The Prouty glacier is a steep snow climb on the northeast face of South Sister. I joined Wayne, Tim, Jason, and Mike on this route on the Fourth of July. We base-camped from the Green Lakes area, which was not very crowded this early in the season.
Hiking in on sun cups
3 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/320s f/13.0 at 47mm iso100
Wayne
3 July 2011
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1/400s f/4.0 at 22mm iso400
Jason
3 July 2011
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1/400s f/4.0 at 17mm iso400
3 July 2011
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1/60s f/8.0 at 38mm iso400
3 July 2011
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1/60s f/5.6 at 76mm iso200
Tim and Jason at base camp
3 July 2011
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1/320s f/4.5 at 30mm iso800
Green lakes at dusk
3 July 2011
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1/60s f/4.5 at 28mm iso800
South Sister
4 July 2011
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602s f/9.0 at 17mm iso800
Alpine start
4 July 2011
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1/2s f/4.5 at 26mm iso1600
Broken Top
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/60s f/4.5 at 30mm iso400
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/160s f/5.6 at 85mm iso100
At the base of the Prouty Glacier
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/100s f/5.6 at 47mm iso100
Jason takes a breather
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/50s f/5.6 at 47mm iso100
Middle Sister, North Sister, Jefferson, and Hood
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/500s f/4.5 at 30mm iso100
Wayne leads
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/1000s f/4.5 at 28mm iso100
Wayne leads
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/100s f/10.0 at 68mm iso100
Tim and Mike pass up the bergschrund
4 July 2011
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1/200s f/10.0 at 44mm iso100
Mike
4 July 2011
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1/250s f/10.0 at 35mm iso100
Tim
4 July 2011
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1/100s f/10.0 at 17mm iso100
Tom on the summit
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/125s f/10.0 at 28mm iso100
Wayne on the summit
4 July 2011
Canon Rebel XT
1/320s f/4.5 at 33mm iso100
Between Middle and North Sister: Three-Fingered Jack, with St. Helens behind.