Northern Pickets 2

Other trips to the Pickets:Northern Pickets 1    •    Northern Pickets 2    •    Southern Pickets 1     •    Southern Pickets 2    •     Complete N-S Pickets Traverse    •    Mystery Ridge Enchainment    •    Twin Needles (Thread of Ice, FA)    •    Whatcom Peak (South Side, 3rd) 
Category: Washington (HWY 20)Summit Elev: 8,311 ft (Luna) Rock Type: Gneiss 
Date: August 21-24, 2007 (Tue-Fri)Trip Report #: 50Partner: Douglas Ray

"Northern Pickets 2":

Route: Access Creek (incorrect one) - Access Creek (correct one)

Climb: LUNA PEAK (3rd-4th)

I first attempted a N-S Pickets traverse in the pack-ditching adventure of July 2007. The following page details another ultimately unsuccessful but nevertheless unique and exciting adventure in the Pickets, involving pioneering a new route up the bushy drainage north of Access Creek, seeing Luna Peak from a rare angle, descending a rather treacherous wet and cliffy gully, soloing Luna Peak and getting some tantalizing views of the Northern and Southern Pickets (see the panorama at the top of this page, which was worth the adventure in itself), and retreating out of Access Creek when my partner decided he was officially Picketed.

(In August 2008, I revisited my plans to complete the north to south Pickets traverse, and a phenomenal adventure this turned out to be.)

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