"We scrambled up, down, and across loose rocks, up and over rock walls (some low class 5 material with significant exposure), and up steep, loose couloirs to the summit of Broads Fork Twin Peaks 6.5 miles from the trailhead)." -SchLife is Good. Starting at about 6,125' at the bottom of the S-Curve, and the top of the peak at 11,330, the total vertical for Broad's Fork Twin Peaks is about 5,200'. Find further proof in the above "SchLife is Good" quote, one covers this ~5,200' vertical -- in about 6.5 hours -- one way, making it 13 miles round trip to the East Peak of the Broad's Fork Twin Peaks. I just hiked it today with my son (August 1, 2015). I can guarantee that after 40 years of hiking (e.g., King's Peak, Honey Comb Cliffs, Mt. Olympus, etc.) there's no way the hikers out there could climb the peak in highly suspect [i.e., incorrect] 3.5-3.8 miles one way from the bottom of S-Curve - unless one could fly a straight line up there like a bird. Again, the above quote from "SchLife is Good" AND my pedometer put this climb in the 6.5 - 7.0 miles one way and a 13-14 round trip range. (My body and my son's bodies' painful condition both tells us that too.)
PellucidWombat - Feb 8, 2005 1:55 pm - Hasn't voted
Route CommentI don't know if you want to incorporate this info, but here's what TOPO! calculated for the route.
Distance: 3.80 mi (1-way)
Elevation Gain: +/-5,037'
Rustler - Aug 2, 2015 4:08 am - Hasn't voted
Updated Distance"We scrambled up, down, and across loose rocks, up and over rock walls (some low class 5 material with significant exposure), and up steep, loose couloirs to the summit of Broads Fork Twin Peaks 6.5 miles from the trailhead)." -SchLife is Good. Starting at about 6,125' at the bottom of the S-Curve, and the top of the peak at 11,330, the total vertical for Broad's Fork Twin Peaks is about 5,200'. Find further proof in the above "SchLife is Good" quote, one covers this ~5,200' vertical -- in about 6.5 hours -- one way, making it 13 miles round trip to the East Peak of the Broad's Fork Twin Peaks. I just hiked it today with my son (August 1, 2015). I can guarantee that after 40 years of hiking (e.g., King's Peak, Honey Comb Cliffs, Mt. Olympus, etc.) there's no way the hikers out there could climb the peak in highly suspect [i.e., incorrect] 3.5-3.8 miles one way from the bottom of S-Curve - unless one could fly a straight line up there like a bird. Again, the above quote from "SchLife is Good" AND my pedometer put this climb in the 6.5 - 7.0 miles one way and a 13-14 round trip range. (My body and my son's bodies' painful condition both tells us that too.)