Cascade Pass Trip Part 2

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Note: This is part 2 because the part 1 had to much text

Later that year, we decided on going back there again a forth time! This time, we wanted to go on Sahale Arm. We left to go there late as usual, it was October 21, 2006 when we went there. The trailhead this time was acually open! We drove all the way to the trailhead and even though it is against the rules to spend the night at the trailhead, we did so anyways, not that we like braking Da Rules, but it was the best camping spot. That night it was very windy and I guess when I was asleep, the tent polls were broken due to a camping trip in summer of 2006 when someone accedently broke the polls and the tent fell on us in our sleep. So we had to get out in the middle of the night, and take down the tent and sleep in the car. I slept good, and woke up to a very plesent sunrise, not nearly as good as the one in November but still very nice.



We had breakfast and got our things together and started hiking... the real trail! Lucky for us, there was a light dusting of snow to make the mountains look even better, and we had almost perfectly clear weather. Its amazing how much easier the trail is without snow, but I got to admit, the snow makes it all worth it! When we got up to the pass after all the switch backs, it was very windy which made it so I had to put on my jacket, for the first time, we acually made it to Cascade Pass, probably because we finnally went in good weather. We then after that hiked up to Sahale Arm which was a moderate hike up the switch backs, and later made it to the glacier with wonderful views.



We hiked back down to the trailhead with a wonderful sunset. Another great hike!

In 2007, I was exited to be able to return to Cascade Pass, and had been waiting because in ealier 2007, the road had been washed out. This time, I went with my brother, my mom, and my Friend Mark Straub on September 1, 2007. Before we left, we woke up to a great sunrise on my rood of the Cascades, we could tell that we were going to have a great hike. It took us a while to leave but lucky for us, we acually got there at a somewhat decent time. I was amazed at how crowded the parkinglot was, never had I seen it so full of hikers. We started the hike and this time, I saw lots of plants that were very interesting, unfortunatly I accedently broke my friends camera when flipping a switch on it and jammed the flip screen, it is'nt busted but is glitched. He was angry with me for a while but I got over it quich because we were at Sahale after all. We got to the pass alright and were well ahead of my mother. We kept hiking up and up and saw some sunbeams in the Cascade Valley which looked better in person.



We later got to the Sahale Glacier around sunset and the view was just amazing, Sahale never fails to impress me.



On the way down, my friend Mark was tired of me taking so many photos, but he went up ahead of me leaving me in the back. At this point, it was evening and Sahale was looking awesome, so I had to get a 60 seond exposure shot of it.





I felt like I could sleep there, even though we had no tent. It was one of my Favorite Evenings ever. My friend Mark on the way down was upset about his shoes that were too small so I could'nt take any more photos. When trying to meet back up with the group, by this point it was very dark, so I was crawling about the area were I took my photos and gathered my gear and luckily found it, and on the way down, I almost got lost because it was really dark and all I had a was a shake light and if you ever had a bad shake light, you will know that it takes forever for them to have good light and even so, its not that great.We hiked down safly, but I kept thinking to myself, I really did'nt want to leave this place. For more information on the hike, go to Sahale Mountain Page. This is why Sahale is my Favorite Mountain.