Three summits in three days!
Info
See the route page for detailed info.
Weather
- Sat/Sun: Sunny, highs of 50 degrees, lows of 37
- Sun night / Mon: Rain overnight till noon, low of 36, high of 39
Gear list
- Normal trail shoes
- Crampons + Boots
- Ice axe
- Hiking poles
- Tent / sleeping bag / sleeping pad
- Rain jacket (there’s rain Monday morning when hiking back)
- Rain cover for backpack
- Helmet
- Harness
- Belay device
- Prusik cords
- Food
- 3 liters of water
- 2 liters of extra empty water bottles (will fill up a mile before camp, have to have enough for 2 nights and 1 full day)
- Poop in a bag thingy cause there might not be dirt where we’re camping
- Toilet paper
- Bear canister/bag (nowhere to hang food – can rent one for free from visitor center)
- Headlamp
- Jackets/clothes for weather (see above)
- Sunscreen
- Glacier sunglasses
Things Kevin doesn’t have to worry about…
- Slings
- 0.3-0.5 cams and nuts
- Rope
- Picket
- Pulley
- Water filter
- Garmin
Food
Overview…
- On the trail
- 2 breakfasts
- 3 lunches
- 2 dinners
- In the car
- 1 breakfast
- 2 dinners
Detailed…
- Friday
- Dinner (in car)
- Saturday
- Breakfast (in car)
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Sunday
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Monday
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner (in car)
Itinerary
Friday, Aug 31
- 3:00 PM: Drive up to North Cascades Visitor Center to obtain backcountry camping permit
- Sleep at trailhead
Saturday, September 1st
- 6:00 AM: Start hiking to Quien Sabe Glacier (3.2 miles, 4,200 ft gain, ~4 hours)
- 10:00 AM: At base of glacier, rope up
- 10:20 AM: Cross glacier and summit (1 mile, 1,250 ft gain, ~2.5 hours)
- 12:50 PM: On summit of Sahale
- 1:30 PM: Descend down standard glacier route and traverse to camp in Horseshoe Basin (2.9 miles, 2,700 ft loss, ~4 hours)
- 5:30 PM: Set up camp
Sunday, September 2nd
- 7:30 AM: Hike/scramble Buckner (1.4 miles, 2,500 ft gain, ~3 hours)
- 10:30 AM: Summit of Buckner
- 11:00 AM: Descend to base of Horseshoe (0.8 miles, 800 ft loss, ~1 hour)
- 12:00 PM: At base of Horseshoe
- 12:20 PM: Climb 100 ft class 5 Horseshoe pitch
- 1:00 PM: Summit of Horseshoe
- 1:30 PM: Descend from Horseshoe back to camp
- 3:00 PM: Back at camp
Monday, September 3rd
- 8:00 AM: Hike back out (8 miles, 1,700 ft gain, 5,300 ft loss, ~6 hours)
- 2:00 PM: Back at car, drive home
- 6:00 PM: Back home