"Great late season climb of Sahale via the Arm/Sahale Glacier. Snow bridge over the bergschrund is going fast and I was little nervous going over it solo/unroped, but decided it seemed secure enough for now. Alternate is already bootpathed over the to the rocks below the summit pyramid off to the right. The glacier snow and ice is easy to quickly navigate with crampons, and I made it in 15 minutes or so, moving as fast as I could. There were people on the glacier without crampons or with just microspikes and with poles/no ice axes. I guess if you're really proficient and comfortable this is fine, but they seemed anything but. I was actually asked to take an ice axe and helmet up to another person in the party, which I reluctantly did. After hitting the summit and coming back down, they were just getting off of the glacier. The summit scramble was challenging (for me) - I think it is fair to say lots of class 3 and definitely 2 class-4 moves if you stay to the right of the summit block and corkscrew around to the top (the "standard" route). Definitely some other ways to attempt it - I actually started up the rappel route because it looked doable, but made a retreat as I ..." — BryHong8 • Sep 16, 2017

"I've wanted to visit this area for a few years now. I went up Sahale by way of Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm. The way up to the Sahale Camp right below the glacier is all trail. Crossing the glacier was not bad with an ice axe and crampons. There were some crevasses, but well away from the path. The rock above the glacier was easy until the last 50 ft or so. That's where it gets more challenging. I had read that the route goes around the east side of the mountain, so that's where I went. The route was steep, and quite challenging for my limited climbing skills. The final few feet were the trickiest. The view from the top was excellent. The haze which had hung around all morning had mostly cleared revealing the surrounding mountains. On the way back, I swung by Doubtful Lake. The fall colors around the lake and at Cascade Pass were very vivid. Now is a great time to do this hike. " — MangyMarmot • Sep 28, 2012

"It was my dream to climb Sahale Peak - it had been on my wish list since I first heard about it in May. Took the long route from Cascade Pass/Sahale Arm. Crevasses are very visible on the glacier. The only sketchy part is the rock pile to the top, alternating between Class 4 and Class 5. We roped up just below 50 feet from the summit. Wasn't able to stay on the summit for too long due to time issues. I unroped myself shortly but made some sketchy moves still. It was just a day trip, but we got to enjoy being on the mountain in the dark looking over the sky and seeing the milky way. It was my first time being able to do that, since I have never done an overnight trip before. It was one of the most interesting mountain climbing experiences I've ever had and I know I will always remember this trip. Stunning views with lots of animal sightings (bear, marmots, deer...)....next time I'm back out here, I plan to tag Boston Peak! :)" — aimk13 • Sep 15, 2012

"After a disappointing summit failure on Shuksan last weekend in perfect conditions (wrong gully and no pro, so we turned around 200 ft from summit), I was happy to summit something. This was a super leisurely overnight trip to summit Sahale. Ambled to camp in 5 hrs off-trail over quite a bit of sketchy wet rock and found an excellent flat spot near running water for camp. Beautiful sunset, but I missed the Perseid meteor showers thanks to the demands of the "alpine start." A leisurely 5 am start time on summit day, where I finally got to be on the end of the rope and enjoyed myself immensely. Rock scramble at 8500'ish was quite fun with one interesting move near the top. Great views of Glacier, Baker, Eldorado, Forbidden, Boston, Sharkfin, and amazingly enough, we had it all to ourselves. We didn't see a single soul on the Sahale or Quien Sabe glaciers. We took the established climbers' trail back to the cars, only to realize there were two dangerous stream crossings along the way, requiring us to backtrack uphill quite far before we found some slightly less but still incredibly scary crossings. I required assistance to get across these, and I still fell in :( Thus, ma..." — diana • Aug 12, 2012