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Recent Trip Reports & Pages

Recent Trip Reports
 (reverse order)
To see all of my trip reports in chronological order, go to my Trip Report Chronology.

Other Recent Additions
  • Aerial reconnaissance of a landslide at the terminus of the Deming Glacier on Mount Baker. See Photoset 36. (Jun 2013)
  • Some new bird photos from a birding trip to easten WA. (Jun 2013)
  • John Scurlock and I complete our quest to photograph (by air) the Highest Hundred summits of Washington. See Photoset 34 (Apr 16, 2013)
  • Aerial photos (and some videos!) of spring in the North Cascades: Photosets 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. (Mar-May 2013)
  • Western bluebird flight photos on my songbirds page. (Mar 2013)
  • Mebee Pass Fire Lookout page. (Feb 2013)
  • Aerial photos (and some videos!) of wintery North Cascades: Photosets 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. (Nov-Mar 2012-3)

Upcoming Adventures!


Lots of ambitious climbing adventures planned for this coming summer....

JUNE 18-30, 2013:
  • SIERRA (CA): with Mark Thomas
    • Third Pillar of Dana
    • Incredible Hulk, Red Dihedral
    • Palisades Traverse ++
JULY 5-11, 2013:
  • NORTH CASCADES Adventure (WA): with my sister Jenny
    • Eldorado area scrambling and glacier romping or Washington Pass rock climbing 
JULY 15 - AUG 11, 2013:
  • EUROPE (SWITZ/ITALY):
    • Walker's Haute Route, a 200 km hike from Chamonix to Zermatt with parents
    • Matterhorn, Hornli Ridge
    • Dolomites, climbs TBD with Michael Stanton
AUGUST 15-30, 2013:
  • WADDINGTON area (BC): with Dan Aylward, Chad Kellogg, Sarah Hart
    • Combatant, Skywalk Buttress
    • Tiedemann
    • others TBD
IF THERE'S TIME:
  • NORTH CASCADES (WA):
    • Juno Tower, Clean Break
    • Pasayten climbing trip
    • Mebee Pass
    • Silver Lake, Fisher, Arriva
    • Vesper, North Face

Then back to school....

Upcoming Presentations/Workshops


No presentations or workshops are currently scheduled, due to a heavy school load this year.

Aerial Photo Calendar

Every Christmas I make a calendar for my friends and family. This year the theme of the calendar is "Aerial North Cascades," containing 13 carefully selected high-quality aerial images of Washington's rugged and beautiful glaciated North Cascades. Each month is represented by an aerial photo taken during that month. Here is a sampling of my aerial photography.

The calendars are large format and professionally printed by Apple. Contact me at sabegg@gmail.com if you are interested in acquiring a calendar(s). I order the calendars from Apple on an individual basis and get them directly shipped to your address. The calendar can be ordered at any time, and can be even be customized to span any range of months (for example, June 2013-June 2014).

Photos by month:
JAN: Early Winters / Liberty Bell
FEB: South Hozomeen
MAR: Hidden Lake Lookout
APR: Glacier Peak
MAY: Shuksan
JUN: Baker
JUL: Bonanza
AUG: Baker
SEP: Dome Peak
OCT: Wildfires '12
NOV: Mt. Stuart
DEC: Southern Pickets
(JAN): Rainier
+++: Mystery peak on cover

As a challenge, if you can name the summit on the cover photo below I will offer you (for the same price) a special 13-month calendar containing Mt. Rainier on the extra month.

Quick Link to Night Photography


Here's a quick link to my page on night photography, which gives lots of photos as well as a technical discussion on the physics of night photography.

Contact Info

Hi! My name is Steph Abegg. Please see my Who is sTePh? page for more details.

Please contact me with questions, requests, or comments. I am happy to share route beta or sell photos on request.

email: sabegg@gmail.com
JULY 29
to AUG 3
2003
PTARMIGAN TRAVERSE 2003, North to South (plus a climb of SPIRE POINT)
Category: Washington   Trip Report #: 2
Partners: Marty, Sue, and Jenny Abegg

One of my all-time favorite and memorable family backpacking adventures.

Click on the photo to enlarge. This is a photo of the peaks of the Ptarmigan Traverse, from the summit of Forbidden Peak. Visible in the foreground is Mixup Peak and two important saddles to the left: Cache Col and Gunsight Notch. Next behind is Spider Mountain on the left, then the Middle Cascade Glacier and Mount Formidable. Finally on the distant left is Dome Peak with Glacier Peak far behind.


My Favorite Backpacking Trip

I have done so many hikes I can't remember nearly half of them, but one I will never forget is the Ptarmigan Traverse of the North Cascades. This is a high alpine traverse involving daily glacier travel through rugged North Cascades majesty. In 2003, my family (dad, mom, sister, and I) did this beautiful 6-day hike. This page shows some of my photos from our 2003 family adventure. I also provide links to more recent adventures on the Ptarmigan Traverse.


Links to More Recent Adventures on the Ptarmigan Traverse

In 2009, I did the Ptarmigan Traverse from the South to the North.
The 2009 trip report is much more detailed and has more photos.

Go to 2009 trip report.

Also, in August 2007, my mom and I did a 2-night backpack to just past Kool-Aid Lake on the Ptarmigan Traverse. The second day I climbed Mt. Formidable.


Photos from our 2003 Family Adventure on the Ptarmigan Traverse
DAY 1: My sister Jenny climbing up to Cache Col.
DAY 1: Mountain goats at Kool-Aid Lake.
DAY 1: Campsite at Kool-Aid Lake.
DAY 2: Approaching Mid Cascade Glacier.
DAY 2: Camp at Yang-Yang Lake.
DAY 3: South Cascade Glacier.
DAY 4: Sliding down a snowfield into White Rock Lake, on our rest day at White Rock Lakes.
DAY 4: Looking at the next day’s traverse of Dana Glaicer, taken from White Rock Lakes.
DAY 5: Pink monkey flower on hillside traverse.
DAY 5: Traversing Dana Glacier.
DAY 5: Nighttime view from tent on Itswoot Ridge.
DAY 6: Tiger lily on trail.


Climbing Spire Point

On Day 5 of the Ptarmigan Traverse, my dad, sister, and I climbed Spire Point via the East Face (4th to low 5th). Click the photo below to see a short trip report for our climb of Spire Point.
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