PNW 2022/2023 Season - It's Triple Dip La Niña Time!

[ey_allen]

Good Eye!
Maude from Seven Finger Jack- went up to do 7FJ and Fernow, which did happen; the rest of the plan to drop into Holden and check on the Spider glacier on the way back got rained out. I had my fingers crossed for the forecast to improve, but alas….


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I had a plan to run up Phelps Creek and drop over Spider Gap into Holden late this summer, but smoke and scheduling got in the way. I might still try and squeeze in a quick day up there if the weather holds. Those pics are definitely helping with my motivation.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I had a plan to run up Phelps Creek and drop over Spider Gap into Holden late this summer, but smoke and scheduling got in the way. I might still try and squeeze in a quick day up there if the weather holds. Those pics are definitely helping with my motivation.

Try the Carne High Route. Great way to get a loop and walk up Maude. Larches are fantastic this time of year and the views of Clark/Dakobed/Buck and Chiwawa ridge are amazing.



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[wickstad]

Didn’t know that this had become a hiking thread….

[wickstad]

Say hey by the way….who’s base jumping off Burch Mountain and crashing into the side of the hill and having to get rescued? Or did they mean parasailing?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Didn’t know that this had become a hiking thread….

Wedge Mountain


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[wickstad]

Wedge Mountain


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Yes quite a nice hike though the approach road is pretty miserable.

[wickstad]

https://kpq.com/base-jumper-rescue-n...ergency-calls/. Quite the litany of rescues in Chelan County this weekend!

[wickstad]

Ej on the wedge.

[ey_allen]

Yes quite a nice hike though the approach road is pretty miserable.

I like to stretch it out and approach from the trails around mountain home road when I have the time. Much more pleasant that way.

[ey_allen]

Try the Carne High Route. Great way to get a loop and walk up Maude. Larches are fantastic this time of year and the views of Clark/Dakobed/Buck and Chiwawa ridge are amazing.



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I was actually just talking about Carne with a friend this weekend. I’ll be up there sometime in the next few weeks if the weather holds and I can get some free time in my schedule. Phelps Creek area is amazing but even for me in Plain it’s a bit of a hike to get out there for a day trip between work and life.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Yes quite a nice hike though the approach road is pretty miserable.

I just rally through in the Cherokee


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[MagnificentUnicorn]

I was actually just talking about Carne with a friend this weekend. I’ll be up there sometime in the next few weeks if the weather holds and I can get some free time in my schedule. Phelps Creek area is amazing but even for me in Plain it’s a bit of a hike to get out there for a day trip between work and life.

I never spent much time up there, I live in Wenatchee, but sweetbippy has an old family cabin on Cedar Brae and it’s made it a lot more convenient. I’ve really fallen in love with that whole area over the last five years. Even from the lake it’s 50 minutes to Trinity.

The pic I posted was from 10/13 last year. We’re debating doing that next week or a couple days up around Big Jim/Augusta.


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[ericrayl]

Hey hikers polluting the skiers thread, I want to do a 1-day jaunt from Chatter Creek TH through to the backside of Stevens via Frosty Pass, Doelle, and Chain Lakes. I'd love to find some like-minded party interested in going the other way to minimize the car shuttle hours consumed. General idea would be to meet at Coles Corner in the early, swap cars, and go our opposite ways. Oct 7-9 are all possible for me. This is around 22 miles, ~6k' vertical, most of it near or above treeline. Let me know here or via PM if interested.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Hey hikers polluting the skiers thread, I want to do a 1-day jaunt from Chatter Creek TH through to the backside of Stevens via Frosty Pass, Doelle, and Chain Lakes. I'd love to find some like-minded party interested in going the other way to minimize the car shuttle hours consumed. General idea would be to meet at Coles Corner in the early, swap cars, and go our opposite ways. Oct 7-9 are all possible for me. This is around 22 miles, ~6k' vertical, most of it near or above treeline. Let me know here or via PM if interested.

You could try to get on the community shuttle for PCT through hikers Stevens to Leavenworth. Leavenworth Shuttles will take you to Chatter Creek from Leavenworth for $84 for two people.

Alternatively, you could start at Stevens and finish by continuing from Ladies Pass on the Icicle Ridge trail to Leavenworth and find a ride back to Stevens. I know a few people that have done that.


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[Huskier]

Mother nature is such a f*cking tease.
That is all.

[ey_allen]

I never spent much time up there, I live in Wenatchee, but sweetbippy has an old family cabin on Cedar Brae and it’s made it a lot more convenient. I’ve really fallen in love with that whole area over the last five years. Even from the lake it’s 50 minutes to Trinity.

