After Ethan and I had a good
three-hour running workout on Wednesday, a weekend hike was in order.
Along with
Kate we hiked up to Monogram Lake and took the wrap-around ridge up to the splendid south slopes of Little Devil, doing a rising traverse up to the glacial-retreat lake outlet. We started to go up the south ridge where Kate and I stopped around 6600' and let Ethan move quicker up to tag the summit (6985').
The cross-country travel to that point was easy, but engaging; the "usual" North Cascades views and multiple types of ripe berries made it even more pleasant and encouraged a casual pace for the day.
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| Salmonberry picking along the trail |
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| Lookout Mountain lookout |
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| Ripe berries... |
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| Monogram Lake and the Eldorado massif, in the morning |
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| Little rock garden on the way to Little Devil's south slopes |
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| The bowling ball, with Point 6239' and Eldorado group beyond |
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| Little Devil Peak over its glacier |
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| Peak IDs in zoom photos |
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| South ridge of Little Devil Peak, around 6500' |
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| Ethan on the summit of Little Devil 6985' |
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| Looking down on the ridge and slopes we came up; Mt. Snowking prominent in the background, Chaval to the right (?) |
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| Dorado Needle, west end of Tepeh Towers and Eldorado |
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| Johannesburg, Spider, Formidable, Bonanza, Sentinel-Old Guard (hello Ptarmigan Traverse!) |
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| Glacier Peak, Buckindy, Snowking |
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| Ethan and Kate spying on the Little Devil glacier |
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| Little Devil glacier |
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| Follow the dyke all the way across and up the ridge |
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| Grouse chick |
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| Grouse chick |
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| Eldorado west face over the Marble Creek drainage |
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| Heading back down, by going up |
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| Sentinel-Old Guard (l), Gunsight, Sinister, Dome, Spire Point, |
Would you have a GPS track for this route?
ReplyDeleteHi GI,
DeleteHere's the file on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/349097268 Take a good map and it's very straightforward.
Cheers,
Luke