Vesper Peak — Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

This was an Everett Mountaineers scramble trip. We had a huge group by club standards, but choice. This included some old scramble buddies Yoyo, Skippy, and Blissman along with students from this year's class and previous year's classes: 5 cent, Mickey, Pokey, Gumby, Just Jane, Wildman and the Jerk. Yes, these nicknames are all in fun and agreed upon by the namees! The day was hot and sunny. The trail was a bit crowded. Some recent maintenance has been done and the trail is in the best shape that I have seen ever. Slabs were fun as always. The craziest of us went for a dip in the outlet to Lake Elan. None of us had the guts to swim in the lake itself which was rimmed in ice. No wildlife was seen except for us and a few berries kept us occupied for awhile.