We left on Monday to spend a week in the north cascades national park but it was shorten to 3 days due to Franze bad knee. So we went in to Hannegan pass via the great trail, an easy 4 miles. From there we went out Ruth arm to a nice campsite by a small pond. Things are very dry as you can imagine and this pond is the only water between Hannegan camp and the Ruth glacier. We woke up early the next day to climb Ruth and made summit by 7:30. Bring crampons as the glacier is almost down to the ice. The crevasses are open but very easy to get around. Once back to the pass Franze rested while I took the hike up Hannegan peak. This trail is also in great shape. Met lots of nice folks the whole time we were in the Hannegan pass area. Most were going up copper ridge. Would like to come back in the Fall. As a bonus the bugs were very minimal.
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