A class 4 climb to a sheer peak
Stats
- 28 miles round trip
- 8,477 ft elevation gain
- Peak elevation: 8,264 ft
Things to bring
- Shared Gear
- Tents
- Rope (Andrew)
- Harnesses
- Belay Devices
- Carabineers/Slings/Quick Draws/Nuts
- Water Filter
- Climbing Shoes?
- Personal Gear
- Capacity of 4 liters of water
- Sleeping bag
- Light Jacket (45-55 degrees at camp)
- Toilet paper
- Light/headlamp
- Food on the trail
- 2 lunches
- 1 dinner
- 1 breakfast
- Food for the car (breakfast/dinner?)Resources
- Map (CalTopo Online)
- Trailhead: 48.2593, -121.2239
- SummitPost
General Schedule
Saturday:
Hike 13 miles (6,700 ft elevation gain) and then set up camp
Drive 3 hours to trailhead
Hike 6 miles (1,800 ft gain) along the easy Downey Creek Trail to Sixmile Shelter. This section is an actual trail, should be easy. Also relatively flat.
Hike 6 miles (4,900 ft gain) up to Itswood Ridge, where we’ll be establishing camp. This section will be difficult, lots of elevation gain, half of it is a bootpath, not an official trail.
Sunday:
Wake up, climb to summit (1 mile, 1,500 ft elevation gain), and then 14 miles downhill back to car.
Class 4 scramble to the top of the summit, should be about 1 mile with 1,500 ft elevation gain. We’re bringing rope, mainly for the way back down since rappelling back down might be the only safe way (we could try using the rope as a hand line, but we’ll have gear to rappel if necessary)
After summiting, descend/rappel back down to camp, and then pack up camp
Then hike the remaining 13 miles back to the car. All downhill.
Drive 3 hours back home
Itinerary
Day 1
8:00 AM
Drive to trailhead
11:00 AM – hike 13.0 miles
Arrive at trailhead, hike to Itswood Ridge
7:00 PM
Arrive at Itswood Ridge, set up camp
Day 2
8:00 AM – hike 1.0 miles
Climb to summit
11:00 AM
Arrive at summit
11:30 AM – hike 1.0 miles
Rappel back to camp
1:30 PM
Back at camp, pack up
2:00 PM – hike 13.0 miles
Hike back to car
8:00 PM
Back at car, drive home
11:00 PM
Drive home