[GeoTom]

[Sabahsboy]

I am "blown away!" All the photos are terrific! The block of Big Chiwaukum is impressive. I like this angle view of the Chiwaukums...they look like true, rugged mountains. View of Bulls Tooth is most interesting as well. You fellows have great endurance and achieve summits with ease...or so it appears! Jasper must get so "R and R" for a spell, though! He is "mighty dog"! What? No avys?! Thank goodness.

[rush]

I was one of the skiers coming from the West.. Not the best snow conditions I've had for skiing Arrowhead, but it wasn't bad after a couple hundred feet off the summit. To Dicey's question on Jim Hill, GeoTom wrote "We did see a couple ski tracks descending from a ridge lower down on Jim Hill. Not sure if anyone actually got any good pictures of them though." I think those tracks where on the 5909' subpeak between Arrowhead and Jim Hill. After descending the west side of Arrowhead we skinned up the north ridge of that subpeak toward those same tracks and did a run down. Fun exploring, but no better snow than the Arrowhead side. Dicey - parking for Jim Hill isn't the best right now. You can park at the Stevens Pass Nordic center and go in via Lanham Lake or walk the highway for 0.37 miles and go in via Henry Creek. We parked just east of where the rr tracks bridge crosses hwy 2 - it would be 0.7 miles back to Henry Creek from there. I don't think there are any options in between.

[cartman]

[nuclear_eggset]

woot for summit tea!

[Justus S.]

Had a great trip guys. Thanks for organizing W. Nice to meet you GeoTom and Jasper. Some pics

Up and up with a camera

Picture times

Trudging upwards

Steve heading up

Hill

Group on Top

Highway 2

Hmmm....What should I take a picture of next?

Tree

North Chiwaukum

Matt descending in the forest

[Sabahsboy]

Justus S., some very nice photos. Love the close up of North Chewaukum! Among my earliest backpack ventures were the Chewaukums in mid-1970's. Ascent and afternoon snooze on Big Chewaukum...the silence and freshness of the air is instilled in my memory. For all that went to Arrowhead....a great bunch of photos and the views...super "wow!"

[Gabigabs]

Gret report and awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[wildernessed]

[wildernessed]

[Matt]

Here are a couple stitched photos from the summit.

180 degree pano looking south from Arrowhead

Chiwaukum

Turns out the Photostitch software that came with my Canon camera is smarter than I am. When I accidentally included a photo that wasn't part of the pano, it detected that it was taken with a different focal length and refused to proceed until I removed it.

[Mark Griffith]

Looks like a fantastic day to be out, great photos.

[wildernessed]

Awesome Matt !