Great video! I plan to do this traverse in 2023. Coming up from the East Fork of the Foss River above Jade Lake, how steep/challenging is the final push up the glacial moraine to Tank Lakes? Did you get a look at the route up to and over La Bohn Pass as you came down towards Jade Lake? I can find hardly any beta on the climb up to La Bohn pass and the La Bohn lakes. Looking at this as an alternate route to PCT section J from Hwy 2.
Hey Jeff! If my memory is right, coming up to Tank Lake from Jade and Emerald Lakes was just a bunch of talus and boulder hopping. Nothing too difficult or hard to navigate. The biggest challenges were connecting Tank Lake to Iron Cap Lake. There is a user trail that takes you around La Bohn peak clockwise as you start to climb the boulder field. It takes you around the peak to a bunch of lakes (eventually Williams) and then goes over a smaller pass on the shoulder of Bears Breast Peak before dropping down to the PCT near Waptus lake. Should be a fine connector for you!
I know this is 2 years later, but the information you seek was not done by these guys at all. LaBohn lakes are easily accessed from Lake WIlliams and the Old PCT(middle Fork Snoqualiamie. Everything is just bouldery rough up there. Not too difficult though beware the odd cliff band. If you wish to go from Williams lake to Tank lakes it goes just fine. There are several bumps from LaBohn to Tank lakes that frankly are easier to walk around than go over either E or W. A bit brushy for a couple hundred feet vertical from Lake Williams on East side up to tank lakes. Ridge running from Iron Cap South is also doable(no place to camp at any of those lakes as they are VERY rocky until you get to ??? Gold lake????? under Big Snowy(Horrific Mosquitos), climb up to heather benches for peace and better views and less bugs though Exiting off Big Snowy to get to Goldmeyer Hotsprings is VERY steep, but when I was there 25 years ago, we tree hand grabbed/repelled all the way down
Loved that route. Did it in early July of 2019 in reverse. Lots more snow in July. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video as usual. Thanks!
Cool video! Ive been wanting to check this route out but didn’t get to it this year. Hoping to next year🤙
It’s a really great one, highly recommend!
At 7:17 is this after or beyond Tank lake ?
It’s between Tanks Lakes and Iron Cap Gap where the trail peters out.
Great video! I plan to do this traverse in 2023. Coming up from the East Fork of the Foss River above Jade Lake, how steep/challenging is the final push up the glacial moraine to Tank Lakes? Did you get a look at the route up to and over La Bohn Pass as you came down towards Jade Lake? I can find hardly any beta on the climb up to La Bohn pass and the La Bohn lakes. Looking at this as an alternate route to PCT section J from Hwy 2.
Hey Jeff! If my memory is right, coming up to Tank Lake from Jade and Emerald Lakes was just a bunch of talus and boulder hopping. Nothing too difficult or hard to navigate. The biggest challenges were connecting Tank Lake to Iron Cap Lake. There is a user trail that takes you around La Bohn peak clockwise as you start to climb the boulder field. It takes you around the peak to a bunch of lakes (eventually Williams) and then goes over a smaller pass on the shoulder of Bears Breast Peak before dropping down to the PCT near Waptus lake. Should be a fine connector for you!
I know this is 2 years later, but the information you seek was not done by these guys at all. LaBohn lakes are easily accessed from Lake WIlliams and the Old PCT(middle Fork Snoqualiamie. Everything is just bouldery rough up there. Not too difficult though beware the odd cliff band. If you wish to go from Williams lake to Tank lakes it goes just fine. There are several bumps from LaBohn to Tank lakes that frankly are easier to walk around than go over either E or W. A bit brushy for a couple hundred feet vertical from Lake Williams on East side up to tank lakes. Ridge running from Iron Cap South is also doable(no place to camp at any of those lakes as they are VERY rocky until you get to ??? Gold lake????? under Big Snowy(Horrific Mosquitos), climb up to heather benches for peace and better views and less bugs though Exiting off Big Snowy to get to Goldmeyer Hotsprings is VERY steep, but when I was there 25 years ago, we tree hand grabbed/repelled all the way down
Is this route permitted?
Nope, not as of 2022.
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