Little Sister

  • Date:
    2015/01/31
    Car-to-car:
    11 hours 51 minutes
    Elevation gain:
    4,800 feet
    Trip type:
    alpine climb
    USGS quad:
    Twin Sisters Mountain

    References

  • Elbow Lake trailhead.
    Elbow Lake trailhead.
  • Crossing Middle Fork Nooksack River.
    Crossing Middle Fork Nooksack River.
  • After leaving the Elbow Lake trail, we stumbled across a path marked by blue diamonds. We were able to follow this brushed-out trail to the Lake Wiseman creek.
    After leaving the Elbow Lake trail, we stumbled across a path marked by blue diamonds. We were able to follow this brushed-out trail to the Lake Wiseman creek.
  • Crossing Green Creek.
    Crossing Green Creek.
  • The west end of Sister Divide, Cinderella, Little Sister, and Skookum Peak
    The west end of Sister Divide, Cinderella, Little Sister, and Skookum Peak
  • The west end of Sister Divide
    The west end of Sister Divide
  • Mount Baker
    Mount Baker
  • Mount Baker
    Mount Baker
  • Mount Baker and Sister Divide.
    Mount Baker and Sister Divide.
  • South Twin
    South Twin
  • The west face of Little Sister.
    The west face of Little Sister.
  • Mount Baker
    Mount Baker
  • Little Sister
    Little Sister
  • South Twin
    South Twin
  • South Twin
    South Twin
  • The col between Cinderella and Little Sister.
    The col between Cinderella and Little Sister.
  • Front-pointing up frozen snow to the col.
    Front-pointing up frozen snow to the col.
  • Ascending the SW slopes of Little Sister. We went up a gully to the right of the obvious gully in this picture.
    Ascending the SW slopes of Little Sister. We went up a gully to the right of the obvious gully in this picture.
  • Ascending the gully.
    Ascending the gully.
  • Mixed rock and snow in the gully.
    Mixed rock and snow in the gully.
  • Hayden Peak
    Hayden Peak
  • South Twin
    South Twin
  • Stefan setting up the rappel. Point 6136 and Hayden Peak in the background.
    Stefan setting up the rappel. Point 6136 and Hayden Peak in the background.
  • Descending from the summit of Little Sister.
    Descending from the summit of Little Sister.
  • Puget Sound and the Olympics.
    Puget Sound and the Olympics.
  • Traversing to the col
    Traversing to the col
  • Descending from the Cinderella/Little Sister col.
    Descending from the Cinderella/Little Sister col.
  • Mount Baker
    Mount Baker
  • The headwaters of Green Creek
    The headwaters of Green Creek
  • Crossing Green Creek.
    Crossing Green Creek.
  • Now we are really grateful for the blue diamond trail!
    Now we are really grateful for the blue diamond trail!
  • Crossing the Nooksack
    Crossing the Nooksack
  • Hawk One Lagers at the trailhead!
    Hawk One Lagers at the trailhead!
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