[rocknclimb]

Was having a hard time settling on any summit objectives this weekend, so was glad when Fletcher asked if I was interested in joining on a couple T200 peaks along the Carne high route Saturday. Neil, Jake, Fletcher, and myself met at Cole's Corner by 6 and carpooled up the Chiwawa. The road isn't terrible, but high clearance is recommended. The four of us were on trail by 8:00 and made quick work up to Carne Basin. Larches are at least a couple weeks from being worth a trip for the colors. High hunt is in full swing, and we saw plenty of activity from hunters.

Heading up Carne

Clark, Buck, & Glacier

Chiwawa drainage

Fletcher took a classic mountain nap at the pass above the basin while the 3 of us made the quick jaunt up to the high point of Carne. Speaking of, is it pronounced carn, carn-a, or carn-ee?

Buck

Carne Mtn

From the top we had great views for our next two summits. The weather was looking good, and the stoke was high. We descended the Rock Cr trail a short bit then left it at an obvious ridge. Stayed on the ridge for a couple hundred yards then dropped into the basin below.

Trail below Carne

Basin below Carne

Not so golden

From there we made a strait line toward Chilly's summit block. There is an easy class 2 gully up the summit block to climbers left. Views were spectacular in all directions.

Carne high route

Chilly summit views

Glacier Peak

Entiats

Entiat Valley, Buttes, and Maude

Enjoyed a summit beer while debated the route to Ice Box. Try staying high on the ridge which looked to be cumbersome w/ some class 5 involved, or descend several hundred feet and traverse over below the summit. We chose the 2nd option, but it involved at least a full mile of annoying scree traversing.

Traversing slopes below Chilly

Looking back at Chilly

Traverse to Icebox

After the traverse our group ascended boulders and loose pumice fields for 1,000' to the top. Views of Maude and Ice Lakes were spectacular from our perch. Fletcher enjoyed his 2nd nap of the day on the summit.

Upper slopes of Icebox

Glacier Pk pano

Maude pano

Maude & Ice Lakes

Spectacle Buttes

Team on Icebox

Looking back at Chilly

We thought about descending Box Creek, but figured it would be easier to head back over Carne and enjoy the trail out

Fortress & Chiwawa

Descending pumice slopes

Finished the day with a burger and beers at The Squirrel Tree. Much better food and better beer options than the 59'er. 14 miles w/ 6,600' gained. Another great day in the mountains!!!

[BigBrunyon]

I dined at the squirrel tree this weekend as well. Got a bloody and club sandwich. Last time I got the t, s, t & b sandwich.

[Jake Robinson]

Fun trip guys, thanks for having me along.

Buck

Clark, Buck, Berge

Bonanza, Seven Fingered Jack, Maude, and Ice Box

Neil and Fletcher

Ascending Chilly

Derek leaving Chilly

Sidehill to Ice Box

Buck, Glacier, and larches

Chilly and pumice

Maude and Ice Lakes

North and South Spectacle Butte

[mtn.climber]

Good looking trip. Too bad the larches haven't changed yet....of course that would have probably meant more masses to deal with, at least for Carne (I believe it's pronounced Carn...but someone correct me if I'm wrong).

[John Morrow]

I found that the ridge route went surprisingly fun and kept at Class 3 if incorporating a couple short bypass traverses. Perhaps that is what you did, as you regularly climb unroped on harder things than I?

[reststep]

Great pictures. I especially liked the ones of Ice Lakes. Thanks for sharing.

[ozzy]

Nice trip boys! Haha Fletcher power napper champion!! Cheers doods!

[bk]

All printed references seem to say "karn" . . . but in the field . . . not everyone looks up how to pronounce it, and practice it before heading out . . . Mountaineers page says it is pronounced karn (rather than the Spanish kar-nay) The wiki page for Albert Hale Sylvester says Carne Mtn. was named after the English clergyman W. Stanely Carnes (but no "s" on the mtn. name). (Stanely is a weird spelling . . . of Stanley?) Summitpost cites that Fred Beckey said "karn". So it's English. Not Spanish. My experience is: be ready for both pronunciations.

[wildernessed]

[iron]

i like carn-ee. chilly con carne, anyone?

[neek]

Pronounce it however you like. Just not carn-ee. Those are the guys who work at circuses. Thanks for the report, I've been wondering what the colors are like out there now. The fresh snow on Maude etc. looks cool.

[iron]

the oracle has spoken:

[neek]

[iron]

it's an oracle world, so we must abide.

[BigBrunyon]

Should rename maude queso peak. Cause we all know the queso dominates the chili in chili con queso. It's more like queso con chili, least in the tostitos, et al brands you see at the store. And maude is the big cheese on the ridge up there.