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Jim Dockery
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PostTue May 07, 2013 12:19 pm 
I've been looking to get up Bedal Pk. for many years now so I was very happy that Jeff agreed to guide Eric, Reggi, and I back up after he skied it the day before. He said the views were worth it. The little fisherman's trail through beautiful old growth forest gets your attention in a few steep spots, but is much better than nothing, so watch the pink flagging if you loose your way (Eric & I wandered a bit on the way down).
steep spot
steep spot
WhipIt comes in handy
WhipIt comes in handy
After a couple miles we hit continuos snow and started skinning. Open trees kept us in the shade until we traversed over to the barren slopes of the upper north east face. The view north and east now opens up with Glacier Pk. in your face.
Glacier Pk.
Glacier Pk.
Baker, White Chuck, Pugh
Baker, White Chuck, Pugh
We traversed up and across the open slopes to a final climb up the east ridge to the summit where the spectacular panorama of the Mountain Loop peaks and the north face of Sloan (recently skied) elicited many hoots and "Wow!"s.
North face of Sloan
North face of Sloan
An hour sipping summit beers and eating sandwiches was the highlight of the day. I was in photographer heaven with a new perspective on my Mountain Loop stomping grounds and making plans for a summit bivy on another trip. A bit of a breeze kept the snow from totally mushing out so we weren't in too big a hurry.
Summit Bedal
Summit Bedal
pano south
pano south
Sperry-Big Four pano
Sperry-Big Four pano
Morning Star east face
Morning Star east face
Del Campo east face
Del Campo east face
Hall & Pilchuck
Hall & Pilchuck
The skiing wasn't great, with lots of traversing and few good fall line pitches, but better than walking!
Jeff jumps from the summit
Jeff jumps from the summit
Eric swoops down
Eric swoops down
I'm lovin the views
I'm lovin the views
down across the north east face
down across the north east face
Jeff does his thing
Jeff does his thing
The trail back down is soft and easy on the knees, so we arrived back at the car in the late afternoon tired, but not beat. Jeff's GPS said 4700 ft. of elevation gain. I don't recommend this as a beginner hike, but for the Mountain Loop connoisseur it's a must do. Now I've gotta go back and spend a night on top!
Columbia & Wilman's
Columbia & Wilman's

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PostTue May 07, 2013 12:57 pm 
Heck yeah! up.gif I loved Bedal when we did it. Great views and the best standing glissade I ever had. biggrin.gif

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PostTue May 07, 2013 1:03 pm 
that upper bowl could make for some most excellent pow skiing on a clear, cold winter day when the sun angle doesn't hit it. nice pics!

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PostTue May 07, 2013 1:26 pm 
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PostTue May 07, 2013 1:54 pm 
nice Jim! Is that my old Friend Eric R.????? I do believe it is- just saw his name in the Earl register yesterday. He's getting out a lot it seems, good for him! Tell him I said Hi. Snowdog aka Elle

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PostTue May 07, 2013 3:13 pm 
up.gif up.gif Nice !

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PostTue May 07, 2013 9:15 pm 
Beautiful shots, the zoom shots are great! That is one summit I want to head back too. It was a little cloudy the first time I went.

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PostTue May 07, 2013 10:37 pm 
Jim Dockery wrote:
The skiing wasn't great, with lots of traversing and few good fall line pitches, but better than walking
Yep, it's a bummer there isn't more fall line skiing, but the views are great!!

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PostWed May 08, 2013 9:11 am 
Elle, yes, Eric gets out skiing with me quite a bit. You'll see him in many of my ski TRs.

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PostWed May 08, 2013 9:50 am 
up.gif and great JD pics, as usual. Been looking at that line on the maps for years.

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PostWed May 08, 2013 9:55 am 
great views up there.. and nice shots! let me know if you need a buddy when you overnight it, I would take off work to go

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PostWed May 08, 2013 3:01 pm 
awesome! great work getting up there ... love the pix too!

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