Routes

6/13/09 We biked/hiked/climbed the red route to the summit. You can see our starting point in the lower left, by the "SUNDAY" waypoint. On our ascent, we started up the yellow route, but needed to drop down to the left to avoid a large ridge gendarme. Based on Tom Cushing's trip report, I'm confident the dotted-yellow route would go. On 6/7/08, Brian Booth followed the purple route, before avy danger turned us around at 4800.' Brian's done this route a couple of times, so I'm confident the dotted purple route would go too. "SAD" is the 4200' Phelps-McLain saddle, and "ROCK" marks the rock outcroppings where the south ridge starts. You either go right to follow the south ridge, or left to traverse toward the saddle. The logging roads and waypoints on the left are in preparation for a possible future logging road approach to McLain Peak.