distressbark - Oct 23, 2013 4:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Fun route!
Followed this route with my dear friend James Hackethorn on 09/12/13. Took us about 11 1/2 hours round-trip. A few remarks: stay on the east side of the drainage flowing from the unnamed lakes north of Mount James; the bushwhacking is significantly easier and avoids a challenging creek crossing further upstream. A bit of a frustrating, loose scree slog is required to gain the first ridge the runs east from Amphitheater Mountain. From there, route is solid until incredible scree descent towards Medicine Owl Lake. Traversed on game trails around and above the south end of the lake and made an easy class II ascent to the summit from there. After a hard-earned dip in Medicine Owl Lake, we essentially retraced our route back form there.
distressbark - Oct 23, 2013 4:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Fun route!Followed this route with my dear friend James Hackethorn on 09/12/13. Took us about 11 1/2 hours round-trip. A few remarks: stay on the east side of the drainage flowing from the unnamed lakes north of Mount James; the bushwhacking is significantly easier and avoids a challenging creek crossing further upstream. A bit of a frustrating, loose scree slog is required to gain the first ridge the runs east from Amphitheater Mountain. From there, route is solid until incredible scree descent towards Medicine Owl Lake. Traversed on game trails around and above the south end of the lake and made an easy class II ascent to the summit from there. After a hard-earned dip in Medicine Owl Lake, we essentially retraced our route back form there.