metasyn11 - Jun 11, 2023 10:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2023
Tyler/Baldy/Gray Wolf
Summitted Tyler on a long Tyler/Baldy/Gray Wolf day hike. June is a perfect time of year to hike, as the snow is nearly gone and the tundra flowers are in full glory.
StevenZ - May 13, 2019 9:23 am Date Climbed: May 12, 2019
A Chossy Day
My friend and I started out at the Upper Dungeness Trailhead, then onto the Maynard-Burns trail, then back on the Tyler Peak trail all the way to the tree line where the trail turns primitive and becomes sort of a "goat trail" marked by cairns, making for an 11.18 mile car-to-car day. Approximately 4100 feet of gain to the summit. Wild flowers are blooming in spots on the Dungeness and higher up in the alpine. Not a single other soul on the trail! Fantastic views of Constance, Deception, Fricaba, Clark and a few others.
huskertriguy - Nov 24, 2018 11:58 am Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2018
Gray Wolf Ridge et al
Having to work over Thanksgiving weekend and seeing a bomber forecast in the Olympics, I decided to take Tuesday afternoon off with the plan to hit Gray Wolf Ridge by sunset and descend in the dark.
Ascended via Tyler Peak Way Trail, reaching Tyler Peak in about 2 hours. Once out of the trees I left the trail and beelined it to the ridge. As it was, I came upon a trail toward Tyler within a few hundred yards. This trail fades in and out but the route to Tyler is very apparent. I circumnavigated a couple of the bumps on the ridgeline and traveled up and over a couple others. The route is up to you.
From Tyler Peak I descended and traversed to Peak B. Here is where some confusion reigned. I scrambled to the top of several spires. My altimeter (which was calibrated) read about 6000-6100', but the map listed Peak B at 5700'. In order to cover my bases I decided to hit all the prominent spires. A ridgeline to a semi-prominent summit was seductive, but I was running out of daylight. Finally I looked up my position on Gaia and it showed I was standing directly atop Peak B. Whether I truly summited Peak B or not, is up for you to decide.
Descended to the ridgeline and then traversed over to unnamed peak 6527', then from there up to Baldy. Again, a path fades in and out, but it could not be clearer where to go. A sign on a tree in the saddle between 6527' and Baldy indicates when you are entering into Olympic NP.
Atop Baldy it got pretty windy. The descent from Baldy to the saddle is slightly steep scree but manageable. I ascended the bump on the saddle and descended back down; others may wish to circumnavigate it.
Ascent to Gray Wolf is more choose-your-own-adventure through scree. I recommend sticking close to the ridgeline. Only a 20-yard patch of snow required traversing on the ridge to the short scramble up to Gray Wolf's summit.
Indeed I made it just in time for sunset. I then descended in the dark. While circumnavigating Baldy on the way back was tempting, the added distance and steeper scree did not seem worth it. From Baldy and then back over to 6527', I descended via the Maynard Burn Trail. (I'd considered cutting down the ridgeline from 6527' but opted instead for certainty.)
Jake Robinson - Nov 16, 2016 1:26 am Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2016
Loop with awilsondc
Fun late season hike
awilsondc - Nov 14, 2016 1:04 am Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2016
Tyler - Baldy loop
Up the Tyler Peak trail, over to Baldy and back via Maynard Burn trail. Trip report here.
scgrant - Nov 11, 2015 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2015
Tyler Peak
Tyler Peak to Grey Wolf Ridge via Mueller Creek.
EastKing - Aug 9, 2014 1:57 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2014
Tyler Peak
We hit Tyler in perfect sunshine but then the clouds move in. We were looking at doing Peak B as well but bizarre whiteout conditions prevent us from Tagging Peak B as well.
metasyn11 - Jun 11, 2023 10:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2023
Tyler/Baldy/Gray WolfSummitted Tyler on a long Tyler/Baldy/Gray Wolf day hike. June is a perfect time of year to hike, as the snow is nearly gone and the tundra flowers are in full glory.
StevenZ - May 13, 2019 9:23 am Date Climbed: May 12, 2019
A Chossy DayMy friend and I started out at the Upper Dungeness Trailhead, then onto the Maynard-Burns trail, then back on the Tyler Peak trail all the way to the tree line where the trail turns primitive and becomes sort of a "goat trail" marked by cairns, making for an 11.18 mile car-to-car day. Approximately 4100 feet of gain to the summit. Wild flowers are blooming in spots on the Dungeness and higher up in the alpine. Not a single other soul on the trail! Fantastic views of Constance, Deception, Fricaba, Clark and a few others.
huskertriguy - Nov 24, 2018 11:58 am Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2018
Gray Wolf Ridge et alHaving to work over Thanksgiving weekend and seeing a bomber forecast in the Olympics, I decided to take Tuesday afternoon off with the plan to hit Gray Wolf Ridge by sunset and descend in the dark.
Ascended via Tyler Peak Way Trail, reaching Tyler Peak in about 2 hours. Once out of the trees I left the trail and beelined it to the ridge. As it was, I came upon a trail toward Tyler within a few hundred yards. This trail fades in and out but the route to Tyler is very apparent. I circumnavigated a couple of the bumps on the ridgeline and traveled up and over a couple others. The route is up to you.
From Tyler Peak I descended and traversed to Peak B. Here is where some confusion reigned. I scrambled to the top of several spires. My altimeter (which was calibrated) read about 6000-6100', but the map listed Peak B at 5700'. In order to cover my bases I decided to hit all the prominent spires. A ridgeline to a semi-prominent summit was seductive, but I was running out of daylight. Finally I looked up my position on Gaia and it showed I was standing directly atop Peak B. Whether I truly summited Peak B or not, is up for you to decide.
Descended to the ridgeline and then traversed over to unnamed peak 6527', then from there up to Baldy. Again, a path fades in and out, but it could not be clearer where to go. A sign on a tree in the saddle between 6527' and Baldy indicates when you are entering into Olympic NP.
Atop Baldy it got pretty windy. The descent from Baldy to the saddle is slightly steep scree but manageable. I ascended the bump on the saddle and descended back down; others may wish to circumnavigate it.
Ascent to Gray Wolf is more choose-your-own-adventure through scree. I recommend sticking close to the ridgeline. Only a 20-yard patch of snow required traversing on the ridge to the short scramble up to Gray Wolf's summit.
Indeed I made it just in time for sunset. I then descended in the dark. While circumnavigating Baldy on the way back was tempting, the added distance and steeper scree did not seem worth it. From Baldy and then back over to 6527', I descended via the Maynard Burn Trail. (I'd considered cutting down the ridgeline from 6527' but opted instead for certainty.)
Jake Robinson - Nov 16, 2016 1:26 am Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2016
Loop with awilsondcFun late season hike
awilsondc - Nov 14, 2016 1:04 am Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2016
Tyler - Baldy loopUp the Tyler Peak trail, over to Baldy and back via Maynard Burn trail. Trip report here.
scgrant - Nov 11, 2015 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2015
Tyler PeakTyler Peak to Grey Wolf Ridge via Mueller Creek.
EastKing - Aug 9, 2014 1:57 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2014
Tyler PeakWe hit Tyler in perfect sunshine but then the clouds move in. We were looking at doing Peak B as well but bizarre whiteout conditions prevent us from Tagging Peak B as well.