This was one of those days you dream about happening and then you live it. The forecast called for 60 percent chance of thunderstorms, but we still headed out. When we started our objective was Iceberg Peak, we had not quite made it last year and we really wanted to bag this summit this time. At first it looked as though the forecast was going to be correct, then as we started up towards the Notch from Iceberg lake the socked in clouds began to dissipate. The early morning fog on the lake was cool looking but nothing is better than sunshine looking down on that lake. The Notch was way easier this time since we knew the way up. We then headed around and started the scramble up to the Peak. It was a bit of a grunt going up but then we were very much rewarded. The view was truly one of the best I've ever had and the entire time we were on the summit there was not a breath of wind and we encircled about by amazing clouds that just passed by. The only disappointment was we didn't get to see last weeks summit Merritt as the clouds never left that area to our north. We eventually decided we had to leave this little spot of heaven and made our way down. The return seemed longer than it should have but we eventually made it out but all in all an amazing day and we only got the tiniest of showers at the lake after we descended, so we luckily got the good 40 percent of that 60 percent chance of thunderstorms.
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| What the beginning of our day looked like, not very promising |
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| Fog on the Lake and above the Lake at Iceberg Lake |
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| Another shot of the fog starting to dissipate on the lake |
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| Another shot of the icebergs on the lake |
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| On our way up getting our first views of the ice at the back of the lake |
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| The Notch covered in fog |
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| Fog starting to lift |
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| Seeing the top of Mt. Wilbur with the fog dissipating |
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| This is a steep section of the climb, not the easiest of approaches for a mountain, lots of route finding hopefully if you try you can follow the cairns |
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| Another view as we get higher, I took over 200 pictures today and half were of this amazing lake |
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| Fog almost all gone as we near the Notch |
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| Calm breeze less day gives amazing reflections on the lake |
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| Awesome pinnacle at the Notch |
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| Looking down from the Notch |
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| Traversing around to the back side to the summit, B-7 Pillar in the background. On our way down a guy we ran into had just free climbed that...crazy! |
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| On of the first pictures I took looking down from the summit |
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| Amazing view |
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| I usually don't take single summit photos but I had to today |
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| Another shot |
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| Summit photo |
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| Clouds hiding Merritt |
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| Example of the clouds that were all around us |
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| Lake after descent, still calm and amazing |
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| Notch after descent, it was starting to sprinkle a little here |
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