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Pain
24 miles into the approach.
So back in August of 2010, the three of us had the crazy idea of trying to nail Pasayten Wilderness’ Cathedral Peak over a regular weekend from PDX. We chose the shorter of the 2 (US side) approach options reported to be about 21 miles. We had some route finding issues near the far end of the hike (USGS maps a bit outdated?) and, without a time cushion to sort things out, it turned into a lovely ~50 mile round trip (overnight) hike through a mostly burnt out forest scenery. We’ll probably come back for the classic route but it’ll take a few more years and this time we’ll go in via the standard approach.
Photos
Shirley and Blondie in the opening miles of the 21+ miles approach to the Cathedral Peak in the Pasayten Wilderness (Aug. 2010).
About a dozen miles into the 21+ mile approach (Aug. 2010).
About 22 miles into the approach hike (Sept. 2012).
24 miles into the approach…USGS map out of date? What the fuck!
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