Approach to Glacier peak

Mulling over doing a solo of glacier peak next week and just wanted to know if anyone has advice on the route / approach. What trail head did you start at etc 

Probably a tr on cascadeclimbers.com

We parked at the North Fork Sauk Trailhead when we did it.  Long but pleasant hike in to White Pass.  Then a bit more trail and a bunch of open cross country.  I think the route technically goes up the Suiattle Glacier to the Cool Glacier, but you can mostly just stay on the lateral moraine until just below Disappointment Peak.  Take a look on Caltopo at the "NAIP" layer for the 2013-2015 timeframe (it should default to this) for a good idea of how broken up the glacier is in later season.  It should be in better condition now then pictured in that layer.

I’m planning on going solo, looks like you can avoid the glacier almost entirely?

Jack Walter wrote:

I’m planning on going solo, looks like you can avoid the glacier almost entirely?

Yes you can avoid most of it.  I guess you could probably avoid all of it but it would be steep and not the typically route.

Jack Walter wrote:

I’m planning on going solo, looks like you can avoid the glacier almost entirely?

With some googling you'll find the scramble route, which goes up and over/slightly climber's left of the summit of Disappointment Peak. Folks say it's a crumbly mess with a ton of loose rock that often falls down onto the glacier whilst traversing, but many do the scramble to avoid getting on the glacier.