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North Face of Mount Drum
Mount Drum photo: Paige Brady
We headed North from Anchorage to attempt to ski the North Face of Mount Drum (12,010 ft). We pulled over a few miles after the Tok cut-off on the Glen Highway and started skinning from our cars.
the trip begins
After about an hour of bushwhacking we dropped into the Copper River where we quickly turned off and started skinning up the Sanford River.
Skinning along the Sanford River
It was nice and sunny during the day, but dropped to around -30° at night while camping on the river.
Danielle and I
waking up to falling death crystals
We heading up an unnamed drainage about 4 miles after the bend in the Sanford River toward Mt. Drum.
going up unnamed drainage off the Sanford River
Sean, Ben, Stormy, and Danielle
Mount Drum's North Face
Mt. Drum
Our camp that we cashed our sleds at.
Mt. Drum
Mt. Drum's North Face
This was the basin our high camp was in.
getting roped up
climbing Mt. Drum
our high point
our high point
The lack of snow made for minimal snow bridges and blue ice which made us have to abandon our summit attempt.
the final uphill bushwhack fun
It was still a amazing trip with many funny moments!
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