This weekend I spent 3 days climbing and skiing Eldorado, Dorado Needle, Marble Needle Couloir and Klawatti Peak. We had some wonderful views!
Here is a picture of kyle crossing the Inspiration Glacier with a 22 degree halo overhead.
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Here you can see the sun sneaking through and brightening up Cascade Pass and a sharp point above our camp. The intermingled fog is swirling in-between and the tiny speck on the very bottom right is another parties camp thousands of feet below us.
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Perfect light near sunset sheds a darkly view deep into the North Cascade Mountains. The high peak I'm standing on has a shadow burnt into the Forbidden Glacier. Behind you can see the peak we were at a few weeks ago. It's dead center behind Forbidden and is called Buckner. Other peaks in the background are Storm King and Mt. Goode (on the left). These peaks have over 7000 feet vertical reliefs above their associated valley floors...some of the most densely congested such peaks in the lower 48 states and even beyond.
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There's nothing like being atop a mountain at sunset. Last time I climbed Eldorado, it was during my birthday in October. We found amazing skies and this similar view seemed like a very, very early birthday present.
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