| July 2002: A climb of Dome Peak |
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This is a photo taken from our camp the
first evening. Dome Peak is to the far right of the photo, elevation 8940ft.
The summit to the center of this photo is called Spire Point. |
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We camped the first night on a ridge above
Cub Lake, then headed up the mountain the next morning. We had great weather
and great snow conditions, which combined to make this a really excellent climb
with incredible views. |
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Sometime during the previous winter, an
enormous avalanche wiped-out a swath of forest in the upper Bachelor Creek
basin. The avalanche path was about a mile long and a couple hundred yards
wide. It looked a lot like someone had put the forest in a blender and dumped
it on the mountainside. |
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Dome Peak is in the middle of the north
Cascades, pretty much due north of Glacier Peak. The climb up Dome Peak is
usually a 3-day endeavor. The nearest trailhead is about 14 miles from the
summit, and much of the route is on a "trail" that hasn't been maintained in
over 20 years - essentially making it a wilderness bushwhack. |
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Loren took this photo of me, climbing the
slopes of Dome Peak. |
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I got a wet foot crossing Bachelor
Creek! |
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This plant is called "candystick" or
Allotropa virgata. It sometimes grows to a height of 3feet or more.
These were about 18 inches high. |
