Point 6424 above Chatter Creek Basin - 6.4.2011
Drive the Icicle Creek Road to the Doctor Creek washout... then bike 1.5 miles to the Chatter Creek Trailhead... hike the trail to the creek crossing at ~4300'... instead of crossing the creek, contour around and into Chatter Creek Basin, always staying on the west side of the creek.
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A google earth look at the area.
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Register at the Doctor Creek washout... a 6 mile drive from the Eightmile Campground on the Icicle Creek Road.
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Arriving at the official Chatter Creek trailhead (~2600') after biking the 1.5 miles from the Doctor Creek washout.
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Denali Girl crossing Chatter Creek (~3120').
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The Chatter Creek Trail wastes little time in gaining elevation... and every step higher gives a better view of Mt. Cashmere across the valley.
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Denali Girl on the boulder field (~4400') that we used to avoid a nasty band of slide alder.
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Mt. Cashmere as we contour into Chatter Creek Basin.
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Grindstone Mountain from the south side of Chatter Creek Basin.
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Denali Girl heading for Point 6424... on steeper terrain now... Grindstone Mtn in the distance.
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Mt. Cashmere from Point 6424.
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Eightmile Mountain (left) and Hi-Jack Mountain from Point 6424... and I think it is Sherpa Peak and Mt. Stuart behind Eightmile Mtn.
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Denali Girl heading back down to Chatter Creek Basin from Point 6424.
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Denali Girl relaxing on a boulder in Chatter Creek Basin... Point 6424 is above.
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Denali Girl in Chatter Creek Basin with Grindstone Mountain in the distance.
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