"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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cascadescrambler - Sep 4, 2019 11:59 am Date Climbed: Sep 25, 1999
Idiot hikeThought I would take a quick fall hike up a trail to an easy peak. By the time I got to Lake Christine I was in fresh snow and clouds. Instead of taking out my map and compass and orienting myself I plunged straight ahead. After a steep snow climb without an ice axe to a saddle I found myself between two snow covered, rocky peaks (peaks 5528 and 5480 east of Beljica). I thought, "Beljica doesn't have two peaks." Got my map out and figured out where I was, backtracked to the lake and up the easy southeast slope of Beljica. Went back later on the trail in summer. Much better.
ericnoel - Sep 11, 2015 12:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2005
BeljicaDid this and then poked around the Glacier View Wilderness HP.
Redwic - Nov 6, 2014 6:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2014
Straighforward.A combination of easy access, high-clearance vehicle, and a previously unvisited peak made this a no-brainer for me.
Curtissimo - May 26, 2014 10:38 pm
wonderful family hikeLabor day weekend 1999 with Rosa and Nini.
EastKing - Aug 5, 2012 9:25 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2012
Short summit on a HOT day!Road up to the trail was very rough. The hike though was easy. The views were great and the effort was very little. Now I know why parents take their children here. That being said use caution on the true summit. The dropoff here goes A LONG WAY!!