Monday, October 03, 2005

Climbing Cascade Mt - In Retrospect Not a Great Idea

Saturday we climbed Cascade Mt. The trail is about 2.7 miles long and a climb of about 2000 ft in elevation. The trail is extremely eroded and basically strewn with 1-2 ft size boulders that you have to step on or around. Because of the condition of the trail the climb back down also took 3 hrs. I've posted a few pictures.

cascade 001

Here is the mountain from the 'bottom' which starts at about 2000 ft. Notice all the cars. I'd guess well over 100 people made the climb that day.

cascade 003

Here is one view from the top looking down on Rt. 73. Unfortunately, you cannot see the two cascade lakes which are hidden by the forest. The top of the mountain is bare, bald rock; very windy; and quite chilly.

cascade 002

Whiteface Mt from the top of Cascade Mt. See the ski trails and the 'castle' on top.

cascade 004

A view more to the West North West. If you know where to look you can see part of the Olympic Bobsled and Luge run.
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2 comments:

Sara said...

Great shots!! Looks like the leaves are almost all gone - leaves are still green over here. People tell me they just sort of turn brown and all fall off pretty quickly, not like the beautiful colors we get in the ADKs

10:16 AM
PCS said...

No, the leaves are all still on and green. Only about 25% color change so far.

2:15 PM

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