The approach had four parts: 1) a trail hike to Cascade Pass, 2) a further hike up the meadows of Sahale Arm, 3) a descent down a steep rib and gully to Horseshoe Basin, 4) a traverse along ledges and waterfalls to camp in the basin.
Grouse near the Cascade Pass Trail
Cascade Pass Trail: Meadows & Cliffs below Johannesburg
Cascade Pass Trail: Forest/Cliff Walls below Triplets & Cascade
Flower Meadow on the last traverse to Cascade Pass
Flower Meadows near Cascade Pass
Pelton Basin from Cascade Pass
Heading up Sahale Arm from Cascade Pass
Glacier Lilies on Sahale Arm
First View of Booker. Route from left follows snowfields below cliff band till below notch, then up.
First View of Sahale. The gully to Horseshoe Basin is at the righthand edge of the wide horizontal band of snow, which is just below the glacier.
Billie, Doubtful Lake, & Booker
Billie & Mike heading up Sahale Arm
Bistort & Johannesburg
Boston Basin, Torment, & Forbidden
Heather, Lupine, & Forbidden
Looking NW from Sahale Arm: Lupine & Forbidden
Looking north up Sahale Arm: Heather, Lupine, Bistort & Sahale
Looking East from Sahale Arm: Lupine & Booker
Looking South Down Sahale Arm: Lupine & Mixup
Looking SW Down Sahale Arm: Lupine Meadows with Triplets, Cascade, & Johannesburg
Penstemmon & Forbidden
Matt at Sahale Morraine
Mike at Sahale Morraine
Mountain Goat, half-molted, on Sahale Morraine
Mountain Goat on Sahale Morraine
Ripwaw Ridge, Horseshoe, & Buckner, viewed from the edge of Sahale.
Booker from Edge of Sahale Morraine. Notice the distinct nose reaching down to 6500 feet, and the pocket glacier above the Buckner-Booker col. Our route went just below the nose, up the gully behind, and then right of the glacier.
Traversing east to drop into Horseshoe Basin
Billie descending from Sahale toward Horseshoe Basin
Descending from Sahale Glacier to rib above Horseshoe Basin. Snow helpfully covers the slabs and stream.
Horseshoe Basin. The rib we followed into the basin begins at lower left.
Looking down the Rib to Basin Creek
Descending the rib
Dry top of the snow gully.
Looking down the gully from the rib into Horseshoe Basin
Horseshoe Basin from top of the gully.
Looking down into upper Horseshoe Basin. Our camp was near the tiny snowpatch at bottom right corner. We followed the snowy ledges at left going in, and a lower rock ramp coming out.
Coming down off the snow gully and entering Horseshoe Basin
Ripsaw Ridge, showing why it deserves its name.
Horseshoe Basin Waterfall 1
Horseshoe Basin Waterfall 2
Horseshoe Basin Waterfall 3
Horseshoe Basin Waterfall 4
Slanted waterfall stream above camp.
Camp in Horseshoe Basin at sunset
Last Light on the Highest Points - Horseshoe & Buckner
Day 3, morning at camp, view down-basin to Basin Creek with Glory, Spider, Pelton, Trapper, etc.
Breakfast, Day 3
Stream running downhill near camp.
Colored rock, watefall, Billie & Mike
Billie & MIke crossing below waterfall and heading for the snow gully.
Looking back to a wet crossing under a couple small waterfalls.
Ascending the snow gully.
Flowers on the rib.
Marmot heading up ahead of us on the snow to Sahale.
Last view of Ripsaw
Clouds blowing west to east across Sahale Arm above Doubtful Lake.
Heading down Sahale Arm in the fog
Marmot in the fog
Marmot Closeup
Ptarmigan & two chicks
Ptarmigan Chick
Ptarmigan, Two Chicks (far left & far right), & Marmot!
Marmot on a rock below Sahale ridge & Booker
Ptarmigan & Lupine
Lupine & Bistort Meadow on Sahale Arm
Mountain goats in a meadow at the top of Mixup Arm
