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Chiwawa Mountain backpack in North Cascades, Wa

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:19 pm
by whitebark
While you wait for next season's rain to ease the drought in California, you can enjoy this trip report from a backpack I recently did in the rainy, drought-free mountains in Washington State. Water and snow everywhere! The Chiwawa River area is located northeast of Seattle in the Glacier Peak wilderness. We enjoyed gloriously sunny weather on this three night backpack in the northern Cascade Mountains.

http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8012539

More pictures here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/72558696@ ... 554586749/

enjoy!

whitebark

Re: Chiwawa Mountain backpack in North Cascades, Wa

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:03 pm
by HH8
Nice TR.

Imagechiwawa by whitebark, on Flickr
Gnar Gnar - is that Lyman Glacier?

Imagechiwawa by whitebark, on Flickr
Far Gnar - Glacier Peak? Too clear of wildfire smoke to be East of you, right? How recent was it?

Re: Chiwawa Mountain backpack in North Cascades, Wa

PostPosted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:45 am
by whitebark
The first pic shows 9500' Bonanza Peak with the Isella Glacier. Lyman Glacier is not visible. The second pic shows 10,500' Glacier Peak behind Fortress Mountain. West winds blew away fire smoke that day (August 26).