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Andy D.
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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 8:43 pm 
Sorry I don't have time to write up a whole trip report yet, but I'll start with a few pictures. I did the grand tour of the Enchantments, crammed into 2 days. Pretty awesome experience for me as it was my first time up there. The weather worked out great and strangely enough, I didn't see one other soul up there. Day 1:
  • Colchuck Peak
  • Dragontail Peak
  • Witches Tower
  • Little Annapurna
  • McClellan Peak
Started from Colchuck TH, went up Colchuck Glacier and climbed Colchuck, Dragontail & Witches Tower with very limited visibility. Traversed over to Little Annapurna where the clouds finally broke and I was rewarded with a spectacular view. Descended to Crystal Lake, set up camp halfway up McClellan, summited McClellan right at sunset...amazing. Never climbed so many peaks in one day...I was surprised since I didn't start that early. Day 2:
  • Enchantment Peak
  • Cannon Mountain
Descended from camp and headed up Enchantment Peak, then down Prusik Pass over to Cannon Mountain. Went back down the north ridge of Cannon and back to the car. Ironically I finally got hit with rain 20 minutes from the car and got soaked frown.gif I was happy to have decent weather the rest of the time despite the rain everywhere else!
Colchuck Lake
Colchuck Lake
Colchuck Glacier
Colchuck Glacier
Colchuck Lake
Colchuck Lake
low vis
low vis
Dragontail ridge
Dragontail ridge
Argonaut
Argonaut
Witches Tower
Witches Tower
Witches Tooth
Witches Tooth
sittin' on Witches Tower
sittin' on Witches Tower
Glacier Peak
Glacier Peak
Stuart
Stuart
Little Annapurna view
Little Annapurna view
Enchantments view
Enchantments view
Enchantments
Enchantments
Prusik Peak
Prusik Peak
Prusik Peak
Prusik Peak
Little Annapurna
Little Annapurna
The Prong
The Prong
climbing McClellan at sunset
climbing McClellan at sunset
Rainier
Rainier
The Prong
The Prong
sunset
sunset
McClellan pano
McClellan pano
McClellan sunset
McClellan sunset
sunrise
sunrise
sunrise on the Temple
sunrise on the Temple
Temple glow
Temple glow
Enchantment Peak pano
Enchantment Peak pano
The Boxtop
The Boxtop
Sherpa & Stuart
Sherpa & Stuart
Druid Plateau and Cannon Mtn
Druid Plateau and Cannon Mtn
Mt Stuart & Lake Stuart
Mt Stuart & Lake Stuart
Cannon Mtn pano
Cannon Mtn pano
where I slid down to Coney Lake
where I slid down to Coney Lake
my route (in green)
my route (in green)

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kbatku
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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 8:49 pm 
Way to go!!
Great pics! Settles the "Is there still snow?" question! up.gif up.gif up.gif

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ActionBetty
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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 8:51 pm 
Sunrise on the temple..sweetness biggrin.gif

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Opus
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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 9:22 pm 
Sweet photos, and impressive effort getting all that done in two days! up.gif

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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 9:32 pm 
borank.gif WOW....you really got around in just 2 days! eek.gif up.gif

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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 10:51 pm 
Great pics! All I could think of, tho, was how cold it looks there.

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Gil
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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 11:15 pm 
Wow! What an effort! Great trip!

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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 11:17 pm 
You are killing it Bond! What a grand tour. Way to stuff it into two days. up.gif

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PostFri Jun 06, 2008 11:20 pm 
Wow... what did you do up there in your spare time??

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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 12:23 am 
You did that in two days? Amazing! Great light on some of your shots, especially the one titled "sunset" and the McClellan pano, where the tip of the peak in the foreground catches the golden light, while everything below falls into shadow. If you have time later, you might want to see if you can fix the blue tone in the rightmost frame of the pano and then redo the stitch. It's great already, but would be even better if the color shift didn't show.

“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 12:34 am 
I'm exhausted up.gif

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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 1:17 am 
Nice! You've been busy, lately, going all the places I wanna go. wink.gif

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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 9:10 am 
cdrbond007 wrote:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8039/imgp4866iy4.jpg[/img] =Mt Stuart & Lake Stuart [img]
I can't quite tell from the photo. Is Stuart Lake thawed out?

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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 9:19 am 
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PostSat Jun 07, 2008 10:14 am 
Great report! Solitude is hard to beat.

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