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Tom_Sjolseth
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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 6:48 pm 
My Dad, Justus, and I headed up to Elija Ridge this weekend for my second trip in a row up Cabinet Creek. This was my Dad's second trip up there. Cabinet Creek is melting out fast, but it's still easy to miss brush by walking on consolidated snow. This will last for about another week or two before it becomes - different. We camped on the ridge at ~6,350', about 1.75 miles E of the summit. Great views to the Chilliwack Group, Gabriel, Beebe, and Red Mountain. We departed camp at 5AM this morning and headed up to the summit. This took longer than we expected, but we eventually made it. The views were outstanding, but not quite as nice as Gabriel. We could see a sliver of Ross Lake, which was nice. Thunderstorms were moving in from the East for the second day in a row, so we decided to boogie. We got back to camp and had everything packed within about 10 minutes. We descended to the creek just as showers began to fall from the sky. The brush was wet on the way down, and by the time we hit the cars we were soaked. We saw Dave Creeden's car parked down at the guardrail and wondered what he might be climbing. I'm guessing Gabriel, and I'm guessing he got wet! Another great trip in the hills. Justus has photos, but it might take him a little bit to add them.

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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 9:09 pm 
Tom thanks for inviting me to come along on this trip. I had a great time! Beautiful place and good times.
Beebe from camp
Beebe from camp
Gabriel from camp
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Gabriel from camp
Tom and his Dad at camp, Elija behind
Tom and his Dad at camp, Elija behind
heading out early
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heading out early
Chilliwacks
Chilliwacks
Sun rising
Sun rising
Red Mtn early morning
Red Mtn early morning
Jack and Crater from east summit
Jack and Crater from east summit
Elijah, from the east summit, still far away
Elijah, from the east summit, still far away
Gabriel
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Gabriel
more walking to the summit
more walking to the summit
Tom and his Dad on the summit
Tom and his Dad on the summit
view toward Eldorado
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view toward Eldorado
Logan to Boston
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Logan to Boston
Looking northeast
Looking northeast
Ross Lake
Ross Lake
Mr. Sjolseth and Ruby
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Mr. Sjolseth and Ruby
Gabriel and Ragged Ridge
Gabriel and Ragged Ridge
Jack and Crater
Jack and Crater
Lots of traversing to be had for Elija
Lots of traversing to be had for Elija
almost to camp
almost to camp
our shelters
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our shelters

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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 9:49 pm 
So that's whose footprints we saw along Cabinet Creek! Dave Creeden and I climbed Gabriel this morning and when we came back down to the creek we were surprised to find a fresh set of tracks in the snow heading out. I told Dave it was probably somebody we knew because only a crazy peakbagger would be in there. You guys were right - Gabriel is a very nice climb. Oh, and thanks for the steps!

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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 9:58 pm 
Thanks for that report and the magnificent pics. Here is an inverse shot from Crater looking your way in Sept 98.
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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 9:59 pm 
good work !!! Wow that's a long climb. With beautiful photographs. I've admired Elijah Ridge from Ross Lake on a canoe, mid-lake near Big Beaver camp. Justus, in your image called 'view towards eldorado' what is the ridge that spans the middle of the picture?

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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 10:18 pm 
seawallrunner wrote:
good work !!! Wow that's a long climb. With beautiful photographs. I've admired Elijah Ridge from Ross Lake on a canoe, mid-lake near Big Beaver camp. Justus, in your image called 'view towards eldorado' what is the ridge that spans the middle of the picture?
Someone labeled the pic--it is Red Mtn, the long western end of Ragged Ridge.

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PostSat Jun 13, 2009 11:20 pm 
thank you cartman, thank you Tom_Sjolseth for the labels.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:21 am 
Thanks, Justus, for coming along! Your shots are great, especially the one entitled, "Gabriel". Martin S. - I had a feeling you were a part of Team Gabriel that day. Did you guys get wet? lopper, thanks for the photo from Crater. SWR - it is hard to comprehend how long that Red Mountain ridge is until you see it straight on. I have seen it before from other vantage points, but seeing it from Gabriel and Elija really gave me an appreciation of its magnitude.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:48 am 
One more interesting note about Elija. The summit benchmark (of which there are two) was originally stamped "Gabriel". Someone then got rid of this and put Elija. I have not seen that before.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 10:55 am 
Gabriel
Tom, We got a 5:15 start due the weather forecast of thunderstorms, arriving at the summit a little after 9:30 AM. We lounged on the summit for a while, leaving a little after 11AM. I took video from the summit right before we began our descent, that I will post later. At that time there were no nearby threatening thunderheads. By the time we reached the 6,800 ft elevation on the ridge to drop into the basin on the NE side of Gabriel, I made comment to Martin to look out for pyrotechnics. In that half hour period of time, a thunderhead had build up and moved right over Mebee. We cracked off a series of glissades to quickly descend into the basin and by the time we crossed your guy's fresh tracks a little before noon, Gabriel was getting hammered by thunder and lightning. We didn't get soaked from rainfall, actually getting more wet from trees on our descent. About what time were you guys traveling down Cabinet Creek? Did you guys come across the abandoned trail going up Cabinet Creek? We milked this old trail between 3,800 ft and the snow line at about 4,300 ft.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 11:02 am 
up.gif Good stuff as usual.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 11:38 am 
You guys were cruising (as always)! We were coming down cabinet creek around 1PM (I think). We used the abandoned trail last week as well as this week, it certainly makes things nice. Looking forward to the TR.

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PostSun Jun 14, 2009 3:40 pm 
Nice work fellas. Great pictures too, and thanks for adding the labels! up.gif up.gif

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PostMon Jun 15, 2009 6:42 pm 
Here is the video I took from the summit of Gabriel.

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PostMon Jun 15, 2009 7:43 pm 
Looked like it was a great time to climb. Nice pics and it's cool that pops made the trip also.

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