zoroastr Posted February 4, 2007 Posted February 4, 2007 (edited) Trip: I-90 'Haute Route' - Humpback / Abiel / Silver Peaks. Date: 2/3/2007 Trip Report: Tried this hike last year in slush, but didn't get far. Better snow this time permitted Erick Johnson, Cristopher Kearney and I to complete a tour of the Anette Lake valley. Started by heading up Humpback... From the top of the first hill, we considered the possibility that we might have set our sights a bit too high...left to right: Silver, Abiel Peaks. Nearly halfway around the valley, Silver still looked impossibly far away... There were actually fewer problems getting around the valley than we feared. Summit ridge on Abiel: Pausing on the lower slopes of Silver for a glance back at the N. Face of Abiel... Final, nicely-corniced summit ridge of Silver Peak. After topping out on this last one, we followed the ridge back to the road. S'really nice to just make up your own trail through the snow. Whole valley lap took about 7 hours, which might have gone a bit quicker had we brought our snowshoes, but conditions were favorable, and postholing minimal...fun tour! Gear Notes: Lightweight aluminum crampons over running shoes worked well for steepish, well-frozen snow slopes on the peaks. For the lengthy, flat traverse sections, snowshoes are recommended. Bring a stick. Approach Notes: Humpback is accessible from the old equipment building just off the Iron Horse road [take a right off the Annete LK. trail about 1/2 mile up the trail. Edited February 11, 2007 by zoroastr Quote
scottgg Posted February 5, 2007 Posted February 5, 2007 Nice. Silver Peak sure looks far away from the summit of Humpback! Quote
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