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Andy D. Member
Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 209 | TRs | Pics Location: Bow, WA |
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Andy D.
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:43 pm
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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 I was happy to have decent weather the rest of the time despite the rain everywhere else!
Colchuck Lake Colchuck Glacier Colchuck Lake low vis Dragontail ridge Argonaut Witches Tower Witches Tooth sittin' on Witches Tower Glacier Peak Stuart Little Annapurna view Enchantments view Enchantments Prusik Peak Prusik Peak Little Annapurna The Prong climbing McClellan at sunset Rainier The Prong sunset McClellan pano McClellan sunset sunrise sunrise on the Temple Temple glow Enchantment Peak pano The Boxtop Sherpa & Stuart Druid Plateau and Cannon Mtn Mt Stuart & Lake Stuart Cannon Mtn pano where I slid down to Coney Lake my route (in green)
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kbatku Questionable hiker
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 3330 | TRs | Pics Location: Yaquima |
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kbatku
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:49 pm
Way to go!!
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ActionBetty Im a dirty hippie!
Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 4807 | TRs | Pics Location: kennewick, wa |
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ActionBetty
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:51 pm
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Sunrise on the temple..sweetness
"If you're not living good, you gotta travel wide"...Bob Marley
"If you're not living good, you gotta travel wide"...Bob Marley
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Opus Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 3700 | TRs | Pics Location: The big rock candy mountain |
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:22 pm
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Sweet photos, and impressive effort getting all that done in two days!
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Bloated Chipmunk Cock Rock Searcher
Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 2993 | TRs | Pics Location: Margaritaville |
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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Hiker Mama Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 3451 | TRs | Pics Location: Lynnwood |
Great pics! All I could think of, tho, was how cold it looks there.
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Gil Member
Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 4062 | TRs | Pics
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Gil
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:15 pm
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Wow! What an effort! Great trip!
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
Friends help the miles go easier.
Klahini
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Magellan Brutally Handsome
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 13116 | TRs | Pics Location: Inexorable descent |
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Magellan
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:17 pm
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You are killing it Bond! What a grand tour. Way to stuff it into two days.
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ragman and rodman Member
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1219 | TRs | Pics Location: http://rgervin.com/ |
Wow... what did you do up there in your spare time??
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Matt Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4307 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
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Matt
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:23 am
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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
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7220 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:34 am
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I'm exhausted
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Dayhike Mike Bad MFKer
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 10958 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to Tukwila |
Nice! You've been busy, lately, going all the places I wanna go.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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MLHSN What goes here?????
Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1069 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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MLHSN
What goes here?????
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:10 am
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I can't quite tell from the photo. Is Stuart Lake thawed out?
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Don Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 2013 | TRs | Pics Location: Fairwood, WA |
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Don
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:19 am
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Awesome!
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Slide Alder Slayer Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2002 Posts: 1960 | TRs | Pics
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Great report! Solitude is hard to beat.
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