Mesahchie and Katsuk

  • Date:
    2013/07/20 to 2013/07/21
    Car-to-car:
    2 days
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Mount Logan

    • Day 1

  • Easy Pass
    Easy Pass
  • Traversing from Easy Pass to the west side of Mesahchie Peak.
    Traversing from Easy Pass to the west side of Mesahchie Peak.
  • Fisher Creek valley.
    Fisher Creek valley.
  • Indian Paintbrush!
    Indian Paintbrush!
  • The west side of Mesahchie Peak.
    The west side of Mesahchie Peak.
  • Ascending Mesahchie's crummy west gully.
    Ascending Mesahchie's crummy west gully.
  • Nearly on the summit of Mesahchie Peak.
    Nearly on the summit of Mesahchie Peak.
  • On the summit of Mesahchie Peak at 8 PM -- one hour to sunset.
    On the summit of Mesahchie Peak at 8 PM -- one hour to sunset.
  • Katsuk Peak
    Katsuk Peak
  • Katsuk Peak at sunset, just minutes before we got back to camp.
    Katsuk Peak at sunset, just minutes before we got back to camp.
  • Jack Mountain
    Jack Mountain
  • Out cozy bivy spot at the 8,200' col between Katsuk and Mesahchie. Little did we know we would be besieged by a wood rat for much of the night! It was particularly entranced by Lindsay's shiny crampons.
    Out cozy bivy spot at the 8,200' col between Katsuk and Mesahchie. Little did we know we would be besieged by a wood rat for much of the night! It was particularly entranced by Lindsay's shiny crampons.

    • Day 2

  • Good morning, Mount Arriva.
    Good morning, Mount Arriva.
  • Mount Logan.
    Mount Logan.
  • One last look at the views before we leave our bivy spot.
    One last look at the views before we leave our bivy spot.
  • First light on Goode Mountain.
    First light on Goode Mountain.
  • Arches Peak, Fisher Peak, and Mount Arriva.
    Arches Peak, Fisher Peak, and Mount Arriva.
  • Mount Logan
    Mount Logan
  • Jack Mountain and Crater Mountain.
    Jack Mountain and Crater Mountain.
  • Katsuk Peak.
    Katsuk Peak.
  • The Katsuk Glacier far below.
    The Katsuk Glacier far below.
  • On the summit of Katsuk.
    On the summit of Katsuk.
  • The first ascent party named Katsuk 'Mount Holyoke' after Chris Roper's alma mater.
    The first ascent party named Katsuk 'Mount Holyoke' after Chris Roper's alma mater.
  • We got a little brush.
    We got a little brush.
  • And then we got a lot of brush.
    And then we got a lot of brush.
  • I was very happy to arrive at the Fisher Creek trail.
    I was very happy to arrive at the Fisher Creek trail.
  • Switchbacking up.
    Switchbacking up.
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