To the Top of South Sister

So here is the high meadow above Moraine Lake at around mile 2. We had around 6 miles to the top and from here you can see the entire route! It is directly south, straight up the mountain. Ryan, Dave, Zoe and me were up for the trek. (Zack was up for it but we couldn't get our schedules to work out)

From here, we walked up the mountain to the high point under the highest two glaciers. Then the route went right to the left of those glaciers up to the to top.

Here we are starting the final push, hiking along side those glaciers. Yep, they are the same ones you can see in the first picture.

Here is Zoe on the ridge above the glaciers. We were climbing pretty directly at this point.

Atop South Sister

It was a hard hike up and down but definitely worth it. The guidebook called it "a hike of a lifetime" and I wouldn't disagree.