Ruth Mountain may have the best scenery-to-effort ratio in the North Cascades. A smooth gravel road to Hannegan Pass Trailhead, followed by a nicely maintained trail, easy snow travel, and no crevasse shenanigans (season dependent obviously) - highly recommend as a type 1 kind of day.

Our first view of Ruth Mountain along an easy trail

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Wrapped around and now heading up the long ridge

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Some tractionless walking on gentle mushy snow today

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Our first view of Baker

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The valley from whence we came

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What a stud

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Insanely broken up snow fields on Icy Peak

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Summit view looking at the entirety of Shuksan

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Deeeep valleys

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Redoubt

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Northern Pickets

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Southern Pickets

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Notes

• This was probably ~13 miles and ~4700 feet of vertical gain in a bit over 6 hours and change.