Great report, photos and success!
Kudos to all; it certainly appears you had bluebird weather. Also, a fine and touching tribute to
Todd Adelman.
The Terror creek basin is quite
majestic with the southern Pickets and the "Barrier" forming its
northern and western boundaries, but you do have to work for it.
That scree descent to the camp area looked worse than I recall,
but it's been awhile.
Replying to John Conley: No, the
Goat Rocks (Old Snowy, Ives, Curtis Gilbert) are ~ 150 miles
south of North Cascades NP and the Pickets, and there are
intervening higher peaks/summits "in the way", not to mention
the curvature of the earth over that 150 miles. The Picket
range, while extremely rugged, is quite compact and not that
high in elevation. It stands out due to the extreme sharp relief
from the valley floor to the summits. West Mac Spire (7992') is
only ~ 100' higher than Old Snowy.