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Beautiful vistas, an alpine meadow on the arm and a small spring for water made for another spectacular place to camp. We dropped our packs and started to explore up on the hillside. The view across toward Pyramid Mountain and south toward the head of the Entiat Valley was spectacular with the Columbia Plain stretching out before us. Read more The Best Way Out Retracing our steps from the previous day, turning northwest a half mile before Saska Pass we walked up the alp below the arm on Emerald Peak. Classic alpine scenery with flowers struggling to survive in the sparse soil tucked between rocks and Read more Chelan Mountain Ramble II It could be a perfect week for a sojourn into the North Fork of the Entiat and the surrounding big boys. Read more Chelan Mountain Ramble Beautiful ski tour up to Blue Lake Peak. Read more Long Winter Over at Last Taking the Stove Stand, wind screen and stove along with the insulated base seemed to be just too much stuff to carry and added weight. So I decided to go back out into the Cascade Alpinist test and proto-type center and see if there was a simpler solution. Uncoiling the roll of aluminum sheeting, I realized that it would stand on its own, which soon led to a new windscreen design. Read more Improve Stove Efficiencies Part II |
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