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Documenting the Route (2): You can clearly see the climber's trail head up the west ridge of Cashmere. Just below the rocky part, the trail veers off onto the north face until it reaches Cashmere's north ridge (left edge). Then it climbs a gentle gully for a bit before hopping onto the north ridge itself. It's just a walk to the summit block from there. There are plenty of other, more challenging ways up with easily visible routes. (This photo was taken from the boulder field below Middle Cashmere, which you have to cross to get to the saddle.) (1) A few snow fields were left on the north face, but the boot prints were deep. Since I brought crampons, I used them, but I think they were overkill. There were no cliffy run outs, so just an axe would have given enough piece of mind. (2) The start of the gully. The north ridge is the rocky left edge of this picture. The gully follows that edge. (3) At some point, the path of least resistance leads up onto the north ridge, shown here. Its just a walk up from here; no big boulders or arete in the way.