Eldorado Peak

[Alpine94]

Does anybody know how many miles (estimated) the east ride approach is from the parking lot? I plan on climbing this weekend and found maps of the route just nothing on distances. Thank you!

[dave schultz]

Unless they cleared the trees, you'll need to calculate mileage from mile marker 19 ... Anyone know if they've been cut up yet?

[Devin27]

The wonders of google

 

As of May 12: The road is gated at Johnson Cabin (milepost 21.1). Beyond the gate at Johnson Cabin, the road is snow-free to milepost 22, 1 mile short of the Cascade Pass trailhead. The last 0.5 mile is completely snow covered.

 

From the road to the base base of the east ridge, plan on about 4ish miles, but the vertical distance matters much more since you will gain over 5,000 ft

[dave schultz]

The wonders of google are 9 days old ... I think ships sail across the pacific in less time ... To add, on the 10th there was a large tree blocking the road at mile 19, I doubt it's been moved, I doubt they did it on the 11th, and hard to believe it could be moved in one day (though I'd love recent proof otherwise).

[asford]

We car-shuttled from the tree blocking Cascade River Road at mile 19 before the Eldorado trailhead and found it cleared during our pickup on the 15th.