Climbing Emblem Peaks of the Western U.S. (2022 trip)

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-20 06:43:48

2022-JUL-24 Day 31/36

Banner Summit, 9km round trip

Banner Peak, our today's objective

Rest break with Banner in view

North face of Ritter

Summit!

A film from by-gone era, found inside the summit register.

Thousandf Island Lake behind

California Climbers' Salute at the summit of Banner Peak, CA

Going down

Stopping for the views.

Back to tent

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-22 05:24:18

2022-JUL-25 Day 32/36

Ritter Summit, 8km round trip

Standard route to Ritter was easier than we thought, and easier than its less popualr neighbour, Banner Peak, which we climbed day before.

Mount Ritter (4,006m) became our 32nd peak above 4,000m

Despite class 2 standard route to the top, people now and then get into epics here.

Banner Peak. Nice pool to get into after the hike.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-25 05:20:41

2022-JUL-26 Day 33/36
On the road again. Lunch stop in Oregon. Wild mushrooms, certainly organic.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-25 05:28:16

2022-JUL-27 Day 34/36

At Mount Saint Helens Trail Head

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-27 05:37:03

2022-JUL-28 Moutn Saint Helens, WA

The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980 remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

PanShiBo · 发表于 2022-8-28 04:53:53

2022-JUL-29 Day 36/36

Mount Si, WA

Only about a 45-minute drive from Seattle, the mountain is a favorite outdoor destination for residents of Puget Sound. Between 80,000 and 100,000 hikers visit the mountain annually.

The four-mile-long (6.5 km) Mount Si trail vertically climbs 3,500 feet (1,070 m) to the summit ridge.Its summit is reached by an exposed scramble, class 3, up the north side of the summit block, which is known as the "Haystack".