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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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With good weather and a stable snow pack, we agreed that it was time to go for Kololo Peaks 8200'. I have heard that the White Chuck Glacier basin is a mess of sucking mud in late season. Another benefit to an early season climb of Kololo is that we didn't need to bring any glacier travel gear.
Sloan Johnson Johnson again White Pass White Mountain White Mountain White Chuck Glacier Basin Black Mountain and Pugh camping below Baekos Jacob the camp guard sun pillar
There are two washouts on the way to the trailhead, but I was able to drive over both of them with my Subaru. The first day we hiked to White Pass and then the upper White Chuck basin below Glacier Gap where we made camp. That first night we saw an unusual phenomenon known as a sun pillar or solar pillar.
Kololo west face Glacier Peak Baekos our shadows Upper Suiattle Glacier with Kololo summit at center Josh on Kololo west summit Glacier Peak going to the higher east summit Indian Head Kololo summit
The next morning we climbed up two small glaciers on the west face of Kololo Peaks and then crossed the northwest ridge right before the summit. The east summit seems a little higher than the west but we went to both.
Kopeetah Divide Glacier Peak and Kopeetah scramble rocks Tenpeak Gorgeous Day Peak above Glacier Peak again Kopeetah summit panorama Buck Kopeetah summit returning from Kopeetah Gorgeous Day summit ridge looking down on Kopeetah new register page 2
We descended down the Honeycomb Glacier and then scrambled up Kopeetah Divide 7723'. Then we retraced our steps and went back up to check out Gorgeous Day Peak 8018'. My buddy Matt Below stumbled onto an old 1974 register there and likely made the 2nd ascent. He claims the original register named it Gorgeous Day Peak, not Glorious Morning Peak and he later made contact with the original 1974 party. Franklin Bradshaw heard about Matt's ascent and went up shortly thereafter for the 3rd ascent and he brought a replacement register. I was hoping our group might be the 4th to check it out, but we discovered that Lindsey Malone and company beat us to it.
After Gorgeous Day Peak we traversed the Suiattle Glacier to tag Glacier Gap Peak 7739' before returning to camp. On day 3 we hiked out, and thanks to a few long glissades it only took us half a day.
Glacier Gap Peak Glacier Gap Peak summit Heather happy on summit #4 Kololo alpenglow leaving White Chuck Glacier Basin glissade chute
Maps per request:
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wildernessed viewbagger
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Nice !
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awilsondc Member
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Soooo... jealous... ! Looks like fun! Couldn't have had much better weather either from the looks of it. Very nice!
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Kenji Member
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Distel32 Member
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Fletcher Member
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
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Tue May 03, 2016 12:48 am
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Clearly the title line limit needs to be longer to allow for all the peaks you do in a single trip. Great work!
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RichP Member
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Great trip! Kopeetah Divide has the best views of Glacier Pk I've ever seen.
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wolffie Member
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Were there other parties going to Glacier Gap?
I'm thinking of soloing there Memorial Day weekend, but a solo snowshoe track is not corgi-friendly (the dog has to hop from one footprint to the next like a berserk furry zigzag sewing machine, else I have to make tedious close-spaced steps). Kind of hoping for a track to share. You think? I would expect plenty company on Memorial Day.
Al got to 9200' one August, but the S ridge was dry and too rocky, and he doesn't do glaciers unroped.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
Some people have better things to do with their lives than walking the dog. Some don't.
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Frodo Barefoot Member
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Wow! Epic!
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Gimpilator infinity/21M
Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 1684 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
Alright, this report is now finished. I just added the video at the top.
awilsondc wrote: | Soooo... jealous... ! Looks like fun! Couldn't have had much better weather either from the looks of it. Very nice! |
Thanks! Hey, I didn't know you were on NWH, but I recognize your name from SP.
puzzlr wrote: | Clearly the title line limit needs to be longer to allow for all the peaks you do in a single trip. Great work! |
Thanks! It would be nice if there was a bit more room. Worst case scenario is I leave off the date of the trip.
RichP wrote: | Kopeetah Divide has the best views of Glacier Pk I've ever seen. |
It certainly is an amazing vantage point. I wonder how often people go there.
wolffie wrote: | Kind of hoping for a track to share. You think? |
As it is currently, I wouldn't suggest it. For all appearances, we were the first to reach White Pass this year, or at least for some time. There were a couple of other parties skiing around up there but they were all climbing straight up to Red Pass to access the White Chuck basin.
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5452 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
Great effort and nice shots. Good to see Josh is back in full form. Just can't keep a good man down!
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Bryan K Shameless Peakbagger
Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 5129 | TRs | Pics Location: Alaska |
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Tue May 03, 2016 4:26 pm
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Nice looking trip with great weather!!
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raising3hikers Member
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 2343 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, Wa |
very nice. kopeetah divide is one of my all time favorite view points in the cascades, good job getting there this early in the season.
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