After sweeping the last 50km of the
Sun Mountain 50m on Saturday, Ethan and I were planning on doing
North Twentymile Peak early Sunday morning. The
well-covered east-side storms dashed those plans and we headed back over Highway 20 and settled on getting some miles and vert in going up to McMillan Park from the Canyon Creek trailhead. This is the first climb of the
Devils Dome loop.
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| Aunt Janie's cabin, overlooking the Methow River Valley |
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| With Gardner |
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| Aspens on the Sun Mountain course |
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| Lupine and Balsamroot on the Sun Mountain course |
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| Storey Peak and Gardner, from the Sun Mountain course |
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| The upper Methow, punctuated by rain and sun; Devils Peak, Robinson Mountain and Beauty Peak |
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| The afternoon storm, from Patterson Mountain on the Sun Mountain course |
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| Fellow sweep Mike, descending Patterson Mountain |
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| Sunrise Peak, Sherman Peak and the Craggy Peaks, from Patterson Mountain |
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| Crater/McMillan Park trail |
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| I love the Pasayten... |
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| Chocolate Lily and Indian Paintbrush |
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| Winter skiers missed their footwear transition? |
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| "Spring in the North Cascades?" |
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| Small cat print (lynx?) |
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| Crater Mountain West (left), from lower McMillan Park |
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| Stream crossing at 4500' is no issue |
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| Majestic Mountain (l) and McKay Ridge |
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