High Pass loop with Sir-Hikes-a-Lot, Glacier Peak Wilderness

A real treat to get out with Sir-Hikes-a-Lot for some ultra hiking in one of the areas I didn't fit into the summer running schedule. Fresh snow between Buck Creek Pass and High Pass made it feel even more alpine and wintry.

Buck Mountain, from the Buck Creek trail

Upper Buck Creek basin

Looking at where we're headed; Liberty Cap (r) and the ridge toward High Pass

Saw a few deer throughout the day

Liberty Cap and ridge toward High Pass; trail contours on the backside

Getting into snow around 6200'; ridge south of Fortress in the background

Traversing toward the saddle south of 7276'

Looking back at the traverse below 7276'

Climbing up the shoulder of 7625' 

Basin to cross before High Pass

High Pass in the upper left

Looking down the basin to Triad Lake, below 7529'

Sir-Hikes-a-Lot takes in High Pass, Clark Mountain dominating the backdrop

Descending the High Pass basin

Descending the High Pass basin

A couple of Clark Mountain's extensive glaciers

Heading down the Napeequa River valley, larch on Chiwawa Ridge

Louis Creek Falls

Looking northwest up the Napeequa toward where we came from; taken just below Little Giant Pass

On the east side of Little Giant Pass, looking south down Chiwawa Ridge