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| redneckpaul | Another long day  Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| After climbing Whitetail in July I decided Silver Run would be next. I found a climbing partner in My mother in laws husband Shane. He`s 58 years old and in good shape for is age. We climbed Rearguard a few weeks earlier so I could see what kind of shape he was in. He did okay and said he had another 1000 feet in him. Anyway I talked him into Silver Run. We decided to do it as a dayhike as we didn`t have time for an overnighter. Took off from the West Fork trailhead a 5 in the morning with flashlights. Reached the top around 2 PM. We got back to the trailhead in the dark about 9 pm. Around 22 miles round trip. My new climbing partner was blistered and could hardly walk. He has the climbing bug but said this was a little much. I say he did alright for a 58 year old. Were planning peaks for next summer. | ||
| Posted Oct 4, 2009 10:15 pm | ||
| RedLodge | Long day Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| 10 mile hike up the Lake Fork drainage to Sundance Pass, then up to Silver Run Peak. No trail and plenty of boulder fields once you leave Sundance Pass behind. The topography is somewhat confusing and there are, as someone pointed out, two peaks. The more northeasterly high point is the official USGS summit, and is harder to get to from Sundance Pass. The other high point is the one pictured in the lead photo (on the left), with the vertical west face, and is actually 42 feet higher than the official summit. Returned via Lake Fork for a long day. Beautiful views and plenty of water below Sundance Pass. Small water sources -- probably not very reliable -- are present above Sundance Pass. | ||
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 9:57 am | ||
| Kessler | Silver Run Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2009 | |
| Via Sundance Pass. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2009 11:04 pm | ||
| Scott | Silver Run Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2009 | |
| It was cloudy and sprinkled the night before, but by morning the weather looked pretty good. Because of the clouds it was a warmer 35F (2C). We headed back up towards Sundance Pass, but it was more challenging than the day before because we were carrying our big packs. We dropped our packs at the pass and headed up south towards Silver Run Peak. The weather was good and we made our way across the boulderfields to the summit. The summit of Silver Run Peak is a spectacular place to be because although the east slopes are gentle, the west face drops down to the West Fork Lake Fork below in a steep cliff nearly 3500 feet (1066 meters) high. Although it really isn’t completely vertical, it sure looks like it from the top and the summit is an exciting place to be. After enjoying the wonderful views from the summit and having a nice lunch we headed back to Sundance Pass where we left our packs. There were two mountain goats at the pass and we spent a few minutes watching them before reluctantly shouldering our big packs and heading down the 30 switchbacks down to the West Fork of Rock Creek. It was getting late and there were two people (a teenage girl and her father) camped near the stream crossing (9550 feet/2911 m), but they said they didn’t mind company and we shared a campsite. We talked with them and shared our dessert with them before going to bed. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2009 11:02 pm | ||
| ericksms | Silver Run from Timberline Lake Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006 | |
| After camping at Timberline lake, daughter #2 - age 18 - and I scrambled up the slope from the NNW corner of Timberline lake and made the plateau between Pks 10797 and 11184. After that, a straightforward trek to the summits. Since this was our first real summit in the Beartooths, I will say we were a bit surprised by the size and steepness of the boulder field at the top of the East summit - I think the final 10 minutes took us closer to 40! Brice, thanks for your input as I planned this trip - very much appreciated. | ||
| Posted Aug 24, 2006 2:07 pm | ||
| CBakwin | Silver Run Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| Camping at September Morn Lake made this an easy day, Great views of West Fork Drainage, the Bear's Tooth, and of course, Whitetail Peak. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2006 5:07 pm | ||
| Kellert | South ridge from sundance pass | |
| Was a great day hike. Hiked in from the west fork of creek, up sundance pass, then the nice scramble up to Silver run. Exited through Lake fork Trail. Great weather all day. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 2:09 am | ||
| patrickcross | Route Climbed: East ridge Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Patrick Cross Hiked into Silver Run Lakes basin, up switchbacks onto top of Silver Run Plateau, then across the plateau up and down numerous ridges until reaching the cairn/USGS pin marked summit. I descended by a steep scree field into the Timberline Lake basin, which was shorter than hiking all the way back to the Silver Run Lakes basin, but probably took as much time. The trails from Timberline/Gertrude Lakes and the Silver Run Lakes intersect before the trailhead. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2005 10:23 pm | ||
| granitepeaker | Route Climbed: Sundance Pass Date Climbed: August 21, 2005 | |
| We ascended from Sundance Pass and descended down to Timberline Lake. We climbed both the east and west Silver Run Peaks. Very exposed and slow going in the boulder fields. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 9:46 pm | ||
| mr kieran | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| Scrambled up from Sundance Pass, then descended via a buttress above September Morn Lake. Storm chased us off the summit. Easy walk up (if any activity above 12,000 feet can be called easy) with a magnificent view. | ||
| Posted Mar 19, 2005 6:27 pm | ||
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