Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Adventures: Mountaineering and scenery of the Ptarmigan Traverse, a 35 mile alpine traverse in the North Cascades of Washington State

Ptarmigan Traverse story for Outside Online

July 20, 2017

Images from an assignment for Outside Online about a 35 mile alpine mountaineering traverse in the North Cascades known as the Ptarmigan Traverse. The route travels over some of the most rugged terrain in the Cascades, including six glaciers and crosses over the crest of the North Cascades 10 times.