I had a great labor day dude-weekend in Leavenworth this year. Friday and Saturday were spent in the woods celebrating my good friend Chris' last days as a bachelor. He and Courtenay are tying the knot and I wish them the best!
Sunday was spent mountain biking Chickamin Ridge with friends and Monday was spent climbing Mt Maude with Loren. The climb was really more of a hard 16 mile hike with some scrambling to the 9082 foot summit. Mt Maude is one of the highest non-volcanic peaks in Washington and is located in between Glacier Peak and Lake Chelan in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. I was originally planning to do this one solo, but was able to recruit some company after talking Loren into it.
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9100ft Seven Fingered Jack (left) and our ridgeline route up Maude (right). |
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Loren and I in the Leroy Creek Basin below Seven Fingered Jack. |
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A marmot catching some morning rays. |
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Loren crossing an enormous avalanche gully with Glacier Peak coming into view. |
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Chiwawa Mountain (left) and Glacier Peak (right). |
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Looking down at Ice Lake. Notice the red tent (left) for scale. |
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Our route followed the snow field and then the ridge to the summit. |
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Looking back down the summit ridge with the Chiwawa River Valley in the distance. |
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Some scrambling near the summit. |
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Magnificent 10,541 foot Glacier Peak. |
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Summit of Maude. |
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Headwaters of the Entiat River. |
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Descending off the ridge. |
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Meandering trail through porous lavarock and ash. |
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Old strange log. |
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Larch trees before their full glory. |
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