The I-90 Corridor and Some Bushwhacking

This past weekend, Jared made the drive up I-5 and met up with Roger and myself to do a little training course. I put together a loop with a little bit of everything.



The Crew: Kenny, Dave and Roger (Jared on Camera)

Fun Rock!





Jared climbing on Kaleteen



Life on top is Grand!



Dave and Roger planning the "whack"



In the thick of things!



We started out at the Denny Creek Trailhead and from there hiked up to lake Melakwa. Ken our super crew-member joined us for the first part of the trip and pretty much cranked up the trail! From there we traversed around the lake and then ascended a boulder field towards Melakwa Pass. From there we ascended/scrambled some great slabby granite on Kaleteen Peak. This was the planned highlight of the trip. The summit of Kaleteen (6250 ft) was amazing, blue skies, no wind. Life is grand. From there we decided to bushwhack down to Lower Tushcolatie (sp) lake. The whack was fun, but we hit some thick stuff - sticker bushes, devil's club, etc. There where some pretty think parts. However we finally hit the trail! After visiting Lower T. We then made our way over to Pratt lake, up to the Pratt Saddle, over to Island Lake and then back down to the Pratt Lake Trailhead. It was a great day to say the least. 16.5 miles about 5700ft of gain.