Hasn't voted | Walked the PCT to the SW of big Dewey Lake and worked my way up the ridge to west end of the great northern cirque. I always stayed on the eastern part of the ridge where I could see the peak. Map and compass would not have been helpful as the cliffs to the west are not visible on a USGS quad. I got as far as the Saddle between the Summit and nearby tower, at that point I couldn't see how to get back down without a rope, so I turned back. Taking the same route back down however was more difficult as the easy terrain trends towards the west and the cliffs; which cost me consderably more effort to get around.
There is a great patch of glacier scaped rock just below the point where this ridge joins the ridge from Seymor Peak. There some interesting intrusions into the gray tuft there and about 200 yards further down there are two spectacular dikes (very dark brown in light gray tuft).
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