Gene's Peak
Carla, Fredrick, and I parked at the Iron Peak trailhead (trail #1399)
and hiked up the trail to the Iron/Gene pass. We headed up the south
ridge of Gene's Peak, mostly traversing on the east side of the ridge
until the last 40 vertical feet before the summit were we regained the
top of the ridge. The last bit was easy rock scrambling. Lots of
loose rock up here, a helmet would be a good idea.
We descended down into the valley and started up the SE ridge of
Bill's Peak but driving rain came in and sent us back to our car.
Elevation gain:
2,820 feet
Car-to-car:
6 hours 26 minutes
-
1 hour 22 minutes
ascending
from
Iron Peak trailhead
to
pass
-
39 minutes
ascending
from
pass
to
summit of Gene's Peak
-
4 hours 8 minutes
descending
from
summit of Gene's Peak
to
trailhead (after wandering partway up the side of Bill's Peak)
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