A nice warmup before venturing deeper into the great Glacier Peak Wilderness. I used to think the Entiats were a little lame and colorless, but revisiting the area was much cooler now that I could identify many more peaks of the GPW/North Cascades and able to remember fondly some of the prior experiences I’ve had on those peaks.

First sight of larches turning this season

Glacier Peak being a tease

North face of Maude and its skimpy glaciers :(

Bonanza!

Pretty pretty given that we thought we were going to be socked in this entire day

Notes

• This was probably ~14 miles and ~5600 feet of vertical gain in about 7 hours.
• Make sure to go up the correct gully! We saw a couple people heading up the wrong way and it seems to be a theme with this mountain in particular.
• We drove up to Phelps Creek Trailhead as they were regrading the dirt road, which was annoying to drive on the way up but pleasant on the way down. Looking forward to coming back to this area especially with the improved access.