[Magellan]

What started as a small club outing ended up with ten people going on this trip. I like solo trips and small groups, but there is nothing quite like a traveling party.

Getting started

Splintered

Nancy

Small cascade

This hike is well documented so I will just talk about conditions. The flowers look like early July (robust), the bugs acted like early august (voracious), and the first day of fall had a distinct summer feeling to it.

Getting closer

MRNP magenta paintbrush

Happy moron

Copper and Iron Peaks

There is tons of water along the route, and hardly any people to be seen. The bootpath is straight forward, and only steepish the last 1000'. I used hands a couple of times, otherwise it was just walking.

Sub-Alpine traverse

Pyramid Park with three falls

Getting close

Tahoma itself is not that attractive without a white blanket, but I cant deny the coolness of a volcano dominating the scene. Pyramid Park with three waterfalls looked like a gorgeous place to spend a couple of days.

Veronica ponders the Success Cleaver

Tatoosh Range

The crew

Descent from the summit

The patrol cabin was occupied by some friends of the park so we got to look inside. Iron and Copper looked like fun scrambles, and Ararat could not have been greener.

Muddy Mirror Lake

The patrol cabin

Big T

On the ground

A worthy hike indeed. 14+ miles R/T, 4000' of gain, 10+ hours car to car.

[veronika]

10 people on one hike is much different than one and two. The weather was perfect. Only one war wound on this hike... I missed one shoulder with deet and have around 30 bites in that one spot! Thank you again for inviting me Magellan. I had a great time! Here are a few more photos of the trip.

The objective

Part of the crew getting ready

Rest stop at the suspension bridge

Here we go.

Tahoma Creek from the bridge

The conga line

Mirror Lakes inhabitant

Boot path from here

Along the way

Summit time

Pyramid Park from summit

Tomlinson Falls

Zoom of South Tahoma Glacier

On the decent

On the way out, Magellan, Nancy and I decided to take the side trip to Indian Henry's Patrol Cabin. Glad we did as were able to get a peek inside.

Wood stove inside the cabin

Rear door

Stairs to the loft

Up above

Pretty uneventful on the way out. We stopped for one break at the bridge was all. Great trip and a lot of fun.

[HitTheTrail]

Just shows even motley crew's can have good outings.

[Blowdown]

Nice work, Magellan and team. We need to add this one to our list. Because in my experience, each additional partner increases complexity by an order of magnitude, I'm impressed that you folks were organized enough to pull off a great climb with a big group! Nice pix also.

[Magellan]

That is high praise indeed. We did not have any whiners, and we met in the middle for a nice group speed.

[Don]

Looks like an excellent trip! What a unique perspective of the mountain from the summit.

[Highwalker's Daughter]

Looks like fun. That's a large group that turned out for you.