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 Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:44 am |
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If I do not have to work tomorrow (Thursday), I would like to see if anyone has suggestions for a summit hike off/near Highway 2 because I would be in that general area.
The weather looks poor (rainy) and the avalanche danger might be poor, too. However, according to Peakbagger.com my next successful summit will be my 100th of the year, a first for me. I don't want to waste that on a lame city highpoint (although I will if needed on NYE Day).
I considered Blue Mountain on the SW side of Spada Lake, but I do not know how close I can even drive up there, and with just a car. Does anyone know about that? Or does anyone have any other suggestions off Highway 2 that would not have avalanche concerns?
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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dicey
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Chief Joseph
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Mount Stickney.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Redwic
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Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:50 pm |
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| dicey wrote: | | How about Windy Mtn.? |
You mean the mountain responsible for the biggest avalanche disaster in our nation's history?
(Not that I would approach it from that side, anyway.)
That sounds a little "dicey". 
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Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:51 pm |
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| Chief Joseph wrote: | | Mount Stickney. |
This new hourglass route sounds cool. 
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Backpacker Joe
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What route are you guys talking about for Stickney?
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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Redwic
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Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:47 pm |
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It was sarcasm, in reference to Flow's latest adventure.
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Chief Joseph
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| Redwic wrote: | | Chief Joseph wrote: | | Mount Stickney. |
This new hourglass route sounds cool. |
You would possibly have a "first ascent" should you bag the peak via that route.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Heck Yea! Or then of course you could die trying, but then as 100 of the year it would all be good, right!?!? 
(That is sarcasm if you were not sure!)
As for peaks, sorry no help there, just getting back into longer hikes, peaks are still year or two down the road.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:25 pm |
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| Redwic wrote: | | You mean the mountain responsible for the biggest avalanche disaster in our nation's history? |
Really? I didn't know about that.
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Redwic
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| Matt Lemke wrote: | | Redwic wrote: | | You mean the mountain responsible for the biggest avalanche disaster in our nation's history? |
Really? I didn't know about that. |
I recommend this book. It is very good.
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BTW- I reached my 100th summit today. Actually, it is very possible, with all of the hills and bumps I have reached this year, that I may have already passed that threshold... but I am just going off of the peakbagger.com data. With limited time for a trip due to family commitments today, I had to choose between straightforward and popular, or lame and obscure. Anyone who knows me well can probably guess which of those two options I would make for a solo trip. 
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OK... Same scenario as before. It looks like I will need to be near Highway 2 (between Monroe and Stevens Pass) early this upcoming week. I recently realized that I have never summited a 5000'+ peak in January, so that is my preference.
Are there any such peaks off Highway 2 that only require 6-8 hours of roundtrip hiking/snowshoeing? I only have a car, which in some respects is better for elevation gain.
Suggestions are appreciated.
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Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:18 pm |
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Arrowhead, Evergreen, Union/Jove...... I think they are all over 5K
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
'we don't have time for a shortcut'
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Thanks! I had totally forgotten about Arrowhead Mountain until this afternoon. Odd, since most of my peakbagging friends have already been there. If my little car can make it over Stevens Pass, that is my new preferred choice. We'll see, and others are welcome to join!
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"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
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