Mt Olympus - Blue Glacier 6/28/2008

Posted By: benmurphy in Olympic Peninsula

Trip: Mt Olympus - Blue Glacier

Date: 6/28/2008

Trip Report:
Left trailhead at 9:30pm Friday night (June 27)...


Glacier Meadows by 9am...


Conditions were great...snow was a bit soft and got softer as the day progressed...never roped up or used crampons...






snow dome...


view of summit (note tracks going straight up from snow dome)...we had to traverse around middle summit and up from behind...


hit the summit about 2pm and re-energized...


and the rappel...


looking up at "scramble" route after rappeling...


view of steep snow to gain summit rocks...


back to car by 7:30am sunday morn where warm beer awaited!

Gear Notes:
rope for rappel from summit

Approach Notes:
lose trail periodically between elk lake and glacier meadows...
after snow dome, traverse under middle peak and go up from south side

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