Glacier Mountaineering Society

Sat, Sep 23 2023 - Strawberry Mountain (View Original Event Details)

Coordinator(s):		Tim Anderson
Participants:		Tim Anderson, Jean Petrangelo, Katie Marsonette, Kevin McDonald

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Write Up:
Strawberry Mountain is misleading, Its such a little thing and you are on trail most of the way, yet its is a lot work to reach the summit. Its only 1/3 of a mile with 500feet of elevation from the point where you leave the trail. But its a bushwhack worthy of Greg Notess. You fight for every foot of that elevation.

The four of us met at the Strawberry Lake trail head at 9am. It was a very gray morning with a fog bank stuck on mountains left from the previous two days of rain. The hike to the lake went fast. Then a short trip on Alpine trail 7 to the ridge line. The fog was still holding on and the brush was soaked with water it might as well have been raining, within a few feet we were soaked to the skin. It took us about an hour and a half to claw our way through and reach the summit. At the summit we found the biggest mountain goat I have ever seen. About this time the winds came up and blew the fog away and we were treated with wonderful views. All the way the fall colors were spectacular.

Have some photos from this event that you'd like to share in our photo album? Please forward them to Tim Anderson at twamontana@gmail.com. Please note that we prefer to receive the photos in approximately 640x480 or 750x500 pixels - do NOT send original high-res photos. If you have a LOT of photos, please submit up to twenty of your favorites (only) for a day event, or up to forty of your favourites for a multi-day event. Thank you.