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Flame_half - May 5, 2022 7:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2020
4th of July climbClimbed to the top with a fairly large group. Pretty easy going up the Southwest ridge (coming up from Smout Creek area) until you break the timberline before the peak, then it's a shale scramble the rest of the way up, large shale pieces that you can clearly climb, not rubble or gravel. The ticks were absolutely everywhere. I flicked over a dozen off, same with everyone else in the group. They were concentrated on the shale area.
There are a number of false peaks while climbing the rocks the make up the peak. The view is amazing. This mountain has a great prominence compared to others around it.
eander - Sep 9, 2008 8:13 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008
Copperhead PeakGreat day, no wind, no rain, beautiful. Via SW ridge. Solo. Will be 69 in 2 weeks. Not too bad, eh.
nbasford - Dec 31, 2007 1:11 am
Winter funA winter adventure, have snow shoes and warm gear for winter ascent
montanaboy - Sep 11, 2005 2:11 am
Route Climbed: Southeast ridge Date Climbed: July 22, 2005.A little bit of everything thrown at me. Could not find my sunscreen, a tougher route than expected, an unknown descent route, barely dodged a thunder shower, almost stepped on a rattlesnake. Nothing dull about this one.