Sloan Peak

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Sloan Peak - 2389M

1186M Prominence

48.04145, -121.34026

August 31, 2025

18H 40M C2C, 10H Moving

1800M Ascent and Descent

18.74 KM

After my quick trip in S2S to bag my first S2S summit, I made my way down to Washington state for 5 days. The plan was already set to attend a crevasse rescue course over the weekend, then make my way up to Washington pass. Saturday was spent learning some rescue techniques, and Sunday was to be the field day. We decided Saturday night after discussing a few options as the group that we would go do Sloan Peak. I woke up in Arlington at the location of the workshop, then we got together to carpool to the trailhead. I drove the Tacoma up to the Bedal creek trailhead on a slightly rough and bumpy road, and the others joined in their Subarus. At 7:05 we were finally on the trail and everyone started hiking with the appropriate gear for traversing the glacier. We were a large group of 10 from the workshop, so I realized the pace would be slow, but was not anticipating it to be this slow. I and a few other guys hiked ahead and then sat down to wait for the rest of the crew to arrive, after the second of third waiting period, I realized that the day was bound to be a snails pace and unbearable. I wasn't even confident that we would summit. The trail was good and easy to follow. We made our way up to the Bedal and Sloan col on a steep trail after the easy start along the Bedal creek from the trailhead. After a bouldery outcropping the terrain started to open up and we got some great views of the summit. We then continued on past a small pond by the col, and after the col the trees quickly thinned out and alpine terrain opened up. The group made their way south east past a slabby area, and then eventually we aimed to make our way up past a small but relatively steep snow field, up to a small pass between the slabs and a small bump/viewpoint to the East. From this point views of the glacier started to open up. After more and more waiting eventually everybody caught up and we decided where we would get on the glacier to cross it in order to end up on the East ridge of the mountain

The trail was in good condition for the most part

The bouldery area before the Bedal-Sloan col

First good looks at Sloan Peak

The Tarn at the Bedal-Sloan col, reflections of Bedal Peak

A hollow snow patch we scrambled around before the glacier

Great views of Glacier Peak all day

Some wild crevasses on the glacier

The crew working their way up the glacier

Looking towards the jagged peaks around Monte Cristo and Kye's Peak

Hiking up some moderately exposed class 2 terrain up to the summit

A neat tower on the side of the mountain

Terrain up to the summit

Jacob scrambling his way up the last few meters

Summit shot, with Glacier Peak in background

Summit panorama shot

Graham descending the trickiest part of the glacier

Hazy skies over the North Cascades in late afternoon

Sun setting

The crew hiking out past midnight

Sloan Peak route

Route close up