Such amazing scenery, I'd love to do this someday, if I can ever get in the shape it would require. --Gray

[Dayhike Mike]

No problems Gray, I'll send you some stats via PM.

[Mark Griffith]

I really don't see the point of not making it more public. Its one of the points of this kind of list.

[Dayhike Mike]

Again, happy to make info available via PM, but really would rather not post a lot of details publicly.

[Ingunn]

I would also be interested in some stats if you could send them - this seems like the perfect summer vacation for this year! Thanks for posting these amazing photos!

[Matt Lemke]

I'm stunned...I've been dying to do that exact trek. Those photos are amazing! I just look at those lakes on GE and drool...remote lakes are perhaps the best (and me favorite) things to see in the mountains. These are the first photos I've seen of the area. Dayhike Mike...I don't blame you for not making the info a little more public; I wouldn't either Make the area accessable for only those willing to put in the research and effort. I will go there someday...how long it takes depends on how high this trek falls on my "long trek" priority list. Thanks very much (I feel awkward seeing this for the first time but hey: I'm still relatively new here)

[SARguy]

Is anyone still around on this thread that can offer some beta getting into Green lake? I tried messaging mike, but got an undelivered message. I am specifically curious as to which route he took to get down into green lake.