The crew, ready to depart Phelps Cr. TH
Red. Mtn. shortly after dawn.
Pelps Ridge
Trail-running (reverse engineering) a frosty Spider Meadow...
More Phelps Ridge
Looking down Phelps Creek/Spider Meadow.
Lia!
Ridge descending Dumbell Mtn.
Me
Red Mtn.
Lia, Phelps Ridge, larches
Rhea, Owen, Lia with un-named spur of Chiwawa Mtn. behind where Spider Glacier "should be"
Red Mtn., larches
Lia, rock
Rhea, Owen, with Dumbell Mtn. in background
Dumbell Mtn.
Spider Gap, then Cloudy Peak, then Dome Peak.
Add Lyman Lakes to previous description.
Un-named spur of Chiwawa, north face.
With Lia and larches...
With Rhea on our brief off-trail excursion.
Chiwawa Mt., Lyman Gl., and Upper Lyman Lake
Lyman Gl. meet Upper Lyman Lake
Upper Lyman Lake
Lia applies thawing blueberry war paint! Marmots were terrified!
Frozen blueberry hill...
North ridge of Chiwawa with changing alpine meadows.
Cloudy Peak (left), Northstar (middle), Bonanza (right). Owen, bottom right. Bonanza looks like a fun climb!
Rhea avoiding the treacherous mud from sun-thawed snow as she flies down the trail!
Lower Lyman Lake!
Looking North from trail up toward cloudy pass. Lyman lakes basin (left), Chiwawa Mtn. (center), and Fortress Mtn. (right).
Add some Lyman lakes views to the mix.
First views of Glacier Peak's NW flanks.
Fork Agnes Creek, with Stinging Bull Mtn. (near), then Saddle Bow Mtn., and finally Mt. Agnes or 7 Sisters Mtns (not sure)
Glacier!
Looking up the drainage between Chiwawa and Fortresss Mtns. Taken from near Suiattle Pass.
Plummer Mtn. and Miners Ridge. Serious avy paths!
Plummer Mtn. with Bonanza (right) with Dark Peak (center) along the ridge north of Bonanza.
Buck Creek Pass and Buck Mountain (left)
From left to right: Tenpeak, then Honeycomb Gl., then Suiattle Gl., then Glacier Peak.
Honeycomb and Suiattle Glaciers.
Last view of Glacier Peak...with some dust settling in Chocolate Creek, beneath the Chocolate Gl. Perhaps due to a landslide.
Our road back to the car. 10 more miles down the Buck Creek valley to the TH as the sun is starting to set. Buck Mtn., center.
