Sahale Arm and Sahale Glacier Camp - 10.16.2018
Drive to the end of the Cascade River Road and park (~3640') at the trailhead for the Cascade Pass Trail... here we are looking across the north fork drainage of the Cascade River to Johannesburg Mountain.
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Heading for Cascade Pass on the Cascade Pass Trail and looking back down the north fork drainage to Hidden Lake Peaks on the left... The Triad in the center... and a snow covered Eldorado Peak on the right.
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Peak identification as we near Cascade Pass.
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Getting closer to Cascade Pass... with Mixup Peak in the foreground above the pass... and Magic Mountain and Hurry-up Peak in the distance beyond the pass.
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Nice colors nearing Cascade Pass... looking back down the north fork drainage of the Cascade River... Mount Torment makes an appearance on the far right.
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The Cascade Pass Trail is so well graded that we were starting to wonder if we would ever reach the pass... we still aren't there, but the views of Mix-up Peak, The Triplets, Cascade Peak and Johannesburg Mountain keep us entertained.
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Nice colors as we seriously near Cascade Pass.
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After hiking a total of 3.4 miles we have reached Cascade Pass (~5400')... Pelton Peak is in the foreground... with McGregor Mountain down valley on the horizon.
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Looking at the south end of Sahale Arm from Cascade Pass... time to step onto the Sahale Arm Trail and start switchbacking our way up there.
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The hills are on fire as we head up onto Sahale Arm.
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Looking back across Cascade Pass to The Triplets, Cascade Peak and Johannesburg Mountain as we continue up Sahale Arm.
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Looking down on Cascade Pass as we continue up Sahale Arm.
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Nicely graded switchbacks are taking us up onto Sahale Arm.
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At ~6000 feet we got our first look at Sahale Peak... and there is so much more to come!
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If a person got tired of looking at Sahale Peak, they could turn around for this view... Cascade Pass and Cache Col are the northern entrance to the Ptarmigan Traverse.
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Continuing up Sahale Arm... with every step bringing a broader view.
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On Sahale Arm... looking through the gap to Johannesburg Mountain.
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Continuing up Sahale Arm... our destination is the Sahale Glacier Camp... just beyond what looks like three cones below the glacier.
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On Sahale Arm... looking SE beyond Doubtful Lake... down the Stehekin River drainage to Glory Mountain and Halleluja Peak in the right foreground... with McGregor Mountain on the center horizon... and a dusting of snow on Booker Mountain above on the left.
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Looking northwest (left) to northeast (right) from Sahale Arm.
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Continuing up Sahale Arm... looking back from the southeast (left) to southwest (right).
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Continuing up Sahale Arm... Mount Torment and Forbidden Peak are to the left of Sahale Peak.
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The terrain on Sahale Arm starts to get steeper around 6800 feet and we have temporarily lost our view of Sahale Peak.
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Continuing up Sahale Arm with a closeup of Mt. Baker to the right of The Triad.
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A few hundred feet below Sahale Glacier Camp the terrain becomes a lot more rocky.
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Working our way up to Sahale Glacier Camp... with Booker Mountain on the far right.
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A good look at Sahale Arm in the foreground... with Doubtful Lake below... and Spider Mountain and Mt. Formidable becoming more prominent on the left horizon.
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Will we ever get up to Sahale Glacier Camp... BarbE and iraman are ahead of me in the photo.
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Peak identification as we near Sahale Glacier Camp.
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A more narrow look at the previous photo.
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Hooray... after hiking a total of 5.8 miles we have reached Sahale Glacier Camp (~7620')... with Sahale Glacier and Sahale Peak above.
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BarbE took this photo of us hanging out at one of the designated camp sites at Sahale Glacier Camp.
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Exploring the camping sites at Sahale Glacier Camp.
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From Sahale Glacier Camp we are looking at Buckner Mountain (left)... Goode Mountain (center) and Booker Mountain (right).
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Same mountains from the previous photo... plus McGregor.
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Looking east to southeast... Booker Mountain on the far left to Trapper Mountain on the far right.
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Peak identification from Sahale Glacier Camp... looking east (left) to southwest (right).
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Time to leave Sahale Glacier Camp and trace our steps back to the car.
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On Sahale Arm... with The Triplets, Cascade Peak and Johannesburg Mountain on the left... Hidden Lake Peaks, The Triad and Eldorado Peak in the center... and Mount Torment and Forbidden Peak on the right.
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Tracing our steps back down Sahale Arm.
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Looking back at Sahale Arm and Sahale Peak as we head for the barn.
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Looking down the Stehekin River drainage to McGregor Mountain in the distance on the left... Glory Mountain and Halleluja Peak in the center... and Pelton Peak in the right foreground.
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Heading down the south end of Sahale Arm... chasing sunlight down to Cascade Pass below on the left as the sun drops behind The Triplets and Johannesburg Mountain.
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After hiking a total of 8.2 miles we have reached Cascade Pass and have a 3.4 mile hike to get back to the car.
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Looking back up toward Cascade Pass as we continue down the Cascade Pass Trail... watching the sun hit Mix-up Peak above... our total trip was 11.6 miles, gaining 4358 feet of elevation.
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