Road walk 3.7 miles. Trail/summit 2.1 miles. Total 11.6 miles, 4000 feet gain.
As far as the truck could go, 3.5 miles from the trailhead, 1250 feet.
Snow-plastered peaks above Asbestos Creek
Fog clearing off the slabs and avalanche debris circa 2500 feet.
Heading across another avalanched slope, with Voodoo behind.
Looking back down to the valley.
Mike ascending high slopes before the summit.
Mike kicking steps up the last steep section to the summit.
Mike on the summit.
Mike & Whitehorse
Matt & Three Fingers
Mike & Three Fingers
Three Fingers and Whitehorse are the bookends at left and right. Everything in between were peaks we climbed on our Bullon Peak outing.
Glacier Peak
Baker, 45 miles away
Liberty
Big Bear
Puget Sound
Summit tea with Three Fingers
Summit tea with Whitehorse
Summit tea looking down the descent
Snow monster tree getting ready to grab me while descending.
Moon rising, Mike descending, Whitechuck glowing
Whitechuck alpenglow
Sunset & moonrise
Moon amid the trees
Descending steeply as the sky glows
Enjoying glimpses of the sky and peaks through the trees as I descend
Rosy afterglow
Rose-purple afterglow above Voodoo
Back at the truck, after walking the dark road by moonlight, two hours after sunset.
