Broken Top - South Peak - 9.4.2013

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Directions from the main entrance to the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area on Cascades Lake Hwy to the trailhead that I used to access the south peak of Broken Top.
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My approximate route to the south peak of Broken Top. ~5 miles roundtrip, gaining ~2500 feet of elevation. Roads 370 and 380 require a high clearance vehicle.
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A google earth look at the terrain around Broken Top.
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At the trailhead (end of Road 380)... the South Peak of Broken Top is in the distance.
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It doesn't take very long to get a full view of Broken Top... the true summit is in the center... with the south peak on the left.
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Broken Top is in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
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Hiking on the west side of Ball Butte.
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Looking back at Mt. Bachelor.
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At the junction of the Crater Ditch Trail and the connector trail for Green Lakes... I will follow the Crater Ditch Trail for a while.
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My approximate route to the South Peak of Broken Top.
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Still on the Crater Ditch Trail... almost ready to leave it and go cross country up to the top of the bump (Point 8107) on the left.
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Nearing Point 8107.
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Above Point 8107 now and heading for the South Peak of Broken Top... Mt. Bachelor in the center... Tumalo Mtn on the left... Sparks Lake on the right.
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First look at South Sister and Middle Sister... and Green Lakes.
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The south peak is up there somewhere... steeper than it looks.
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Looking south as I ascend... lots of lakes and reservoirs... Mt. Bachelor in the center.
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South Peak is above.
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Getting close to the ridge that will get me to the top of the south peak of Broken Top on the left.
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I have reached the ridge... looking down at the Crook Glacier in the heart of Broken Top.
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Still some work to do to get up to the summit of the South Peak of Broken Top.
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The summit of South Peak (9094')... with the true summit (9175') of Broken Top in the distance on the left.
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On the summit of the South Peak of Broken Top... true summit on the left.
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Three Sisters and Green Lakes from the south peak.
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Self portrait on the South Peak of Broken Top.
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I'm higher than this point to the south, but it looks like an good vantage point... so I will head over to it.
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On the way up to the vantage point just south of South Peak.
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Pano shot from just south of South Peak... South Peak on the left... true summit just right of South Peak.
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Looking south.
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Almost back to the car.
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Crater Creek coming down from the Crook Glacier in the heart of Broken Top.