Salish and Ohio Peaks

  • Date:
    2014/01/25 to 2014/01/26
    Car-to-car:
    2 days
    Elevation gain:
    6,200 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Whitehorse Mountain
  • Day 1

  • Inverse correlation between body size and pack size.
    Inverse correlation between body size and pack size.
  • Squire Creek Trail
    Squire Creek Trail
  • Squire Creek Wall
    Squire Creek Wall
  • Squire Creek crossing #1.
    Squire Creek crossing #1.
  • Squire Creek crossing #2.
    Squire Creek crossing #2.
  • Squire Creek crossing #3.
    Squire Creek crossing #3.
  • Cedar bark?
    Cedar bark?
  • Apparently someone tried to make a trail.
    Apparently someone tried to make a trail.
  • Ulalach Peak in the background.
    Ulalach Peak in the background.
  • Squire Creek Wall
    Squire Creek Wall
  • Salish Peak from its NE ridge.
    Salish Peak from its NE ridge.
  • Views!
    Views!
  • Pulling out summit packs before heading up Salish.
    Pulling out summit packs before heading up Salish.
  • Ascending the north slope of Salish.  Mount Bullon in the background.
    Ascending the north slope of Salish. Mount Bullon in the background.
  • West sub-summit of Salish.
    West sub-summit of Salish.
  • On the summit of Salish
    On the summit of Salish
  • What is this doing on the summit?
    What is this doing on the summit?
  • Three Fingers from Salish Peak
    Three Fingers from Salish Peak
  • Yana being a marmot on the summit of Salish Peak.
    Yana being a marmot on the summit of Salish Peak.
  • Ohio Peak
    Ohio Peak
  • Salish Peak with Big Bear and Liberty in the background.
    Salish Peak with Big Bear and Liberty in the background.
  • Big Bear Peak and Liberty Peak
    Big Bear Peak and Liberty Peak
  • Squire Creek Wall
    Squire Creek Wall
  • Jumbo Mountain
    Jumbo Mountain
  • Our camp on the east slope of Salish and Ohio.  It was amazingly warm for 5,000' elevation on a January night.
    Our camp on the east slope of Salish and Ohio. It was amazingly warm for 5,000' elevation on a January night.
  • Day 2

  • Pop Tart Tower and a southern sub-summit of Ohio.
    Pop Tart Tower and a southern sub-summit of Ohio.
  • Squire Creek Wall
    Squire Creek Wall
  • Check out the loop contour in the sky.
    Check out the loop contour in the sky.
  • Climbing up to the first pass, which was too steep to descend on the west side.
    Climbing up to the first pass, which was too steep to descend on the west side.
  • Mount Bullon
    Mount Bullon
  • Salish Peak and Three Fingers
    Salish Peak and Three Fingers
  • Traversing north to the next pass.
    Traversing north to the next pass.
  • On the south slopes of Ohio.  Salish Peak and Three Fingers in the background.
    On the south slopes of Ohio. Salish Peak and Three Fingers in the background.
  • Ascending Ohio's south slopes.
    Ascending Ohio's south slopes.
  • On the summit of Ohio Peak
    On the summit of Ohio Peak
  • Looking down on Buckeye Peak from Ohio Peak.
    Looking down on Buckeye Peak from Ohio Peak.
  • Salish Peak and Three Fingers
    Salish Peak and Three Fingers
  • Descending a steep gully.
    Descending a steep gully.
  • Pop Tart Tower
    Pop Tart Tower
  • Jumbo Mountain
    Jumbo Mountain
  • Do you see the face?
    Do you see the face?
  • Squire Creek
    Squire Creek
  • Squire Creek Wall
    Squire Creek Wall
  • Squire Creek Trail
    Squire Creek Trail

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