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| Redwic | Peak Trifecta! (Sort Of) Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2009 | |
| With Tinkham Peak located so close to Silver Peak and Abiel Peak, it was decided to visit all three peaks. We were successful with reaching the Abiel and Silver summits, but had to turn around just short of the Tinkham summit (although we made it to the summit ridge) due to icy conditions. The weather was very foggy and cloudy, but the route was easy to follow. Many paths leading in many directions between these peaks, but essentially they all intersect at one point or another. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2009 9:05 pm | ||
| gimpilator | Abiel, Silver, Tinkham Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2009 | |
| Did Abiel and Silver with two good friends. There was some new snow and ice here and there. I then got to within perhaps 20 feet of the summit of Tinkham before sheets of down-sloping ice turned me around. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2009 8:08 pm | ||
| TheMaintenanceMan | 2'fer day  Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2008 | |
| 2nd summit for the day after Silver | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2009 6:38 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Fun | |
| A good scramble. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2009 3:57 am | ||
| nartreb | No Trespassing Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| A warm-up for bigger things; my first Washington peak. Loved how the path used the Cedar watershed "No trespassing" signs as blazes (staying inches on the legal side). | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2009 1:45 pm | ||
| EastKing | Northwest Ridge with Nartreb Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Forgot the camera! The bootpath up to Tinkham was mostly Class 2 with one 20 foot Class 3 move as the crux. Signed the summit log on the West summit and traversed over to the East summit. Views were pretty hazy but the mountain was much better than expected. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 1:54 am | ||
| cp0915 | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| 1:55 car-to-car. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 12:27 am | ||
| QuetzalCoatl | with Magellan Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| also did Abiel. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2008 4:56 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008 | |
| Started at the Mirror Lake TH. No difficulties on the way up, but managed to lose the route on the way down. Had fun finding my way back to Mirror Lake! | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 12:28 am | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Started @ Mirror Lake TH, climbed Tinkham, Abiel, and Bearscout; then came back, climbed up Abiel and back down, then down to the PCT to loop back to Mirror Lake. Beautiful day! Only saw a few other climbers on Silver Pk. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2007 9:29 pm | ||
| supermarmot | nice place for a nap Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2007 | |
| but there was a bear foraging around right below the summit. i was careful not to get mugged on my way down (i had a nalgene full of huckleberries.) the little fatty. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2007 8:53 pm | ||
| wildstar | Enjoyable Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| Fun hike up the SE ridge. It looks like Mirror Lake is a popular and fun place for families to camp. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 8:44 pm | ||
| ren | Route Climbed: Mirror lake TH, 3/5/05 Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2005 | |
| Lots of snow and postholing. Got off route and into the cliffbands ( real sketchy . I had to drop back down after an hour probing and swam in the snow up a steep slope to gain the ridge proper. Once on the ridge it was an easy route find. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2006 3:07 pm | ||
| magellan | Route Climbed: SE Ridge Date Climbed: August 17, 2001 | |
| Confused by reports of sun in the mountains while Puget Sound was smogged in, Friday was a good day to skip out. I accessed the peak by way of Mirror Lake #1302 and the PCT #2000 southbound. Head off trail at the south end of the lake, passing many campsites. This route may not be used often. Sometimes there is a path but mostly I used my imagination. Low on the ridge I crossed a small talus slope with a cairn right in the middle. At this point the path angles up and left, just below a cliff band. 100' of scrambling brings you to the ridge proper. I, however, went right and scrambled up about 250', finally gaining the ridge after a hairy move or two. From here up is up. First forest, then talus, and finally the peak. I could see the smoke plume from Leavenworth. All peaks were sunny, with fog in the sound and smoke drifting down the Columbia. No snow was seen anywhere from this vantage, except on a filthy Mt Rainier. I traversed to the west peak, where the summit register is. Between USGS, Beckey, and the Mountaineers, there is question as to which summit is higher. I did not find the 'normal' route down the NW ridge to the saddle. I heard it was class 3, but all I saw was cliffs. I dropped about 400' down the south ridge, but did not find a way through. I started the long traverse back the SE. On the way down I kept following the ridge, untill suddenly I was on a lookout point with nothing but sheer dropoffs! I backtracked a few yards and this is when i discovered the path towards the cairn. Only saw two people at the lake. R/T 5+ miles, 1975' cumulative gain, about four hours away from the car | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2005 12:26 am | ||
| dicey | Route Climbed: from mirror lake Date Climbed: May 2005 | |
| fun little peak. Lots of snow. Mirror lake still frozen | ||
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 1:31 pm | ||
| RStokes | Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: September 24, 2002 | |
| This fall has offered a lot of sunny days in the Cascades and this was yet another one. Climbed Tinkham and Abiel Peaks starting from the Mirror Lake trailhead. Had both summits to myself. About 8 miles roundtrip. | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2002 5:17 pm | ||
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