Larches Decorate the Route up to Leroy Basin
5,200' above sea level, 1,700' and 3.5 miles N-NE of the trailhead
Paragliding Mt Maude
2006-October
On the Hike Up
Larches Decorate the Route up to Leroy Basin
5,200' above sea level, 1,700' and 3.5 miles N-NE of the trailhead
Views from the Col between Mt Maude and Seven
Fingered Jack
8,158' above sea level
Looking 2,000' down into Leroy Basin (snow patch -- notice how small the larches now
look!)
Glimpse Phelps Creek just left of the dark green tree stand, 4,000' below here!
View West to Glacier Peak -- 10,500', white on horizon, old dormant volcano
View East down into Entiat Meadows
View South onto Maude's North Shoulder ("peak" at center)
View Southeast to Maude's North Face and greatly diminished glacier
(Thanks, global warming...)
View North to Seven Fingered Jack's South Summit
Views during the Paragliding Flight
Leroy Basin (Snow), Seven Fingered Jack (straight above snow),
and Maude (mid-right summit)
(Click image for annotations)
View North into Phelps Basin
Phelps Creek in Spider Meadows -- Landing Zone!