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Slodal via NW ridge

Instead of walking the road between Merry Brook and Bedal Creek, we parked on the Mountain Loop Highway next to Bedal Creek and ascended the ridge between Bedal Creek and Chocwich Creek.

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Not a brush-free route
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Date: 2011/12/08
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 4,340 feet
USGS quad: Bedal
Car-to-car time: 8 hours
  • 4 hours 43 minutes ascending from Mountain Loop at Bedal Creek bridge to Summit of Slodal
  • 2 hours 37 minutes descending from Summit of Slodal to Mountain Loop at Bedal Creek bridge

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A steep spot we were too lazy to avoid
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Our first view of Sloan Peak
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Sloan and the NW ridge of Slodal
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The true summit of Slodal was forested
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Hot cocoa on a sub-summit of Slodal
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Sloan Peak from Slodal
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Matt on one of Slodal's false summits, Baker to the right
Image of Matt on one of Slodal's false summits, Baker to the right
Matt on one of Slodal's false summits, Sloan to the left
Image of Matt on one of Slodal's false summits, Sloan to the left
Going up on our way down, Forgotten to the right
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Baker, White Chuck, and Pugh
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