Climbed this one on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to burn off those turkey calories. Cold clear day with a light dusting of snow, it was -3 Fahrenheit when I left my house in the AM, I am sure it was even colder on the summit!
I enjoyed the class 2 climb from Echo Canyon TH past the mines. The ridge between Bull Hill and Casco Peak to the NW is easily manageable with fairly solid rock. The wind picked up while I was on the ridge and threatened to send me off the steep, jagged north side of the ridge. The terrain gets much steeper towards the summit block of Casco and that turned me around at 1/2 mile and 850 vertical feet left to go since total I had already gained over a vertical mile. I gave out and headed back down into Echo Creek valley for a bushwhack back to the trail.