Vesper Peak, WA – Backcountry Ski
This was a trip to remember…Lucky Sevens! 7/07/07. Vesper Peak is accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, just before Barlow Pass. Take the Sunrise Mine road (#4065) and Sunrise Mine trail (#707).
(Click on a picture to enlarge and view in a photo gallery.)
- Del Campo Peak
- Wertz Basin
- Sperry Peak
- Sperry Peak
- Wertz Basin
- Headlee Pass
- Headlee Pass
- Vesper Peak
- Vesper Peak
- Mt Rainier
- Summit
- Glacier Peak
- Copper Lake
- Three Fingers & White Horse
- Big Four
- Glacier Peak
- Sperry Peak, Headlee Pass, Morning Star Peak
- Del Campo Peak
- Foggy Pass
- Descent tracks
- Headlee Pass Gully
- Wertz Basin tracks & ’74 BMW
- Tracks from the road
Some videos of the descent. Despite the sun cups and rain runnels, the corn (snow) was nicely cooked!
I love the following video! I didn’t know that I was being filmed, but this was a euphoric moment. I had to take a minute to savor it, because the descent from Headlee Pass was steep, narrow, and not a place where I wanted to fall!
Here is a video of the main creek crossing:
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