Standard route up North Twilight

Standard route up North Twilight

I went up North Twilight without much information - I knew that there is an East ridge leading to the summit. I hiked up above the Crater Lake and lost the trail, no cairns, clouds came in, and did not even see the summit of North Twilight. I spotted a ridge on the left side of the photo - route marked blue and went up that way. I scrambled over some loose towers and blocks, and would not recommend that route. I encountered class 4 terrain. On the way down I discovered a nice trail leading to the basin with flowers - see photo, and approximately marked in red. It looks steep from this angle, but it was not that steep, class 2, nice trail stepped into the grass, no scree. I lost the trail roughly where the red mark ends. If I would have known about the existence of the this trail, I would have made my trip much easier and safe time and energy. So, just head for the red trail and on the mellow start of the east/north east ridge, you will spot a nice trail. The false peak is not that high as it appears from this angle. It is easy to follow the route higher up and the views are spectacular.
Liba Kopeckova
on Aug 3, 2014 11:41 am
Image ID: 907509

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