When Troop 60 plans High Adventure, it's no joke.  We traveled over 70 miles from Steven's Pass to Snoqualmie Pass.

Note: Our Adventure Debrief is available for future planning. 

Unloading at Stevens Pass

Filling out our Wilderness Tag and getting ready to move out

The Start of Section J

Our journey starts with the first switchback of many to come

Looking into Jossaphine Lake

Hope Lake in the Morning
This was our secondary camp spot and Mig Lake was full
The previous night was busy as we evacuated 3 injured crew members

So much scree to cross

Lake Trap

Glimpse of Surprise Lake from the PCT

Fearless Leader has lunch and a foot break at Glacier Lake

Giant scree fields as we journey towards Pieper Pass
You can see our members  above on a scree switchback

This used to go to Surprise Gap

Short break before Pieper Pass, looking into Glacier Lake

We made it to Deception Lakes to camp out
One of our Scouts injured their ankle on the scree and was evaluated by our medic
The group discussed options and we would see in the morning how much help our injured crew member would need
The primary plan was to aid our injured friend to a pressganged Evacuation Point and likely evac the entire crew at that point
2-days into our trek, and tomorrow may be our last

We survived the night fighting off mosquitoes and field mice
One of our Scouts got sick and vomited but was feeling better in the morning
Our Scoutmaster's inflatable mattress sounded like a walrus wrestling with an inflatable raft all night

Day 3 was long
Our crew split up gear from our injured friend and carried it to Deception Pass
His ankle was doing better, but it would not be safe to travel the rest of the PCT
We decided to split the team up - an escort team would carry gear and escort our injured crew member to the extraction point while the main crew continued on
After conduction a safe extraction, the escort team would travel back up to the PCT and meet the main crew at Escondido Ridge

Escort Crew stopping at Pete Lake for the night after extraction of injured Scout

Escort team heading up to Escondido Ridge from South Side

Taking a short break to enjoy the view, filter water from our full reservoir bags and take a break

Waterfall and stream coming off Chimney Glacier

Chimney Rock in distance

Heading back down the South side of Escondido Switchbacks

Map Check

Bridge south of Lemah Meadows

Ford at Lemah Creek

Lemah Creek Ford

Delate Creek Falls on way to Spectacle Lake

First Glimpse of Spectacle Lake

It was a Long Night
Prior to he rains, lightning struck nearby and then walked its way away from our camp with each strike
Lighting and thunder was followed by high winds and heavy rains that tested our shelters
We survived the night, but didn't get a lot of sleep

Looking at Spectacle Lake form the PCT to the south

Watching the clouds/fog roll in over the mountain ridge

For the rest of the day, we walked through the clouds

We were told that there are incredible view at Alaska Mountain

Ridge Lake
We spent the night here and arrived at it just started to rain
We were soaked and didn't waste any time setting up tents and seeking shelter
Several other groups came later to find that all the reasonable spots were taken
We had heavy rain all night long - but no lightning

Kendal Katwalk was pretty spectacular
That's honestly us in the fog

What a Wet Hike!
We finally made it to the finish line
We dried up, had snacks and waited for the Adults to roll in

We Made It!
From Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass

Time for some Shakes!