Suiattle River trail is in good shape with the recent WTA/PCTA work. Miners Ridge trail has 20+ blowdowns with the majority being no issue. Patchy snow started at 5200' with most of the larger sections at 5700'+. The ridge is completed snow covered, soft and melting fast.
Kevin's first adventure in the Glacier Peak Wilderness!
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| Kev is like 6'4"... |
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| Suiattle River trail |
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| Suiattle River |
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| Canyon Creek suspension bridge |
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| Bad photo of fairy slipper orchids, which were everywhere |
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| Our third wheel who wanted to shuffle with us |
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| Bad limbo form; Miners Ridge trail |
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| Patchy snow on Miners Ridge trail ~5500' |
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| Me climbing up to Miners Ridge, with Fortress Mountain |
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| Kev, about 200' below Miners Ridge |
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| Miners Ridge |
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| Miners Ridge lookout at 6210' |
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| Someone getting some good views (plane at center left) |
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| The magnificent Glacier Peak Wilderness, from Lime Ridge (r) to Bonanza Peak in the far back-left |
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| Agnes and Sinister, behind the Bath Lakes high route |
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| Chiwawa Mountain (center) and Fortress |
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| Buck Mountain over Buck Creek Pass; Helmet Butte on the left |
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| Clark Mountain in the back |
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| Suiattle River and Dusty Creek |
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| Bonanza Peak behind Sitting Bull (?) |
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| Spire Point (?) |
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| He thinks he's so funny... |
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| Kev calls this glissading |
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| Trillium |
Amazing watching it go from no snow to tons of snow above tree-line. Melt! Melt! Melt! Beautiful area!
ReplyDeleteGreat post/pics! We were below the suspension bridge when you two went cruising by heading back. Thank you for the motivation to go further next time!
ReplyDeleteCool! Thanks for finding my post, hope you and your group enjoyed the trails too! :)
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