[mosey]

[Now I Fly]

After reading this report on Vets Peak I was stoked to check it out! Things came together nicely. https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7983307&highlight=methow+pinnacle Btw, I came down the route I took up. https://www.flickr.com/photos/44468754@N04/albums/72177720299641599 I love nwhikers.net!!!!

[awilsondc]

Big Craggy and West Craggy Peaks - 6/11/22 These peaks got a lot of attention over the weekend, probably because it was one of the few areas in the state with a decent forecast! The sunshine was glorious, and it was a beautiful day! We took the ridge up to Big Craggy which was the way to go for sure given the conditions. We caught up with another party on the summit of Big Craggy, but didn't stay long. The traverse over to West Craggy was my favorite part, great views and interesting mixed terrain. There was wallowing in soft snow, consolidated snow, scrambling, and some choss. Good views from West Craggy too! The descent down the "magic ramp" was a little spicy on steep snow. A mix of nice consolidated snow and thigh deep post holing got us back to the trail. It was so nice to have some sun!

[zephyr]

[RichP]

BCRT with WTA starting at Sweat Creek Picnic Area (Defunct) to Clackamas Mountain and Maple Mtn. June 9-12, 2022. This is a section of The PNT that climbs up from the north side of Highway 20 about 30 miles east of Tonasket and 8 miles west of Republic. I got in a few peaks before and during. Fir Mtn has a trail to the top and is directly across the highway from Sweat Ck TH. Clackamas has a trail nearly to the top as does Maple. An active grazing allotment ensures that cow pies and moos are almost always present. Sweat Ck is strange in that a nice FS sign indicates that it is a picnic area but it is not, and there is no sign indicating a trailhead, which it is. There is a very nice (and clean) restroom that seems popular with passing motorists. It was also a campground at some point but it is no longer. A nice 10ish mile loop can be made from here up The PNT and down the Clackamas Mtn Trail. The FS does not want The Clackamas Mtn Trail to be maintained anymore due to illegal motorized use but I've heard that it's still passable.

Looking north to Clackamas Mtn, 5280 and Maple Mtn from Fir Mtn

Mt Annie from Fir

Cornell Butte Lookout. Notice the holes burnt in the flooring

Storm King summit

The biggest log

Sawing away

After the cut

Summit register

Summit of Maple Mtn

Fir Mtn from 5280

Fir Mtn on the hike out

[Fletcher]

Quick conditions report for the East-Central Pasayten. We finally decided to pull the trigger on a big trip out of Billy Goat, over the Fool Hens and Bauble Butte, out to Sheep, then to Two Point and Skepticle before taking the valley back to the trailhead. Well… it was not to be. The road to the trailhead and even the trail was logged out to Bill Goat Pass last week, but it was just our luck that a massive blowdown came down in the last few days from just before Copper Glance, so we had to walk from there. We made decent time up to the pass and Pk 7967 and onward to Burch Mtn. This is where the postholing began. We’d be walking on decent spring snow for 50 yards or so, and then without warning, plunge down to our wastes. This persisted to the summit of Burch. Beyond that, on our way to Little Fool Hen, the intermittent postholing just continued and our traverse to Fool Hen began to feel like a fool’s errand. We decided to bail when it was still convenient. Direct and unpleasant route back down to the valley and the car by 7:30. This disappointing start to the season continues. I suppose I’m thankful that we seem to be in a good place in terms of fire season…

[thunderhead]

[RichP]

[zimmertr]

Went up Iron Peak in the Teanaway today. Fourth weekend in a row I've grabbed a summit or two there. First time the snow wasn't crappy though. It's very well consolidated and melting fast. Will probably be gone in a couple weeks. Mighta saw Ozzy at the DeRoux trailhead?

[RichP]

Rode/pushed the bike up to Ten Four yesterday. Started at the unmarked logging road off of Ben Howard south of Sultan known as 297th. It was a grunt but the ride down was energizing. Stopped by the lookout site on Haystack Ridge along the way. Scenic views from all the clearcuts.

Airplane Lake

Da top

[HikingBex]

Mount Shuksan via Sulphide Glacier 6/24-25 with the Mountaineers

view to the east when you pop over the ridge

view of Shuksan from camp

Baker from camp

tried melting snow this way just for fun - I could get about 1L per hour.

Didn't encounter any crevasses or sagging on Sulphide

Vancouver!

spectacular sunrise

some nice alpenglow

forgot to take a closer picture of the summit pyramid, but it was very snowy with tons of wet loose debris at the bottom with these huge channels that I think had been carved out by the debris

climbing between the channels on the upper pyramid. great snow for kicking steps (or using the steps already kicked in)

summit view!

back down the glacier. snow was getting really sloppy at this point and we were postholing mid-shin with each step

easy hike out on soft snow. tons of new debris between camp and the NCNP boundary that weren't there the day before (particularly on the east-facing slopes)

[RossJames]

Nice post. We probably went by each other at some point. I like the water melting technique. Here’s a little closer shot of Shuksan from the 25th

[RichP]

Turned off the freeway for the short hike up (down?) to Peoh Point. After hitting a couple of nearby peaks, I walked up from the gate. Bird's eye view of Cle Elum and the valley. Quite a few ORV driving maniacs speeding around blind curves on the drive up. I almost bagged one of them. Duh!

[Opus]

The Yellow Aster Butte area is still very snowy. Solid snow from about 4500 ft upwards and the tarns are still frozen. Only a few of them beginning to melt through now. I found 2 small melted campsites but otherwise all camping is on snow right now.

[HikingBex]