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StephAbegg
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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 6:50 pm 
High camp on Kololo.
High camp on Kololo.
Glacier Peak is visible from nearly every North Cascades summit. Or at least it seems to be. My eye has always caught on its aesthetic snowy volcanic form, followed by the inevitable: "I want to climb that someday." Finally, in July 2012, that someday came along. In the years leading up to our climb of Glacier Peak, road washouts had gradually eliminated any quick and easy approach to the once crowded summit. The increased remoteness had made the area more appealing to me. Given a lack of an easy approach, Dan Aylward and I thought it would be fun to enact a slightly non-standard itinerary and climb Glacier Peak as a circuit with a couple of additional summits. Our plan: A cross-country approach, a spectacular camp on top of the highest of Kololo Peaks just a glacial expanse south of Glacier Peak, a climb of the south ridge of Glacier Peak, a traverse down the Honeycomb Glacier to access the north couloir of the seldom-climbed Tenpeak Mountain, and finally a return to the summit of Kololo. Essentially, this would be a three-peak circuit. With an amazing high camp. It sounded like a physical challenge. It sounded beautiful. It sounded fun. It was all three. Full Trip Report: I've posted a full trip report (maps, route overlays, about 50 photos, video, commentary, and the adventures of a tiny stuffed mountain goat) on my website. Unfortunately, because of the way I have formatted it, I cannot directly copy and paste my html into nwhikers, so you'll have to go to my website to see the photos. http://www.stephabegg.com/home/tripreports/washington/northcascades/glacier Map of Travels:
map of Kololo-Glacier-Tenpeak-Kololo circuit 3 days, 44 miles, 17850 elevation gain/loss
map of Kololo-Glacier-Tenpeak-Kololo circuit 3 days, 44 miles, 17850 elevation gain/loss
Couple of overlays:
Glacier Peak South Ridge.
Glacier Peak South Ridge.
Tenpeak Mountain North Couloir.
Tenpeak Mountain North Couloir.
Some photos (please go to my website TR for more photos and descriptions):
How to get there.
How to get there.
Climbing Glacier Peak.
Climbing Glacier Peak.
Climbing Glacier Peak.
Climbing Glacier Peak.
Chocolate is a good flavor for a summit register.
Chocolate is a good flavor for a summit register.
Climbing Tenpeak North Couloir.
Climbing Tenpeak North Couloir.
Climbing Tenpeak upper NW Ridge.
Climbing Tenpeak upper NW Ridge.
Hmm....
Hmm....
Ice worms. These cool critters only come out to the surface of the glaciers in the evening and morning.
Ice worms. These cool critters only come out to the surface of the glaciers in the evening and morning.
Night photo at camp.
Night photo at camp.
Night photo at camp, star trails.
Night photo at camp, star trails.
Night photo at camp. Note the lightning on the horizon.
Night photo at camp. Note the lightning on the horizon.

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 6:52 pm 
You guys are animals! Very nice work. up.gif

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 6:58 pm 
up.gif Another good one Steph. Kololo is one of my favorite summits in that area or any area

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 7:47 pm 
Awesome. Looks like a sweet trip. Hoping to get out in that area this summer.

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 7:51 pm 
I'm sold - Kololo next summer, early July if there's snow cover.

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 9:26 pm 
Awesome. I love it. When I climbed/skied tenpeak, I was very excited. The views of Glacier Peak and the Honeycomb Glacier are incredible from there. Love your night shots! Great hike.

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 9:56 pm 
StephAbegg wrote:
Chocolate is a good flavor for a summit register.
Chocolate is a good flavor for a summit register.
Did you have a view of the Chocolate Glacier?

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 9:58 pm 
great report and beautiful area. glad you hit the weather window. note: your spelling is a bit off. it's YES! peak

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PostSun Jul 15, 2012 10:23 pm 
Riverside Baker wrote:
Did you have a view of the Chocolate Glacier?
Southeast side of Glacier Peak as seen from Tenpeak. 
Cool Glacier, Chocolate Glacier, North Guardian Glacier, Dusty Glacier
Southeast side of Glacier Peak as seen from Tenpeak. Cool Glacier, Chocolate Glacier, North Guardian Glacier, Dusty Glacier

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 7:08 am 
Spectaular! My girl dog kololo is jealous! .. and to fit your theme.. she's part chocolate lab. Quite oddly, I've been between chiliwack and dakobed for my next boy dog for some time.

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 7:31 am 
sweet .. no pun intended .. great traverse! when i first saw on your map that you took the lightening creek approach .. i thought wow .. what a shwack that would be this time of year .. but hey that's nothing new for you .. great effort!!

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 8:38 am 
Very beautiful and remote area. I don't often sign sumiit registers, but cool to see my name on that one in your blog. Nice write up.

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 11:01 am 
Thank you Steph for your report! I always enjoy your stories! And it gives me something to dream about for future trips. So many places, so little time!!!

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 11:26 am 
Outstanding trip and report. Thanks for asking "why" about the patterned ground, and then finding the answer. World of wonders.

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PostMon Jul 16, 2012 11:57 am 
up.gif up.gif up.gif very cool trek

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