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John Morrow
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PostTue Jun 28, 2011 6:00 am 
To ski or not to ski--that was the question. Thanks to all the forwarning in previous posts about the brush on the south route, Jake and I opted to explore the big NE basin as a snow scramble---and to dream of future skiing. The trail has now been maintained to Eightmile Lake and no snow. Nice crosscut saw work on a few big logs. The approach entailed a nice crosscountry route above the north shore of the lake to the left of the big orange blocky scree slope. First we ascended open forest, then entered last year's wildfire, then traversed large stable blocky scree into the basin. **We were glad to have not hauled the skis all the way up in there, though the top 2000 feet of the climb did indeed look good!**
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Starting up open forest
Starting up open forest
Eightmile Lake
Eightmile Lake
Traversing to basin
Traversing to basin
Into hot burn
Into hot burn
Glad we left the skis Eightmile Mtn
Glad we left the skis Eightmile Mtn
The snow was soft and easy for step kicking and we found an all snow gully line toward the SE Ridge crest at about 7400 feet (one could take snow all the way to the summit). A couple hundred feet below the ridge we had enough of the snow and opted to enjoy some scrambling up a solid rock rib, joining the big SE ridge at about 7400ft.
Looks good
Looks good
Easy steps
Easy steps
Higher
Higher
Taking a rock variation
Taking a rock variation
The rib variant
The rib variant
Fun and solid
Fun and solid
Step to SE Ridge
Step to SE Ridge
Then we turned NW up the easy ridge to the top. Descending, we were able to butt glissade most of the way off the summit with a quick traverse through scree to connect the lines. What a great ski it would have been, but earlier in the year is a must!
SE Ridge
SE Ridge
Nice scrambling
Nice scrambling
Great glissade later!
Great glissade later!
On top
On top
West to Daniel
West to Daniel
NW up Icicle
NW up Icicle
Central rib variation
Central rib variation
Fast work, almost skiing!
Fast work, almost skiing!
Melted out
Melted out
About out of snow
About out of snow
Back to lake
Back to lake
Last slope down
Last slope down
Last view
Last view
One real interesting part of the day was seeing how the valley bottom of the basin seperates the orange peridotite from the granite of Eightmile Mtn!

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”-Mary Oliver “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ― MLK Jr.
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PostTue Jun 28, 2011 5:35 pm 
How long did it take you? Any chance of posting a map? Thanks!

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PostTue Jun 28, 2011 6:26 pm 
Type E wrote:
How long did it take you? Any chance of posting a map? Thanks!
Hi Eric, No problem at all. We took about 5 hours up and 3 down without feeling the need to rush. W/O snow, though, it would probably be more tedious. Can't believe folks get over to Hi-Jack in the same day!
8mile scramble route
8mile scramble route
Happy peakbagging! John

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PostTue Jun 28, 2011 6:39 pm 
Thanks! That route will keep me from trying from the North.

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PostThu Jun 30, 2011 6:54 pm 
Cool. Can't wait to hear more about the ski lines.

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PostThu Jun 30, 2011 10:03 pm 
That sounds a lot better than an alder-fest. up.gif up.gif

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PostFri Jul 01, 2011 10:09 am 
A very nice route... steeper, but no slide alder... up.gif

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PostMon Jul 04, 2011 2:57 pm 
Some pics from Jake:
Thanks for the comments you all. Randy, we best get there next winter despite the long approach!

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