The pic I posted was from 10/13 last year. We’re debating doing that next week or a couple days up around Big Jim/Augusta.


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Nice. I'm here full time if you ever want to link up.

I did Lake Augusta earlier this summer, and the Hatchery Creek entrance was a slog. The road was pretty beat up, and we stopped counting downed trees after around 60. It opens up once you crest the ridge and was smooth sailing from there, but we were so far behind schedule that we didn't even attempt to head up Big Jim.

This was pretty much the trail conditions we were dealing with:


Cresting through old burnout it finally started to open up (though we lost the trail somewhere around here):


The lake was pretty spectacular though. I'm lazy enough that I like to get home and sleep in my own bed, but I could have been happy staying by that lake for a while.

[riff]

Hey hikers polluting the skiers thread, I want to do a 1-day jaunt from Chatter Creek TH through to the backside of Stevens via Frosty Pass, Doelle, and Chain Lakes. I'd love to find some like-minded party interested in going the other way to minimize the car shuttle hours consumed. General idea would be to meet at Coles Corner in the early, swap cars, and go our opposite ways. Oct 7-9 are all possible for me. This is around 22 miles, ~6k' vertical, most of it near or above treeline. Let me know here or via PM if interested.

I might be your guy- depending on weather and etc. I’ll PM as the moment approaches- based in Leavenworth, so it would be pretty clean and quick for me. Cheers!


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[ey_allen]

Hey hikers polluting the skiers thread, I want to do a 1-day jaunt from Chatter Creek TH through to the backside of Stevens via Frosty Pass, Doelle, and Chain Lakes. I'd love to find some like-minded party interested in going the other way to minimize the car shuttle hours consumed. General idea would be to meet at Coles Corner in the early, swap cars, and go our opposite ways. Oct 7-9 are all possible for me. This is around 22 miles, ~6k' vertical, most of it near or above treeline. Let me know here or via PM if interested.

Magnificent already covered it, but I typically hear of people doing it in the opposite direction and finishing via Icicle Creek. The Leavenworth shuttles should be able to get you there. You could drop some bikes to reduce time on feet.

I'd typically be interested but I'm either out of town or have family in town for the next 3-4 weeks so my days are going to be limited.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Nice. I'm here full time if you ever want to link up.

I did Lake Augusta earlier this summer, and the Hatchery Creek entrance was a slog. The road was pretty beat up, and we stopped counting downed trees after around 60. It opens up once you crest the ridge and was smooth sailing from there, but we were so far behind schedule that we didn't even attempt to head up Big Jim.

This was pretty much the trail conditions we were dealing with:


Cresting through old burnout it finally started to open up (though we lost the trail somewhere around here):


The lake was pretty spectacular though. I'm lazy enough that I like to get home and sleep in my own bed, but I could have been happy staying by that lake for a while.

I’ve been to Augusta/Big Jim/Lou several times. Last September sweetbippy counted 400+ blow downs between the trailhead and Falls Creek basin.


We’re usually at the lake weekdays May-October
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[The AD]

I'm definitely not surprised by this:

In fact, it rained more Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning than it did the entirety of summer (1.43 inches of rainfall in about 40 hours compared to 1.06 inches in 2,248 hours), according to the National Weather Service.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...-seattle-area/

[BaseFloopy]

Not sure why people pay for the privilege of being gaslit by the Seattle Times, but to each their own I suppose.

Pre-season stoke:

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

Who's got the best Fish & Chips in the greater Seattle area? My GF & I are up from Reno visiting my Mom who lives on the South end of Whidbey. We usually just hit up Ivars in Mukilteo before we get on the ferry, but if anyones got a better recommendation let me know. Thanks.

Diamond Knot Brewing is kitty corner from Ivars near the Mukilteo ferry terminal. They have way better fish and offer tots at no extra cost.

Hey dude,
Great recommendation on the Fish & Chips. Called 20 minutes ahead and they were just being bagged up as I walked in the door.

Enjoying them on the ferry ride over to the Island.


Rest of the ride over to Whidbey was beautiful like always.


Looking back towards Mukilteo.


Got to my Mom's just in time for high tide last night.


Low tide earlier today. Looking South towards Seattle.


Looking West towards Double Bluff and the Olympics (obscured in the clouds).

[Norseman]

dusting on the olympics

[phatty]

dusting on the olympics

[emoji7]

[riff]

Got some fine turns on big T. The wind had put it in all the right spots. Gorgeous moon too


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