I climbed this peak this morning by a different route. Instead of going on the Clear Creek Trail, I continued on Highline. Shortly after the bridged crossing of Clear Creek, I left the trail and aimed for a less-dense section of forest up to the ridges above. By linking numerous game trails, one can actually do almost the whole thing to the meadows above without much bushwhacking at all. It was a little shorter than the NE route as well, about 11 miles RT, and took me just less than 5 hours out and back. I'll work on a route page to complement this page sometime this fall but wanted to put it out there that there is a shorter way that is not much more difficult and maybe not more difficult at all.
Thanks for the comment. This looked like a good route to me as well, so it would be great if you could add a page for it! I used the route that I described as this was the way that I had gone in 1977 with my father. On that trip, we turned around a bit shy of the summit at the start of the scrambling, so I wanted to finish the route. Since 1977, the NE route has grown in some as trees have refilled some slide areas.
Bob Sihler - Aug 23, 2013 8:21 pm - Hasn't voted
Northwest slopesI climbed this peak this morning by a different route. Instead of going on the Clear Creek Trail, I continued on Highline. Shortly after the bridged crossing of Clear Creek, I left the trail and aimed for a less-dense section of forest up to the ridges above. By linking numerous game trails, one can actually do almost the whole thing to the meadows above without much bushwhacking at all. It was a little shorter than the NE route as well, about 11 miles RT, and took me just less than 5 hours out and back. I'll work on a route page to complement this page sometime this fall but wanted to put it out there that there is a shorter way that is not much more difficult and maybe not more difficult at all.
RobSC - Aug 24, 2013 11:05 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Northwest slopesThanks for the comment. This looked like a good route to me as well, so it would be great if you could add a page for it! I used the route that I described as this was the way that I had gone in 1977 with my father. On that trip, we turned around a bit shy of the summit at the start of the scrambling, so I wanted to finish the route. Since 1977, the NE route has grown in some as trees have refilled some slide areas.