Rise and shine

Short hike south of camp Siberia

Morning scramble through the boulders

Giant clear crystals

Now named Isaac Peak in open street maps

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Endless opportunities for exploration towards Mt LaCrosse

Isaac and Emilie crossing the first snowfield

Flowers

The trail to Mt Anderson visible in the background

Mount Anderson and surrounding peaks

Lateral moraine

succulent

Scrambling up an old moraine

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Trudy helping Isaac up the steep loose moraine

Trudy and Isaac on top the terminal moraine. Mt Anderson in the background

How do mountaineers climb to the summit of Mt LaCrosse?

Loose rubble on the terminal moraine and the view down the Dosewallips valley

Grandpa and Isaac roping up to climb the snowfield

Emilie climbing the snowfield

John and Isaac

Tyson

Tyson and Isaac butt sledding down the snowfield

John self arresting with his poles

John

Trudy practicing self arrest

Emilie didn’t slide well

Isaac loved being towed down the snow

Trudy walking the bottom of the snowfield

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Carefully descending the stream bed

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Headed to check out another snowfield

Everyone hiking up this snowfield

Even though we were far from civilization, the Seattle planes left contrails overhead

Tyson playing silly

Waterfall off an old terminal moraine

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Snow cave (We didn’t go in)

View back up to Mt LaCrosse and our day’s hike

Happy Isaac

John carefully negotiating the boulders

Lots of frogs back at camp

Lazy water filtration

Dinner is that way

Grandpa storytelling

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