Walupt Lake to White Pass, Goat Rocks July 25-29, 2016
Posted: August 3rd, 2016, 7:16 pm
I led a small group of folks on a Walupt Lake to White Pass trek through the Goat Rocks last weekend. There were six of us and we took our time (5 days), bagging Hawkeye Point and Old Snowy along the way. Full pics are here if interested.
Day 1 we just went up Nannie Ridge and camped at Sheep Lake. We took the side trip up Nannie Peak for the views:
Looking south to an obviously erupting Mt Adams
Looking north to the 'Rocks
Views to the Goat Rocks get better near Sheep Lake
Sheep Lake
Beam me up, Scottie!
Adams alpenglow from camp
On day 2 we got on the PCT and headed through Cispus Pass and set up camp in the Alpine Camp area on the way toward Goat Lake. After resting a bit we headed out to visit the lake and bag Hawkeye Pt. Only two of us made it all the way to Hawkeye, but it was a marvelous little side trip.
We weren't expecting fog!
Interesting curly fog
Tilted basalt columns in Klickitat Basin
View from under Cispus Pass
Cispus Basin
Mediocre flowers by Goat Rocks standards, but a good beargrass crop
St Helens from partway up Hawkeye
View from Hawkeye Pt
Goat Lake from lower down
On day 3 we bagged Old Snowy and traversed the knife edge. The plan was to move into McCall Basin for the night, but everyone was tired so we stopped early after descending the main snowmelt stream that eventually becomes the Clear Fork Cowlitz River.
St Helens on the way to the viewpoint
Knife edge
Tieton Peak from Old Snowy's shoulder
My group
Ahhhh
Whence we came
On day 4 we made a short move to Hidden Spring, then dayhiked to Shoe Lake for baths.
Shoe Lake
We met a couple at the nice view camp a little past Hidden Spring (we'd eventually give
them a ride into Packwood the next day), and enjoyed their view for a while. Here's
Devil's Horn across the way...can't see the Washbasin where I was last weekend:
Devil's Horn
On our last day we went by Shoe Lake again and hiked on out to White Pass. It's amazing how persistent the views of the 'Rocks are.
'Rocks view on the way to Shoe Lake
Shoe Lake
PCT along Hogback Mtn
Almost done
Us
Wow
Day 1 we just went up Nannie Ridge and camped at Sheep Lake. We took the side trip up Nannie Peak for the views:
Looking south to an obviously erupting Mt Adams
Looking north to the 'Rocks
Views to the Goat Rocks get better near Sheep Lake
Sheep Lake
Beam me up, Scottie!
Adams alpenglow from camp
On day 2 we got on the PCT and headed through Cispus Pass and set up camp in the Alpine Camp area on the way toward Goat Lake. After resting a bit we headed out to visit the lake and bag Hawkeye Pt. Only two of us made it all the way to Hawkeye, but it was a marvelous little side trip.
We weren't expecting fog!
Interesting curly fog
Tilted basalt columns in Klickitat Basin
View from under Cispus Pass
Cispus Basin
Mediocre flowers by Goat Rocks standards, but a good beargrass crop
St Helens from partway up Hawkeye
View from Hawkeye Pt
Goat Lake from lower down
On day 3 we bagged Old Snowy and traversed the knife edge. The plan was to move into McCall Basin for the night, but everyone was tired so we stopped early after descending the main snowmelt stream that eventually becomes the Clear Fork Cowlitz River.
St Helens on the way to the viewpoint
Knife edge
Tieton Peak from Old Snowy's shoulder
My group
Ahhhh
Whence we came
On day 4 we made a short move to Hidden Spring, then dayhiked to Shoe Lake for baths.
Shoe Lake
We met a couple at the nice view camp a little past Hidden Spring (we'd eventually give
them a ride into Packwood the next day), and enjoyed their view for a while. Here's
Devil's Horn across the way...can't see the Washbasin where I was last weekend:
Devil's Horn
On our last day we went by Shoe Lake again and hiked on out to White Pass. It's amazing how persistent the views of the 'Rocks are.
'Rocks view on the way to Shoe Lake
Shoe Lake
PCT along Hogback Mtn
Almost done
Us
Wow