Broken Top Circumnavigation…
Mostly cross country…using the trail from the Todd Lake trailhead we headed straight uphill till we got to our planned camp spot, well above others near the Broken Top crater. After setting up camp we climbed towards the south summit, finding a large steep snowfield to practice some self-arrest techniques.
The next day we started early for the long cross-country circumnavigation, which included scrambling the NW corner of Broken Hand, the NW ridge of Broken Top, and the scree ski down Broken Top’s west face, and back to camp…then the hike back to the car.
Fun way to spend the weekend…
This added a couple miles to our weekend mileage…
Most of our route was off-trail…good thing. Wow, look at em all!
Ball Butte…
Ice ax self-arrest practice hill…
Broken Top’s crater, and the East Face route…
