Silver Peak and Tinkham Peak via bootpath off of PCT
I parked at the intersection of the Pacific Crest Trail and Road
9070, just west of Mount Catherine. I headed south on the PCT for
about 2.5 miles and then then took the obvious boot path to the right
just before the PCT passes two small lakes (there is another bootpath
that starts by the lakes that joins the path I took). I followed the
bootpath past the Tinkham Peak turnoff to the Silver Peak & Abiel Peak saddle and
headed up the talus on the south spur of Silver Peak and up to the
top. This was a hike.
I returned to the Tinkham Peak turnoff the same way and headed up what
quickly became the steep, forested NW ridge of Tinkham Peak. Just before
reaching the west peak of Tinkham the trail passed through the
toughest terrain I encountered on the trip, some fairly easy rock with
a tiny bit of exposure. The way from the west peak to the east peak
of Tinkham was easy.
In:
South Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
Car-to-car:
4 hours 30 minutes
-
1 hour
driving
from
I-90 & I-405
to
trailhead
-
2 hours
ascending
from
trailhead
to
Silver Peak
-
1 hour
ascending
from
Silver Peak
to
Tinkham Peak (west)
-
15 minutes
ascending
from
Tinkham Peak (west)
to
Tinkham Peak (east)
-
1 hour 15 minutes
descending
from
Tinkham Peak (east)
to
trailhead
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