This is one of my favorite shots from a spectacular day I had with my 2 good Glacier buds Kyle and Tyler during the summer of 2001. Here Tyler sits perched at the summit of Mt Siyeh, looking northwest at the mountain's sheer north wall striped with a sill of diorite, the Grinnell Glacier basin, and the north Livingston Mountain Range beyond. On this day we hiked what's referred to as "The Skyline Experience", but in a direction reverse to what is described in the Climber's Guide. That is, we began the day at Siyeh Bend, hiked up towards Piegan Pass, scrambled up the ridge right before the pass, and followed the long, sometimes cliffy South Slope route to the top of Siyeh. From Siyeh we moseyed along a 5.5 mile-long, high elevation ridge that terminated on the top of Mt. Wynn, cresting the summit of Cracker Peak en route. All along the ridge we were treated to views of startlingly turquiose Cracker Lake sitting in its cirque far below. One of the most scenic ridgewalks in all of Glacier, and definitely a distinctive landmark that can be seen from other high points around the area. For a great photo gallery and further description, see the album posted by distressedbark at: http://www.summitpost.org/route/463934/Skyline-Experience.html
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Walking Glacier's Skyline
This is one of my favorite shots from a spectacular day I had with my 2 good Glacier buds Kyle and Tyler during the summer of 2001. Here Tyler sits perched at the summit of Mt Siyeh, looking northwest at the mountain's sheer north wall striped with a sill of diorite, the Grinnell Glacier basin, and the north Livingston Mountain Range beyond. On this day we hiked what's referred to as "The Skyline Experience", but in a direction reverse to what is described in the Climber's Guide. That is, we began the day at Siyeh Bend, hiked up towards Piegan Pass, scrambled up the ridge right before the pass, and followed the long, sometimes cliffy South Slope route to the top of Siyeh. From Siyeh we moseyed along a 5.5 mile-long, high elevation ridge that terminated on the top of Mt. Wynn, cresting the summit of Cracker Peak en route. All along the ridge we were treated to views of startlingly turquiose Cracker Lake sitting in its cirque far below. One of the most scenic ridgewalks in all of Glacier, and definitely a distinctive landmark that can be seen from other high points around the area. For a great photo gallery and further description, see the album posted by distressedbark at: http://www.summitpost.org/route/463934/Skyline-Experience.html
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ReplyDeleteI wish I had done it backwards. I always enjoyed the climb up Siyeh. Wynn, not so much.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Wynn can be quite a slog up. But once you get a view of Cracker Lake, everything comes up roses. BTW Ron and Jessie, I don't know if you looked at the link I posted, but do you know this distressedbark guy? He apparently worked at the hotel last summer? He's got some great photos on Summit Post!
ReplyDeleteHey Nathan, great reading your entries. I wanted to make sure you got the email I sent about the Glacier book that's coming out. They're looking for submissions:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.glaciercentennial.org/uploads/100_Years_100_Stories.pdf
Pass it along. It would be great to see some friends in there. :)