Earl Peak via Standup Creek

What a perfect trip for a perfect day.

Our group of 11 Mountaineers met on the intersection of Stafford Road and Road 112. At this point two of our cars became stuck in the snow. After digging them out, we headed up Road 112 and Standup Creek trail.

At 4,840' where the Standup Creek trail crosses the nose of a ridge, we left the trail and headed NE up the ridge (toward point 6,459'). This is where the views started, by the time we reached the 6,200'+ pass SE of Earl Peak we had excellent views including Navajo Peak, Little Navajo (our original destination), and the Stuart Range. It only got better as we followed Earl Peak's SE ridge to the summit.

The ridge was largely brush free, and we had no problems the few obstructions we met along the way. A very pleasant route to an excellent destination for a sunny day.

Date:

2005/11/19

Elevation gain:

4,240 feet

Trip type:

scramble

USGS quad:

Enchantment Lakes

In:

Teanaway

References:

Seattle Outdoors: Hiking & Cycling-Puget Sound and Cascades

Car-to-car:

8 hours 33 minutes

5 hours 19 minutes ascending from intersection of Stafford Road and Road 112 to summit of Earl Peak
2 hours 58 minutes descending from summit of Earl Peak to summit of Earl Peak

Little Navaho from SE ridge of Earl Peak

Bean Peak and Mount Stuart from summit of Earl Peak

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