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ReubenD
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PostSat Feb 01, 2014 12:03 am 
Artist Point is a pretty easy hike with a normal snowpack; with the drought conditions it was icier than when I went last year but still easy enough to get around on the ridge. Lots of people wearing snowshoes, but you didn't really need them if you don't mind sinking in a few inches every so often. To make things more challenging we headed off to Table Mountain afterwards. By this time the sun had softened the snow quite a bit. We followed previous trailblazer's steps up the side, but soon got to a really steep part where the first couple people in our party accidentally destroyed the soft snow steps. In the rest of the group's struggle to get up this part, sometimes more snow would give way and send little chunks tumbling down the mountainside. With the snow being so soft, a fall probably wouldn't have been too bad, but it was pretty scary with the steepness plunging down to the left nonetheless. A couple people turned back where it was safe to plunge step/glissade back down and the rest of us pushed on the last 150ft for the summit. An incredibly beautiful day with amazing views of Shuksan and Baker.
Setting out.
Setting out.
Table Mountain
Table Mountain
Shuksan
Shuksan
A high point on the Artist Point ridge
A high point on the Artist Point ridge
Our goal
Our goal
The steep part on Table
The steep part on Table
Table summit pano 1
Table summit pano 1
Table summit pano 2
Table summit pano 2
A last look
A last look

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PostSat Feb 01, 2014 11:46 am 
Nice pictures! Shuksan and Baker are both such beautiful mountains. Those views never get old.

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PostSat Feb 01, 2014 4:01 pm 
We watched you guys head up as we ate lunch at Artist Point. Well Done!

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