Everyone says, what’s new - The legendary Ptarmigan Traverse begins at Cascade Pass in the shadow of North Cascades National Park's 8,065-foot (2,458-meter) Johannesburg Mountain and traces nearly 25 miles (40 kilometers) of the Cascades Crest, cutting across ridges and cirques to the north side of 10,541-foot (321-meter) Glacier Peak, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area. It's the kind of iconic route that experienced Cascades mountaineers have been tackling unguided ever since the area's Ptarmigan Climbing Club established it in 1938. This May, Seattle-based Mountain Madness outfitters will guide a tour that makes this North American classic accessible to beginning ski mountaineers.The off-piste skiing and climbing along the traverse are both challenging, but the payoffs are unrivaled: bombing down 3,000-foot (914-meter) corn-choked couloirs while supreme views of frozen lakes and tumbling glaciers spread out before you. This trip is surely equivalent to the Haute Route in the Alps, but in a wilderness setting. So are you ready to take the challenge?
Vitals -
Length: Five days
Price: $775
Difficulty: Hard
Departs: May
For more details - http://www.mountainmadness.com/
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