Climbing Eldorado Peak

A climb of Eldorado Peak via the Inspiration Glacier on July 18, 2010.  A single day trip, leaving at 5am and returning at 7pm for round trip time of 14 hours.

Looking up towards Cascade Pass:


Johannesburg Peak from the Eldorado Approach:

 

Looking towards Cascade Pass at gleaming glaciers:
 

Long boulder field on the approach:
 

A look at the route up the glacier and a view of the summit:

Glacier Peak:
 

Looking across the glacier fields:
 

Looking back at our route from hammered ridge:
 

Approaching the summit:
 

A close up view of the summit:
 

Beautiful fields of white near the summit:
 

The summit ridge:
 

Looking at bergshrunds along the top of the glacier:
 

The notorious knife-edge summit ridge:

Looking back down at a small tarn far below:

 

The knife-edge summit ridge.  Running belays were used.
 

The view from the summit:
 

On the summit:
 

North cascades from the summit: