Avalanche Mountain summit bivy

  • Date:
    2017/09/10 to 2017/09/11
    Car-to-car:
    16 hours 53 minutes
    Round-trip distance:
    8 miles
    Elevation gain:
    3,000 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Snoqualmie Pass
    In:
    Middle Fork Snoqualmie Drainage, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

    • Day 1

  • Snow Lake Trail one hour before sunset.
    Snow Lake Trail one hour before sunset.
  • Photo shoot of Mukmuk at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary
    Photo shoot of Mukmuk at the Alpine Lakes Wilderness boundary
  • Tarn at sunset
    Tarn at sunset
  • On the ridge between Snoqualmie Mtn and Avalanche Mtn
    On the ridge between Snoqualmie Mtn and Avalanche Mtn
  • The Snoqualmie Range
    The Snoqualmie Range
  • Snoqualmie Mountain
    Snoqualmie Mountain
  • 25 minutes after sunset we are nearly at the summit of Avalanche Mtn
    25 minutes after sunset we are nearly at the summit of Avalanche Mtn
  • Dinner on the summit under the stars
    Dinner on the summit under the stars
  • Our bivy spot on top of Avalanche Mtn and under the Milky Way
    Our bivy spot on top of Avalanche Mtn and under the Milky Way

    • Day 2

  • Pre-sunrise with Snoqualmie Mountain
    Pre-sunrise with Snoqualmie Mountain
  • The Tooth, Hemlock Peak, and Bryant Peak
    The Tooth, Hemlock Peak, and Bryant Peak
  • Bryant Peak
    Bryant Peak
  • Chair Peak and Snow Lake
    Chair Peak and Snow Lake
  • The summit of Avalanche Mountain
    The summit of Avalanche Mountain
  • Snoqualmie Mountain
    Snoqualmie Mountain
  • Chair Peak over 4,480' tarn
    Chair Peak over 4,480' tarn
  • Chair Peak over 4,240' tarn
    Chair Peak over 4,240' tarn
  • Bryant Peak over the Snow Lake Trail
    Bryant Peak over the Snow Lake Trail
  • Fireweed blizzard
    Fireweed blizzard
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