Mt. Daniel, wa

[adam]

Is there a trail to get to Tuck/Robin Lakes from the summit of Mt. Daniel, up and over, through deception pass? Would really like to stay around the same elevation without having to climb down and up again to the lakes.

[specialed]

Yeah, buried under about twenty feet of snow.

[fredrogers]

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Originally posted by specialed:

Yeah, buried under about twenty feet of snow.

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There is a trail, though not that direct. Check Peggy Goldman's "75 scrambles in washington state" for info on Daniels and TriCounty/Granite peaks (by Tuck and Robin lakes).

[mattp]

The summit of Mount Daniel is almost 8,000' and you'll have to descend to at least as low as Deception Pass, at about 4,500' before taking the fisherman's trail up to Tuck and Robin (Robin is at 6,200') . Were you to descend NE from Daniel you would find no trail but I don't think it is more than a thousand feet of avalanche brush and you'd be crawling down-hill to pick up a trail that will dip a little below Deception Pass but head fairly directly there (I met somebody who said it was a "good" route and was taking his girlfriend up that way last summer but before they got more than a half mile out of the parking lot he was already carrying most of her load -- I wonder how it worked out). The trail back up to Tuck and Robin is a little rough but its all there.

[nolanr]

Tyrolean traverse across the valley maybe?