Taking the water taxi at Ross Lake to shave 7 miles off the approach.
Two guides from AAI out doing a North / South Pickets traverse.
A youth group canoeing.
John on the trail.
Kirk on the trail.
Big beaver trail
Beaver Pass CG. Bugs Bugs Bugs
some of the easier bushwacking
Northern Pickets - Luna Peak on left with Fury to the right
Mt Fury
The Eiley Weiley ridge, just above and to the east of Eiley Lake where John broke his leg.
Luna Peak
Luna Peak on left, with Fury on right.
Help on the way.
Help on the way
Emergency personnel prepare to load John into the helicopter. The chopper is small, so one of them was required to stay the night at this bivy site.
Erin was the NPS Wilderness EMT who bivied at the accident location waiting for the helicopter to return in the morning.
The helicopter returns in the morning.
Final flight leaving with Whatcom Peak in the background.
Indian Paintbrush
About to begin the descent back down to Beaver Pass
After getting rained on for the descent from the ridge to Beaver Pass, the Beaver Pass Shelter provided a dry place to get warm and crash for the night.
Beaver Pass
Access Creek turn off.
Our heroes, Jill and Susan who traveled up to Ross Lake, rented a boat, and picked us up after guessing correctly what time we would emerge from the trail.
Is this over yet?
Jill and Kirk
Susan and Sean
