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06 050 Climbers in clown white headbands (225k)
High on the treeless alpine slope just south of Spire Point the climbers spread out their bivouac sacks and made camp at the seven thousand foot level. With their faces painted with a thick coat of Clown White grease paint and decked out in matching red handkerchiefs, they relaxed away the afternoon and took in the expansive view to the south that included the majestic volcanic cone of Glacier Peak. Ptarmigan Traverse.
06 051 Randy L near the summit of Dome Peak (202k)
On Dome Peak's rocky summit, the Climbers coiled the glacier rope and then scrambled along the slabby crest. The high point along the ridge was atop a large precariously balanced rock.
06 052 West from the summit of Dome Pk (249k)
Directly west of Dome Peak's high summit are the sharp dark towers of Spire Point. Surrounded by a spotted maze of jumbled ice and snow, the barren rocky peaks reach skyward with staccato jagged form. Trailing off in the hazy distance are the Buckindy Peaks, the light colored granite of Snowking Mountain and the classic white volcanic shape of Mount Baker. Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Darrington Ranger District.
06 053 East from the summit of Dome Pk (245k)
Closely southeast from Dome Peak's summit and nestled between Bannock Mtn and Saddle Bow Mtn are the four small Bannock Lakes. Three of them are called Upper, Middle and Lower Bannock lake and one, the smallest of less than an acre and a half is unnamed. The mountain and lakes were named by early surveyors for the meal-cake bread which they baked over campfires rather than the legendary Indian tribe of Idaho.
06 054 Ptarmigan traverse country from Dome Pk (210k)
As seen from Dana Glacier - Dome Glacier Col, this view stretches north and deep into the Ptarmigan Traverse Country. Directly across the Agnes Creek Drainage and nestled just below the South Cascade Glacier Col are the mystical White Rock Lakes. Rising to the east (right) of the South Cascade Glacier Col are Lizard Mountain, Sentinel Pk and Old Guard Pk. Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Darrington Ranger District.
06 055 Dome Pk Glacier from Itswoot Ridge (260k)
Dome Peak is remote, majestic and situated in an area of the Cascades where eyes are seldom cast and much less traveled on foot. Offering little in the way of technical difficulties, the journey to Dome Peak takes the climber through rare old-growth forests, beside clear alpine lakes stocked with fish and through scenic sub-alpine meadows. Tales of nightmarish bushwhacking along Bachelor Creek are largely exaggerated.
06 056 There Goes Randy. (177k)
06 057 Spire Glacier Route. (186k)
06 058 Glaciers rise to Dome Pk from Lizard Mtn (257k)
The massive Chickamin Glacier, which contains nearly 5 square miles of ice, is a composite slope and valley glacier. It can be described as an upper glacier which descends from the crest of Dome Peak, where a thick and very crevassed apron of ice vigorously feeds a valley tongue, and a lower portion that continues down to 5000' to the snout where longitudinal compression gives rise to a typical splayed crevasse pattern.
06 059 Dome Peak Dana Gl thunder head (161k)
One most remembered saying, in the humbling sport of Cascade Mountain weather forecasting, is: "Traveler beware when the clouds start getting too pretty, because it may turn nasty soon."
06 060 Gunsight Chickamin Gl White Rock Lks (234k)
Perched on a bench high above the west fork of Agnes Creek, White Rocks Lakes is as dramatic a place as anyone could ever hope to camp. The panorama offers a nearly unbroken chain of glacier-clad, rocky peaks. Their steep slopes and sheer faces are aptly named Dome, Spire, and Gunsight. There is no doubt that this is one of the most remote places one can be in the North Cascades. Glacier Peak Wilderness Area.
06 061 Dana Glacier Rope Team. (178k)
06 062 Drying at Red Rk Inn at White Rk Lks (256k)
After a thunderous storm with lightning and heavy rain, our traveler courageously climbs out from under his rock to dry out and warm in the afternoon sun. Red Rk Inn at White Rock Lks.
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