A panorama looking east.
On the summit of South Sister with Broken Top behind me.
Lots of people hanging out at the summit.
The geological survey marker.
This rock is the highest part of the mountain. Thumbs up for the top!
South Sister Summit Looking to the South
At the top of South Sister looking south toward Devils Lake, where we started our adventure. Mount Bachelor is a bit left of center. We reached the summit just a little after noon.
Broken Top behind the false summit of South Sister.
Our two four-legged hiking companions found an arch at the summit. They tried to use it to teleport in some doggy kibbles. It didn’t work.
Looking into the crater at the summit of South Sister.
The Glacial Lake and the Final Assault for the South Sister Summit
We arrived at the glacial lake below the summit of South Sister after slogging up through several snow fields and lots of loose, talus and scree.
There sure is a lot of snow left on the mountain for the middle of August.
In retrospect, I should have put on sun screen and sunglasses at this point.
Looking south toward Mount Bachelor. Broken Top is peaking around the side of the ridge on the left. I think that’s Tammy’s arm on the right side of the photo.
Looking up at South Sister. It doesn’t look like there is too much farther to go but I can tell you that it is quite a distance to the top from here. It’s rather deceiving.
Ascending up the mountain past the glacial lake.
The glacier is on the move. The crevasse ended up going down to bedrock.
Looking southwest. This is a pretty steep mountain.
There were lots of dogs on the way to the top. Our group had two dachshunds along for the adventure.
One happy puppy on the way to the summit.
The final ridge is in view!