Sahale Glacier

A big push of a hike up to the Sahale Glacier

A panoramic view from the top

We started the adventure by camping out at Marble Creek campground the day before

Starting our hike in the shadow of early morning

You can barely see the trail on the upper left as it crosses this final scree slope just before Cascade Pass, 5392'

Starting up the Mountain, with Cascade Pass in the background

Still plenty of flowers, penstemon here and Indian Paintbrush

After several steep switchbacks, we gained the ridge, with Sahale Glacier looming above us.  The Glacier is the wide swath of white on the mountaintop.

And Doubtful Lake, down in the basin below

Continuing up the ridge line trail of Sahale Arm

Getting higher and closer to Sahale Glacier

And higher

And higher

A ptarmigan chick in its natural environment

Now looking WAY down on Doubtful Lake

Higher still

And higher

These rocks are the "trail" now. 

Looking back down the way we came

Way higher

Another view of "the trail"

And then, we're there, 7570'

A crude rock shelter from the wind

The lake below, the mountains above

Sahale Glacier and Mountain from our lunch spot

Another view from the rock shelter

Bare shelter

High mountain bliss

Looking down on the trail we came up on

Starting back down

Even scarier going down than coming up

One of the many cairns to mark the way

Slowly, coming down

Happy hikers on the way down, with Sahale Mountain and Glacier behind us

Stats:
Round trip=12.7 miles
Elevation gain= 4150'
Hike/drive ratio= 10/1.5=6.6(from Marble Creek)
Date Hiked=August 17, 2016