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Caption: The Tooth
5,601 ft Snoqualmie Pass Alpine Climbing
Caption: The easiest alpine climb close to Seattle - The Tooth. A fit party can knock it out after work and that's we did on a lovely Friday afternoon.
Took my friend Mary on her first alpine climb - taking people on their first climb is one of my favorite things to do. I'll never forget my first alpine climb and will be forever grateful to Darby for taking me 3 years ago on this same climb!
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Caption: First two miles are a breeze starting off on the very easy Snow Lake trail.
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Caption: First glimpse of The Tooth.
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Caption: The turn-off.
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Caption: Waterfalls galore along the way.
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Caption: The last mile gets daunting with steep snow, taulus and can take more than twice as long as the first two.
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Caption: Petrifying snow bridge over a waterfall.
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Caption: The objective.
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Caption: Finally, it's getting real.
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Caption: Start of the route and first pitch!
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Caption: Second pitch.
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Caption: Looking down on second pitch.
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Caption: Looking down on 3rd pitch.
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Caption: Fourth pitch.
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Caption: Looking down on the fourth pitch.
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Caption: Summit fever!
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Caption: On rappel!
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Caption: Steller views with a beautiful sunset and stoke of a successful climb, another great day in the alpine!