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| Amy, Juliana, Sheri, Suzan (aka The Old Grey Mares) |
We hiked from Walupt Lake, joined the PCT above Sheep Lake and hiked out to White Pass, about 45 miles total with a day hike to Goat Lake. Definitely one of our most beautiful hikes. Lots of PCT hikers, lovely wildflowers, great weather.
Day 1: Hiked from Walupt Lake to Sheep Lake via Nannie Ridge. Then we caught the PCT above Sheep Lake and hiked over Cispus Pass to camp at Cispus Basin. We had lovely views of Mount Adams along the way and camped in a meadow of wildflowers.
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| Sheep Lake |
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Mount Adams
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Approaching Cispus Pass
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| Gilbert Peak from ridge above Klickitat River |
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| Cool rocks around Cispus Pass |
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| Cispus Basin Camp looking east |
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| Sunset at Cispus Basin with Mt St Helens in the distance |
Day 2: Short hike from Cispus Basin to our amazing camp below Old Snowy. From our camp, we had views of Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, Goat Lake, and Old Snowy. Set up camp, then hiked up Old Snowy. 6.7 miles total.
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| Wildflowers at Cispus Basin |
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| Waterfall on the trail at Cispus Basin |
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| Looking back up Cispus Basin |
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| Mount Adams and Split Rock |
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| Moving the tent when we found a stellar campsite |
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| Mount Adams from camp |
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| Rainier and Goat Lake from camp |
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| First glimpse of Knife's Edge |
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| Old Snowy |
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| Rainier and Knife's Edge from top of Old Snowy |
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| Rainier and Goat Lake from top of Old Snowy |
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| Sheri and Suzan in our dining room |
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| Mount Adams from my potty spot |
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| Sunset yoga with a view |
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| Mount Adams from camp |
Day 3: Beautiful sunrise at "Camp Perfection," followed by a 9.5 mile day hike to Goat Lake.
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| Mount Rainier at sunrise |
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Mount Adams at sunrise
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| Mount Adams from approach to Goat Lake |
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| Goat Lake |
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| Lunch at Goat Lake |
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| Waterfall on Lily Basin Trail |
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| Amy's drawing of Mount Adams and Split Rock |
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| Amy's drawing of Mount Rainier |
Day 4: Hiked the amazing Knife's Edge, past the Packwood Glacier. Then hiked around past McCall Glacier and Basin, Tieton Pass, and on to our camp at Hidden Springs (which was incredibly buggy and not nearly as pretty as it sounds). 12ish tough miles.
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Goat Lake at sunrise
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| Mount Rainier at sunrise |
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| Looking north on Knife's Edge |
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| Suzan hiking north on Knife's Edge |
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Crossing Packwood Glacier
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| Packwood Glacier from Knife's Edge |
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| Packwood Lake and Mount Rainier |
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| Knife's Edge, looking back the way we came |
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| Ives Peak from the north end of Knife's Edge |
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| McCall Glacier |
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| View between Elk Pass and McCall Basin |
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Waterfall around Elk Pass
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| Burn area before Hidden Springs |
Day 5: Hidden Springs to White Pass (8.6 miles). The first mile or two were buggy, uphill, and forested. But things opened up before Shoe Lake, and the rest of the hike was lovely and blissfully downhill.
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| Looking back at Mount Rainier |
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| Mount Rainier from Shoe Lake area |
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| Shoe Lake |
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