Glacier Mountaineering Society

Sat, May 25 2024 - Apgar Mountains Highpoint (View Original Event Details)

Coordinator(s):		Greg Notess, Jake Bramante, Kristen Bramante
Participants:		Greg Notess, Jake Bramante, Kristen Bramante, Justin Heinrichs, Cecelia Notess, Ginia Hauf, Dell Meuchel, Gail Meuchel, Lori Niebaum, Jean Petrangelo

Write Up:
A cloudy, early-season climb found plenty of snow along the ridge top. We all eschewed snowshoes and mostly found hard snow that supported us. However, while the clouds sometimes lifted to give us great views, at other times they obscured where the ridge went. That caused us to go a short ways down an arm towards Camas Creek until we got an unexpected view and thought to check our devices. We went back up the arm and continued on to the actual high point, only to be fully enshrouded in clouds on the top. We has a few nice views on the way back, and a nice glissade down one of the steeper slopes along the ridge on the way out. Beautiful grizzly tracks in the snow, but we never did see a bear.

Great training climb with a great group!

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