Mount Stickney (attempted)

  • Date:
    2013/12/07
    Car-to-car:
    13 hours 9 minutes
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Mount Stickney
  • Walking up the Olney Creek Road an hour before sunrise.
    Walking up the Olney Creek Road an hour before sunrise.
  • Snow settling around young alders.
    Snow settling around young alders.
  • In the spring people have to wade through waist-deep water here. http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=2797835911_78a42ea285&p=410436
    In the spring people have to wade through waist-deep water here. http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/download.php?id=2797835911_78a42ea285&p=410436
  • The first direct sunlight of the day.
    The first direct sunlight of the day.
  • We met Yana, Josh, and Jeff at One Acre Lake. They were waiting for a helicopter to arrive for a Snohomish County search and rescue training exercise.
    We met Yana, Josh, and Jeff at One Acre Lake. They were waiting for a helicopter to arrive for a Snohomish County search and rescue training exercise.
  • The SAR copter dropped off two rescuers. The temperatures were in the teens and the wind chill from the helicopter was tremendous.
    The SAR copter dropped off two rescuers. The temperatures were in the teens and the wind chill from the helicopter was tremendous.
  • The helicopter circled overhead while the two rescuers prepared the evacuee.
    The helicopter circled overhead while the two rescuers prepared the evacuee.
  • Hoisting Josh, the "injured" rescue subject.
    Hoisting Josh, the "injured" rescue subject.
  • Josh and the SAR crew, taking the fast way back to town.
    Josh and the SAR crew, taking the fast way back to town.
  • Mount Stickney over a very wind affected crust.
    Mount Stickney over a very wind affected crust.
  • Stickney's east ridge.
    Stickney's east ridge.
  • Mount Stickney
    Mount Stickney
  • Cracks propagating through small patches of wind slabs persuaded me and Lindsay to turn around. Matt and Yana continued to the summit.
    Cracks propagating through small patches of wind slabs persuaded me and Lindsay to turn around. Matt and Yana continued to the summit.
  • Lindsay and I headed up the 5,080' NW summit of Stickney.
    Lindsay and I headed up the 5,080' NW summit of Stickney.
  • Looking at Mount Stickney from the NW summit.
    Looking at Mount Stickney from the NW summit.
  • The Puget Sound Basin and the Olympic Mountains.
    The Puget Sound Basin and the Olympic Mountains.
  • Spada Lake with Three Fingers and Whitehorse in the distance.
    Spada Lake with Three Fingers and Whitehorse in the distance.
  • Matt and Yana, standing on the summit of Mount Stickney.
    Matt and Yana, standing on the summit of Mount Stickney.
  • Stickney's east ridge.
    Stickney's east ridge.
  • Sperry, Morning Star, Del Campo, Gothic, and Sheep Gap.
    Sperry, Morning Star, Del Campo, Gothic, and Sheep Gap.
  • Mount Pilchuck
    Mount Pilchuck
  • We hiked 2.5 hours in the dark on the way back.
    We hiked 2.5 hours in the dark on the way back.
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