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03 119 Looking south over Mount Ross NCNP (231k)1975
Looking South over the top Mount Ross that honors James D Ross, long the supervisor of the Skagit's Seattle City Light operation. Some pioneers called the peak Goodell Mountain. Beyond the Skagit River Valley and Newhalem are the pointed summits of the Snowfield Peak area. Distant right is Eldorado Peak. View from the Mount Ross approach for the Picket Traverse. North Cascades National Park. July 1975
03 121 Southern Picket Range is the Terror Group NCNP (217k)
The Southern Picket Range is the Terror Group. The likeness to a picket fence, not Captain George E Pickett of Fort Bellingham 1856, is the origin of the range's name. From right to left: McMillan Spires; Inspiration Peak; The Pyramid; Mount Degenhardt and The Barrier surround the Terror Glacier. This photo is taken along the Mount Ross approach for the Picket Range Traverse. North Cascades National Park. July 75
03 122 Mount Triumph across Goodell Creek valley (178k)
Thornton Peak and Mount Triumph stands across the Goodell Creek drainage. The creek is named after N.E. Goodell, who built a roadhouse and trading post in 1879 at the confluence of Goodell Creek and the Skagit River (near present Newhalem). The first known alpine ascents in the Picket Range were made from Goodell Creek in 1931 by William Degenhardt and V. Standberg. North Cascades National Park. July 1975
03 123 Camp 2 on the Mt Ross approach Picket Traverse (215k)
Camp Two on the Mt Ross approach during a solo traverse to Picket Pass. Located 2.7 mi W of Davis Peak and closely N of The Roost. The peak is named for local homesteader Mrs. Lucinda Davis who ran a roadhouse near Stetattle Creek in 1906. The Cedar Bar became a popular rest stop for tired prospectors who traveled along the upper Skagit River. A relative, Glee Davis, climbed in the area as early as 1905. July 75
03 124 Mt Despair Mt Baker & Mt Shuksan. Chopping Block (208k)
Looking West across Goodell Creek at Mount Despair, Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan. The Chopping Block in the foreground is officially named Pinnacle Peak. But, because there are two other summits called Pinnacle in Washington State, the new provisional name is proposed. Local residents once called the flat topped peak Babcock's Chopping Block and also Stump Mountain. North Cascades National Park. 7/75
03 125 McMillan Spires from P7000 Pickett Traverse (162k)
The McMillan Spires, named for early Skagit trapper John McMillan, stand as sentinels, guarding the Southwest corner of the Picket Range. North Cascades National Park. 7/75
03 126 Azure Lake from the Terror-Azure Col NCNP (190k)
Its two thousand feet down to ice clad Azure Lake from the Terror-Azure Col. For the next mile north on the Mount Ross approach, the exposure is unrelenting. North Cascades Natl Park.75
03 127 The Hanging Ice of McMillan Cirque NCNP (264k)
The hanging ice of the McMillan Cirque exudes a powerful presents. Typical of all steep slope glaciers in the North Cascades, the McMillan Glacier is continually grinding its way down the North wall of the Terror Group. Occasionally large chucks of ice calve off the glaciers edge and fall with a rumbling boom into the valley. The route to Picket Pass crosses directly below this menacing mass of jumbled ice. July 75.
03 128 McMillan Spires from Camp 3 Picket Traverse (236k)
Because of the rugged topography and its vast remoteness, the Picket Range has remained the least traveled and the wildest area in the North Cascades region. The expected peace and tranquility from solitude is broken by the occasional loud report of crashing ice and the continual roar of thundering water falls that ring the head of McMillan Cirque. McMillan Spires and McMillan Glacier; North Cascades National Park. 6/75
03 129 Ribbon of Ice on Mt Terror from Picket Pass (189k)
The Degenhardt Glacier falls in a ribbon of ice into McMillan Cirque. Grinding down slope like a continuous rock conveyor it hones the North wall of Mt Terror. View from Picket Pass. NCNP
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