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Trip Report |
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Lat/Lon:
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47.28755°N / 112.56143°W |
Date Climbed/Hiked:
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Jun 19, 2016 |
Activities:
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Hiking, Mountaineering, Trad Climbing, Sport Climbing, Toprope |
Season:
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Spring |
Steamboat Mountain East 8,297 feet
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View from Steamboat East over Haystack Butte
Was a nice hike. Over the bridge and right after the first cliff band. The route has been cairned, to some extent, but the first one had been destroyed, on the Dearborn River trail to Devil's Glen...Which caused me to bushwack up the creek for a twenty minute warmup, thank you. First part is steep loose gravel so take your time. It gets better. The rock gardens are full of nice boulders, and more boulders below the lower cliffs remain elusive.
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After the rock gardens you follow steep alpine meadows full of wildflowers to the summit plateau, skirting the talus. In mid-June there was plenty of water flowing all the way to the summit plateau, and the topo shows a summit pond. There is a lot of limestone on the summit plateau for bouldering or toproping. It's more solid than it looks. Really.
View from Steamboat East over Haystack Butte
Was a nice hike. Over the bridge and right after the first cliff band. The route has been cairned, to some extent, but the first one had been destroyed, on the Dearborn River trail to Devil's Glen...Which caused me to bushwack up the creek for a twenty minute warmup, thank you. First part is steep loose gravel so take your time. It gets better. The rock gardens are full of nice boulders, and more boulders below the lower cliffs remain elusive.
After the rock gardens you follow steep alpine meadows full of wildflowers to the summit plateau, skirting the talus. In mid-June there was plenty of water flowing all the way to the summit plateau, and the topo shows a summit pond. There is a lot of limestone on the summit plateau for bouldering or toproping. It's more solid than it looks. Really.