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.)
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- Del Campo Peak
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- Wertz Basin
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- Sperry Peak
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- Sperry Peak
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- Wertz Basin
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- Headlee Pass
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- Headlee Pass
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- Vesper Peak
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- Vesper Peak
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- Mt Rainier
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- Summit
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- Glacier Peak
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- Copper Lake
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- Three Fingers & White Horse
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- Big Four
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- Glacier Peak
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- Sperry Peak, Headlee Pass, Morning Star Peak
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- Del Campo Peak
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- Foggy Pass
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- Descent tracks
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- Headlee Pass Gully
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- Wertz Basin tracks & ’74 BMW
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- 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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