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05-28-2009, 08:51 AM #1
Cascadian Volcano Raid part 7 0f 9 Middle Sister
The Three Sisters wilderness is a volcanic playground with 4 massive volcano’s within its boundaries and another within a few miles. Amar and I made our approach from the Pole Creek trail head where we would travel SW to camp lake situated between the Middle and South Sisters. Are objective for the day was to summit the Middle sister via the Southern ridge and descend down the SW face back to camp.
Image taken with the Sunnto x10
The approach to camp lake was a 1700 foot gain over a 5 mile traverse through dense forest with the occasional views of the sisters.
It doesn’t look like were skinning from the trail head this time (rocking the Golite Quest 72 liter pack)
Photo by Amar Andalkar
After ¾ of a mile we ran into continuous snow
The occasional glimpse of the South Sister through the dense forest
Photo by Amar Andalkar
After around 4 miles the forest started giving way to alpine.
The East face of The Middle Sister (The Diller Headwall )
We made camp at the base of Camp Lake which was still under snowpack.
Once arriving at basecamp we ditched all of our overnight gear and took a much needed hour long break eating food and melting down water.
Then we made our approach towards the Middle Sister
Skinning away from basecamp with the South Sister in the distance
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Our ascent route up South ridge of The Middle Sister in the distance
Broken Top in the distance
Photos by Amar Andalkar
The snow on the South side was still semi frozen and getting steeper so we decided bootpacking would be more efficient.
Bootpacking towards the sun
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Amar bootpacking the ridge with Broken top and South Sister in the distance
Views of the North Sister started opening up once we got closer to the summit.
Photo by Amar Andalkar
The final 100 feet to the summit proper
Photo by Amar Andalkar
It looks like there were tracks from the day before going down the Diller Headwall
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Amar climbs to the summit proper
The last few steps to the summit with Broken Top, Bachelor and South Sister in the background
Photo by Amar Andalkar
A little bit of celebration on the summit
Photo by Amar Andalkar
And now for some views from the summit
Looking to the South with South Sister, Bachelor and Broken Top
Photo by Amar Andalkar
A closer look at Broken Top
Looking North at Washington, 3 Finger Jack and Jefferson
Looking East
Photo by Amar Andalkar
We originally intended on skiing back down our ascent route but it wasn’t continuous from the summit so Instead we rode down the SW face
Our decent route was down the middle of the face
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Riding down the ridge next to some tracks laid down the day before
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Amar enters the chute first
Then I drop in
Photos by Amar Andalkar
After an 1800 vert perfect fall line we started heading east towards our camp site
Photos by Amar Andalkar
At camp we rested watched the sunset over South Sister
Photo by Amar Andalkar
Sunset alpenglow on the NW face of South Sister
Our totals for the day
Ascent: 5250 ft
Decent: 3600 ft
Total Distance was over 9 miles
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05-28-2009, 11:25 AM #2
Dude, you must not have a job. Good for you! Keep it up.
"The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra
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05-28-2009, 03:01 PM #3
FKNA! nice TR(s)
this one looks like a painting
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05-28-2009, 03:01 PM #4
Thanks for the pics, nice outing.
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05-29-2009, 10:27 AM #5Registered User
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These TR's are awesome. Cool to see a lot of information and pics on routes in Oregon that you don't see that often. Will definitely be helpful for others, so thanks. I am itching to get back to Central Oregon this spring before it's too late.
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05-29-2009, 12:31 PM #6
Awesome pics!
These TR's are fuggin' killing me here. Last turns I got were april 26th at the bird, and that was my first trip out west. Now I get to drool on my keyboard every day on TGR.Originally Posted by JoeStrummer
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