Mt. Maude 9082', Glacier Peak Wilderness

Over the last few years I've seen Mt. Maude from almost every angle and always had it on the shelf as a canned trip to do sometime. Some last-minute scheduling changes had me looking for a new idea and it seemed like it was finally a good time to fulfill my one-drive-up-Chiwawa-River-Road-per-year quota (ugh; next time I head up there someone else is driving...).

Starting from Phelps Creek, I took the Carne Mountain trail, Carne-Leroy "high route" (trail...), Ice Lakes high route to the standard south ridge route for Maude from the east side, back to the Carne-Leroy route, down Leroy creek and loop back via a few miles on Phelps creek.

~18 miles, 7800'+ gain

Saw the Buck Creek fire smoke as I was driving down to the Chiwawa. :(

Alpine Creek basin, southeast slope of Buck Mountain; cool visible dykes

Scarlet gilia (skyrocket)

Basin below Carne Mountain, with Chiwawa, Fortress, Buck and Clark

Maude and the terrain of the Carne-Leroy route

Banded gneiss, Swakane terrane (Thanks Doug!)

Entiat range is lush and in bloom

Ice Lakes high route from the pass north of Chipmunk Creek

Upper section of Ice Lakes high route

Looking north to Spider Gap

Glacier Peak pumice shows up often on the main Entiat ridge (like here near Rampart Mountain); at the saddle above Ice Lakes

Zoom of Glacier Peak from the saddle above Ice Lakes, Phelps Ridge in the foreground

Maude, upper Ice Lake, North and South Spectacle Buttes

Little scramble step (25' or so) to the notch at 8000' to access Maude's south ridge

South (left) to west from Maude's south ridge

North (right) to west, from the summit of Maude

Gunsight, Sinister, Dome (in clouds), Spire Point, Saddle Bow, Buckindy area back left; northern Entiats in foreground

Rare view of Massie Lake, from the summit of Maude

Summit selfie with Seven Fingered Jack, Fernow and Bonanza

Chelan-Sawtooth across the lake, Entiat River valley in the foreground

Leroy Basin and Seven Fingered Jack