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Vesper Peak — Sunday, May. 28, 2023

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
Vesper Peak by Amstri24

Road has one small washout but taken slow and strategically all our vehicles did fine.

Trail has multiple water crossings, some balancing on logs due to high water that will lower as summer goes. Does require walking over large log that blew down.

Spikes advised at snow field with switch to crampons at base of Headlee Pass. Ice Axe also advised for summit and glissading down. Postholing throughout snow field to to melt out, stay clear of rocks and trees. Half our group turned back at Pass due to lack of gear, half continued to summit even without advised gear. They had a difficult, slow, challenging and at times dangerous summit.

Vesper Peak by Amstri24
Vesper Peak by Amstri24
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