Sunday morning we headed out from the trail head at Devils Lake with the goal of reaching the summit of South Sister by about noon. We started our ascent at 7:30am. Sometime the night previous, Adam, Jen, and Tammy joined our encampment. All of us struck up the trail together. Even before we got to the first plateau, we were encountering snow in the ravines and gullies.
Our objective is sighted.
Moraine Lake and Mount Bachelor in the background.
Walking up the superhighway of a trail toward the summit. It’s almost absurd how many people climb South Sister on a nice day.
Getting closer but still so far away.
Coming off up the plain and now starting to ascend the south flank of South Sister.
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Lots of snow fields. We crossed about four or so snow fields during the ascent.
Above treeline. Broken Top is just visible on the left and Mount Bachelor is on the right.
Lots of snow for this late in the year. Click on the image above to go to a larger version of the panorama.