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Tom_Sjolseth
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PostTue Aug 13, 2013 2:59 pm 
August 8-11, 2013 Originally this trip was supposed to end at Trinity via High Pass and Buck Creek Pass, but intense electrical storms had us changing our itinerary. This is essentially a repeat of a trip Birddog and I did in August of 2011, but this time we kept on the N side of the range instead of the S. We wound up traversing the Richardson, Pilz, and Butterfly Glaciers. The descent down Thunder Creek was made more pleasant thanks to very recent work by a trail crew w/ horses. Those must be some cowboys to get horses up there! My hat is off. We started from and ended at White River TH. We ascended Clark via the Klenke/Sjolseth cross-country Y-Basin route, passing within 400' of the summit. We then continued on traversing the N side of the crest, climbing Luahna and Chalangin Peak along the way. We had one particularly sweet high camp at ~7900' on the Napeequa/Thunder divide above the Butterfly Glacier. Lightning was intense here, and we nearly got struck with several bolts cracking right on top of us. We dropped back onto the S side via a key ramp from the upper Butterfly, before climbing Tenpeak, then setting up another camp in upper Thunder Basin (gorgeous). We dropped back down to the White River trail via the climber's path in Thunder Creek. Good routefinding required here to keep the trail.. Highlights: -40+ goats in one herd (pictured somewhere below) -Perseid Meteor Shower -Almost getting hit by lightning (more than once) -Two all-night thunderstorms w/ hail, high winds, and lots o lightning -Stupendous views -Saw nobody the entire trip Anyway, enough with the boring words, here are some photos...
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PostTue Aug 13, 2013 4:20 pm 
What is 4472? Amazing glaciers! Love that area.

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PostTue Aug 13, 2013 6:12 pm 
Nice traverse you two, awesome pics up.gif that is some nice glaciated area

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PostTue Aug 13, 2013 6:58 pm 
Beautiful! Ree- if i had to guess i'd say those are the goats.

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PostTue Aug 13, 2013 7:11 pm 
Ree, that's just my sweet telephoto lens doing its magic (ie, trying to focus). Indeed, those are the goats. The herd was 40+ best that I could tell.

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 7:29 am 
Tom, Are you saying somebody has cut a new trail (or cleaned up the ancient one) into Thunder Basin?

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 7:51 am 
Really enjoyed your Dakobed TR!!! pic #4391 is excellent with the best view we saw of Luahna to the right of the climber on Chalangin ridge. After all your trips into this area (4?) what appears to be the best route up Luahna? The Richardson glacier still looks surprisingly solid. #4413 - is that the camp with intense lightning above the Butterfly glacier? Do you know the name of the peak just to the right of Chalangin? We were impressed by its tusk-like pyramid and lack of any easy route. #4462 - really like this photo from Tenpeak of the two lobes of the Honeycomb glacier. We found a spectacular pre-flattened camp at the head of the right lobe, just below the col that links the Honeycomb and Suiattle glaciers. I also had the same question basically as gb - did the horsemen fix the two miles of White River trail from Boulder Creek to Thunder Basin, or did they go all the way up into Thunder Basin? Thanks for the quick preparation of this awesome TR!

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 8:15 am 
Great stuff, Tom up.gif Very cool to see two TRs of adventurous Dakobed traverses on the same page!

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 9:26 am 
Someone has gone in and brushed out the trail into Lower Thunder Basin with a team of horses. They did a really good job too, it was much easier to follow than when I was in there two years ago. They stopped at the big meadow before you go up through the slide alder next to the waterfall into the upper basins. I would guess it would be impossible to get a horse through that slide alder and subsequent steep forested slopes. The climber's path through the slide alder is difficult to follow, but there. Lots of chances to get into an epic brush battle here (reports in the summit register of it taking 3 hours to climb 600' in that area). Jetlag.. the best route up Luahna is from the col that separates the Richardson from the Pilz. That would be the E Ridge. It's class 4 in one spot, but the rest is pretty easy scrambling. I think it took about 20 minutes to gain the summit from the col?? #4413 is the camp with the intense lightning. The peak to the right of Chalangin is unnamed (it doesn't have prominence) and could be considered just a point on the ridge. There are lots of neat features up there on that ridge, and that's definitely one of them! I saw the camp in photo 4462 in your Dakobed TR. What a place to spend the night. I would like to have completed a traverse to N Fork Sauk (in fact, that was discussed), but the logistics of dropping cars would be a real pain. You guys had an awesome trip!

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 9:38 am 
Nice set of photos. up.gif Is that a pair of Salewa boots in pic #4466? If so what do you think of them? I have a pair of the Mt Trainer Mid GTX and have been trying to like them all summer, but the jury is still out.

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PostWed Aug 14, 2013 10:36 am 
Tom, thanks for the additional detail on routes, brush and camps. I can't figure out why it took me 43 years of Cascades hikes and climbs to discover this beautiful range and what it has to offer. Having your pictures and descriptions really sets me up for a 2nd encounter.

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PostSat Aug 17, 2013 1:26 am 
No kidding Jetlag.. this is one of the nicest areas in the range.. and so close! HitTheTrail.. those are Salewa boots. I believe he likes them. Maybe Sergio can chime in.

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PostSat Aug 17, 2013 1:41 am 
Well . . . the Dakobed isn't so close to me down here near Mt. Rainier, but it's worth every mile of driving to get there. Just looking at Ree's pictures from her Kennedy Ridge ascent, I could see two of our best camps in the background and 8 of the glaciers we crossed. Looking at one of your pics, I was wondering if you crossed from Luahna to the Pilz glacier down that steep N/NW-facing snow and ice shield on Luahna.

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PostSat Aug 17, 2013 8:17 am 
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PostSat Aug 17, 2013 12:07 pm 
Great trip, nice variation on the previous. Love to come across rocks like this
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