Sloan Peak 2023
📅 Start: 7/9/2023📍 1 destination
Gear
- Personal gear3L water (no major water source along route)Food for 10-12 hr daySunglassesSunscreenHelmetHarness with...Belay device3 locking carabineers2 prusiksClothing for temps from 55 degrees to 68 degrees, partly sunny, low/mild winds, 30% chance rain
- Ice axe
- Group gear (Alexis/Andrew bringing)
- 60m rope?
- 2 pickets and pulleys
- Water filter
Itinerary
- 4:00 AM - Gary drives to https://goo.gl/maps/RsaYj7p14p5wjLM77 on Mountain Loop Highway (the base of the forest road that goes up to Bedal) (⚠️ make sure to take north way through Darrington, south way through Mountain Loop Highway is closed at Bedal)
- 5:00 AM - Alexis and Andrew bike 5 miles of the closed road from Barlow north
- 5:30 AM - Meet at https://goo.gl/maps/RsaYj7p14p5wjLM77 on Mountain Loop Highway, drive rest of the way up
- 5:45 AM - Trailhead
- 6:00 AM - Hiking (5 miles, 5,000 ft gain, 6 hours)
- 12:00 PM - Top
- 12:30 PM - Descend and hike down (5 hours)
- 5:30 PM - Car
- 5:45 PM - Mtn Loop Highway
- 6:30 PM - Alexis and Andrew back at car after biking
Weather
Dawn: 4:37 AM, Sunrise: 5:15 AM, Sunset: 9:07 PM, Dusk: 9:45 PM.
Should be 55 degrees in the morning, getting to a high of 61 when we get to the summit, and then high of 68 when we get back to the car
