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Mt. Price. As the
sun started getting lower in the west, I finally
summited Mt. Price. Just as I topped out on the
peak, a huge bird (falcon? hawk?) lifted
off, scaring the bejesus out of me. I watched it
effortlessly soar out over Clyde Lake and then down
over Rockbound Valley, relying on its huge wingspan
and the slight breeze to propel itself. What an
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Pyramid and Agassiz. Looking back at the
round summit of Pyramid, and the cresting wave of
Agassiz. |
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View West.
Looking west down the ridge that separates the Lyons
Creek drainage from Twin Lakes. |
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End of the Line.
From Mount Price, I had to get down to Lake Aloha.
This part of the trip made me a little nervous since I
did not really have any firsthand beta about a route
down the east face of Mount Price. As it turned
out, the east face was a sheer cliff, and the
ridgeline north (seen here) was too difficult for me
to climb solo without a rope. Thus, I
downclimbed some class 3 rock on the west side and
traversed over to the first notch, which provided an
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Rockbound Valley.
Looking down at Mosquito Pass and Rockbound Valley
from the notch. The route down to Lake Aloha
from here was fairly straightforward, if long and
tedious. It involved hiking down a steep set of
granite slabs, with many painful ups and downs.
It seemed as though I was on this route for hours, and
it was starting to drive me crazy. As a result,
I dubbed this route "The Slabs of Insanity". The
route follows the faintly visible line down to and
over the granite dome below, to Mosquito Pass.
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The Notch.
Looking back up at the notch from the upper portion of
the Slabs of Insanity. The path down from the
notch was slippery but not too difficult. |
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Crystal Range North.
Although I had just traversed the highest part of the
Crystal Range, the crest continued impressively to the
north. Seen here are the sharp rock towers that
guard the cirque above Clyde Lake, and Peak 9,441' |
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