dugdaled Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 Trip: Rock Mountain - West Side Date: 10/12/2013 Trip Report: Allan and I had a good day on Rock Mountain off of highway 2—and the “likely” showers never materialized. Plus, we had quite good views! We decided to approach from the Smithbrook road off Highway 2. There were a few inches of snow on the road at its high point. We accessed the Snowy Creek trail at the higher trailhead. We got into snow at the basin around 4600 feet. From there we went upwards, mostly following the trail, on a well snow covered slope to the summit ridge at 6600 feet. The final 250 feet were along the ridge, which was also snow covered and even had some small cornices. It was 3 hours to the top, and we were glad to have snowshoes for the upper 1800 feet. After a lot of hot chocolate and other goodies, we had an uneventful trip down. Another great day in the mountains! Gear Notes: Snowshoes; crampons and ice ax not needed, but would be under some conditions Approach Notes: Via Snowy Creek Trail Quote
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