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Sadie's Driver Sadie's Driver
Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1763 | TRs | Pics Location: Welcome Pass |
How many NW Hikers does it take to break trail in 2 - 3' of unconsolidated snow??? Just one! That would be Iron!
Iron kicking his way up
Our merry band of 12 thieves started this adventure at the Monroe Park & Ride at 7:00 a.m. this fine morning (well, one car load almost didn't make it, since they sat at the Smoke Stack in Monroe thinking that was the meeting place!! ). Anyway, we all met, and there were 12 of us - an even dozen - headed off to Lichtenberg via the Yodelin/Nason Creek route. I'd never done that route, but Gus and I had summited Licehtenberg from two different routes previously - in fact, Lichtenberg was Gus' first summit! We were a bit worried about the traffic on our way home, but that would prove to be a breeze. So, this fine day we had (in alphabetical order) Bill, Carla, Damien, Darryl, Dave, David, Elle, Franklin, Lisa, Martin, Mike, and Suzanne! (Oh and Gus and Izzy as faithful canine combo.) We started out from the parking area on the east side of Hwy 2 across from Yodelin about 8:40 a.m. - walked the road to the end and headed up towards Lichtenberg.
Gearing up What the heck are these things??? Crossing Hwy 2 Uh-oh Get up, Yukon! Time to go!
Before long, we were in the trees and lots of new, unconsolidated snow (seems to be a theme right now!)
Heading through the trees
When we finally broke out of the trees, the views opened up a bit.
Looking east Sun trying to break through
After loosing about 300' feet, we started our ascent up towards Lichtenberg - 10 snowshoers, 2 skiers.
Heading up the slope Conga Line
The avalanche danger was low, so we made our way up and up to the saddle between South Lich and North Lich.
Last climb to the ridge
It was a short hop from the saddle up to the summit of North.
Summit babes! Last climb to summit Heading to the summit
It was a bit breezy here and limited views.
Brrrrr . . . .
But, we found refuge near some rocks to be able to grab some lunch.
Lunch break on the summit Goggle Girl
And, a summit shot.
Family portrait
On the way down, Dave met with some equipment malfunction - throwing a shoe somewhere in the snow. Nine of us poked and dug to look for his shoe for about 20 minutes.
The probe is good for something! Snowshoe found
Then it was a slip fest back down the steep slope towards the cars.
Hiker Down! Creek Crossing
Six snowshoers and two skiers reached the Yodelin road about the same time - while the other four were already back at the cars. For us, it was 3 1/2 hours up and about two hours down. Back to the cars before 2:30 p.m. and the trip back to Seattle was quick for a Sunday after Thanksgiving on Hwy 2! We were back in Seattle by 4:00 p.m.! About 2500' of gain and a lovely outing. great fun, with some super strong folks!
Four-paw buddy lets me tag along!
Four-paw buddy lets me tag along!
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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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Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:40 pm
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That is a good looking trench. Nice brief TR.
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Opus Wannabe
Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 3700 | TRs | Pics Location: The big rock candy mountain |
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Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:32 pm
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iron Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6391 | TRs | Pics Location: southeast kootenays |
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Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:09 pm
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Sadie's Driver wrote: | How many NW Hikers does it take to break trail in 2 - 3' of unconsolidated snow??? Just one! That would be Iron!
Iron kicking his way up |
it comes not without a price --- i took a nice 4 hour long nap immediately upon arriving home. the snow this day proved to be quite a workout - chest deep at times . this trip takes the cake for the amount of knee-kicking (as opposed to step kicking) snow.
not many pics to add.
002.JPG first dibs on the summit the army nearing the top cold tree
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dicey custom title
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 2870 | TRs | Pics Location: giving cornices a wider berth |
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dicey
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Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:37 pm
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My camera took a crap load of blurry pics today
(Guess what I want for Christmas?)
Also a bunch of blurry vids, so this is all I ended up with, sorry.
Franklin, enjoying the end of our descent:
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Randy Cube Rat
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 2910 | TRs | Pics Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:59 am
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Nice trip, sounds like hard work. Dicey, we have to get you on the Lichetenburg Slot tour here soon. You ski off the steeper north side of the peak, good times!
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Living in the Anthropocene
Living in the Anthropocene
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Mtn Man Snow addict
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 552 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline, WA |
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Mtn Man
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Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:02 pm
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Looks jibalicious! Thanks for the TR!
B)
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woutervw In search of trips
Joined: 02 Oct 2010 Posts: 217 | TRs | Pics Location: Sammamish, WA |
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woutervw
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Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:22 pm
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Opus wrote: | Breaking trail |
I love the way this photo describes the caption so perfectly.
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dicey custom title
Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 2870 | TRs | Pics Location: giving cornices a wider berth |
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dicey
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Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:29 pm
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I also especially like this one:
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