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It was starting to get dark but nightfall sometimes bring the beauty out in the mountains. We made to the ski lift just before dusk and we did a combination of hiking and glissading all the way down the lift to the lodge. Once on the road we took it right to the ski lift which was now close. At that point we finally hit civilization by way of a number of ski homes. From there we headed to the left and picked up a slippery but very doable steep slope back down the mountain. Between that shot and the one of Rainier, Bullion Peak is definitely a worthy winter summit.Īt this point we kept going down until we hit one very steep section. The best shot though from Bullion was the shot the peak had of Crown Point in the foreground and Mount Adams in the background. Though I would say that nearby Platinum Peak had the best views, the views from Bullion are more than worthwhile. She really hung in there and made it to summit in good time. Firestar was trooper especially in the one steep section where we had to ascent the ridge. Where last time we only had a two minute window between the storm when we could see blue sky, this time it was all blue sky and great views from the summit. This time it was sunny as we took virtually the same trip up the to the ridge-line and then traversed the ridge to the summit. Last time we were sinking in deep snow with a heavy stiff wind behind us.
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We stayed close to her and showed the proper positions of the axe as well as how to arrest.
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For Firestar this would be her first true ascent with an axe. Getting up Bullion Peak this time was quiet different from last time. With Gimpilator, who was a former guide and I, I knew she would be OK. I was very fortunate in that many people showed me the ropes of how to mountaineer out here in the Cascades and I am always very thankful to give another climber at shot.
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I also invited Firestar, an experienced hiker who recently made the move out west to give a shot at true mountaineering. But with the approach of winter most of the great summer climbs are much harder to get to and now that Gimpilator is back after conquering a ton of incredible South American peaks we could now combine for a good couple summit. Though we nearly combined on many incredible peaks such as Sahale, Glacier Peak and North Ingalls my work schedule never gave me enough time for us to combine on some cool climbs. It had been almost a year since Gimpilator and I teamed up on a really good summit. These two peaks really do give excellent three volcano views of hundreds of peaks on a clear day and make for excellent summits to explore. Case in point would be Bullion Peak and Crown Point. I will pick one sunny winter day in western Washington over 30 in other places in the United States because the mountains here can really light up and show their true winter beauty like few other places in the world. But when it is sunny in winter and there is snow in the mountains there is no other place in the world I would rather be then Washington State. Winter in the Pacific Northwest much of the time get depressing with the constant precipitation moving through in the wintertime.