Glacier Peak via Disappointment Cleaver

  • Date:
    2009/08/21 to 2009/08/23
    Elevation gain:
    8,380 feet
    Trip type:
    glacier climb
    USGS quad:
    Glacier Peak East
    In:
    North Cascades
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    • 2 hours 12 minutes driving there from Capitol Hill to North Fork Sauk trail head
    • 9 hours 34 minutes ascending from North Fork Sauk trail head to Glacier Gap camp
    • 4 hours 43 minutes ascending from Glacier Gap camp to Summit of Glacier Peak
    • 3 hours descending from Summit of Glacier Peak to Glacier Gap camp
    • 1 hour 58 minutes descending from Glacier Gap camp to Second camp, north of point 6770
    • 5 hours 51 minutes descending from Second camp, north of point 6770 to North Fork Sauk trail head

    References

  • Objective hazard or subjective hazard?
    Objective hazard or subjective hazard?
  • After escaping the glacier quicksand
    After escaping the glacier quicksand
  • Dispiriting evening weather at Glacier Gap camp
    Dispiriting evening weather at Glacier Gap camp
  • Kopeetah Divide from Glacier Gap
    Kopeetah Divide from Glacier Gap
  • Morning light on Kololo Peaks
    Morning light on Kololo Peaks
  • Glacier Peak
    Glacier Peak
  • Glacier Peak
    Glacier Peak
  • Ascending the Gerdine Glacier
    Ascending the Gerdine Glacier
  • The loose slopes right below the summit
    The loose slopes right below the summit
  • Yay! On the summit of Glacier Peak
    Yay! On the summit of Glacier Peak
  • Descending the Cool Glacier
    Descending the Cool Glacier
  • Kololo Peaks
    Kololo Peaks
  • Glacier Peak
    Glacier Peak
  • Second camp, north of point 6770
    Second camp, north of point 6770
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