Most viewed - "Epic White Cloud Backpacking Loop" revisited, August 16, 2022
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DSCF0502.JPG7 viewsI descended the cascading stream to this point above Cirque Lake, seeing one of the group of four goats, but was unable to get a photo before he eluded me, disappearing around a corner. Rather than fish here, I decided to head down to and set up my camp at Cove Lake. It was already 10 after 6, and the weather looked unsettled.
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DSCF0504.JPG7 viewsThe spot I had planned to set up camp was occupied. I’ve never seen anybody camped there. This turned out to be a better camp, and far enough from the lake to avoid any hassle from wilderness police. I got to bed at a reasonable hour. This was the first night I set up the tent, due to threatening weather, and mosquitos. I got up early, after a good night’s sleep, to catch some alpenglow on the peaks above Cove Lake.
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DSCF0506.JPG7 viewsThe D. O. Lee/WCP-9 saddle above the inlet to Cove Lake.
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DSCF0507.JPG7 viewsLooking south from the inlet to Cove Lake. This is an area I enjoy fishing. The lake drops off quickly here, and there are not too many trees, beyond those in the foreground, to get my line hung up in while trying to cast.
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DSCF0511.JPG7 viewsPeaks southeast of Cove Lake.
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DSCF0513.JPG7 viewsSomebody camped up above me at Sapphire asked if the gap on this ridge was new. I didn’t think so. It shows up in photos I took here two years ago.
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DSCF0515.JPG7 viewsMorning, southeast from the inlet at Cove Lake.
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DSCF0521.JPG7 viewsThis tarn is the last convenient water before Hummock Lake. I gained the ridge in the right foreground. The route crosses the ridge in the center of the photo coming down from the skyline at a point roughly one third down from the top of the frame. That point lines up with the top of left most tree on the buttress in the foreground. The route then ascends to the left in the less steep section well above the drainage.
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DSCF0523.JPG7 viewsFrom the lower part of the saddle looking north. Reaching this point involves crossing unstable rock. I seek out the most stable sections, even it means climbing higher. This photo and the next are primarily for route documentation.
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DSCF0522.JPG7 viewsThe I found it was more stable to climb to a point above and right of the saddle, reaching a point on the skyline almost to where the white cumulus cloud intersects the blue sky. The route unfolds nicely as one climbs.
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DSCF0525.JPG7 viewsThe same angle, lower down to include the tarn. I was well above this tarn, traversing the ridge behind it. I was happy to get to the top before any thundershowers arrived! The next step is to continue climbing (in the opposite direction) up and left (southeast) crossing the divide in the correct spot to descend to Hummock Lake.
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DSCF0526.JPG7 viewsLooking back up at the ridge (north) I just descended from. I’m told this crossing is named the “cheese grater”.
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