We then got a great view of nearby Mount Adams (ca. 12,200'), complete with lenticular cloud shrouding its summit

From the top of the Fuhrer Finger was ascended left to reach the ridge marking the western side of the Nisqually glacier. We noticed the party ahead of us, that had left camp around midnight, was taking a line up the middle of the Nisqually glacier. This was good news for us because we hoped to ski the glacier on our way down and their presence out there helped affirm there was a passage through the middle of the glacier

Humboldt Climber

 A climber reaches the ridgeline below as clouds envelop Crestone Needle, 14,191' and Crestone Peak, 14,294'. A sunrise climb of Humboldt Peak paid off with a remarkable high alpine experience.

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