Spider Meadow and Phelps Basin, Leroy Creek High Route, Seven Fingered Jack & Mount Maude — Friday, Jun. 19, 2015

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East

My brother and I wanted to get some elevation to prepare for our coming Mt Rainier climb (click my name to see my trip reports), and this mountain looked both fun and challenging. We arrived at the trailhead at 9:45am, and started up the Phelps Creek trail. This trail was once a road, and is very easy hiking. The flowers were in their prime, and we actually passed the junction with the Leroy Creek trail and just kept hiking up toward Spider Meadows. I later realized that we'd hiked more than the three miles the to the junction, and we went back and headed up the Leroy Creek trail (the junction is very well marked). We climbed up to the Leroy Basin (gorgeous!), and then continued along the trail till it crossed a small creek. Here we left the trail and scrambled up to the saddle between 7FJ (Seven Fingered Jack) and Mt Maude. We donned our crampons and pulled out our ice axes. The climbed to the summit was steep, but the route is obvious. We even saw tracks in the snow from other climbers. we reached the summit at 4:00pm. After a taking lots of pics and catching our breath (as much breath as there is at 9,100 ft), we descended back to the Leroy Basin, where we found a solo climber planning to summit the following day. we kept a good pace back to the car, and reached the parking lot before 7:00pm. Awesome trip. Stunning view of Glacier Peak (10,000+ ft volcano!), Bonanza Peak, and many many others. Be sure to check out the Flickr Link! If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this link has the equivalent of over 300,000 words! Not to mention the videos! I also have an abundance of pics from other hikes such as Mt St Helens, the Enchantments, and many others. If you have a hike/climb that you just love, please share it with me at danieltveten@gmail.com! I'm always looking for ideas!

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