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Then, I decided ... hmm why not try for the summit anyway? Hiking into a cloud might be kinda cool!
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About 400 feet below and 1/4 mile from the summit, the cloud bank started. It was coming fast from below, with winds of about 30 mph, gusts to about 50.
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Finally, at the summit of Great Northern. Took 4:46 from the trailhead, a gain of 4400 feet (8700 feet at the top), and about 4 miles overland. I was 100% soaked, with 30-40 mph winds blowing ice up the southern face right at me.
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With the summit register. I'd just taken a gust of ice particles full in the face, so my eyes were squinted nearly shut. Visibility was about 50 feet in the thick cloud/fog, and everything was dripping wet, so getting down wasn't going to be particularly fun or easy.
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360-degree view from Great Northern's summit. It was a white-out.
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Back at 7900 feet, just below the cloud cover.
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More of the eeevil clouds. These low-hangers came in around 7600-7700 feet. Not too often one gets this sort of perspective on a cloud, though.
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Finally, the clouds are down to a few wisps, around 7400 feet. The ceiling is still around 8500 feet, though.
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