6 hours 4 minutes
ascending
from
the highway
to
the summit
3 hours 35 minutes
descending
from
the summit
to
the highway
We parked at the south trail head for the Old Sauk River (which is further north than on Greentrails) and walked the Mountain Loop Highway a short distance south before plunging into the brush.
The soggy, brushy SE slopes of Iron Mtn.
There were some big trees along our route. This downed tree was the granddaddy of them all.
Stretch, Yana, stretch!
Snow blobs on snags.
Yana on the summit of Iron Mountain. There were two 4560' closed contours that could have been the summit, we visited both and the northern one seemed like the highest to us.
On the summit of Iron Mountain
Looking east to the Sauk River and White Chuck River valleys from the summit of Iron Mountain.
The clouds kept lifting while we were on the summit, making it difficult to leave.
White Chuck Mountain.
White Chuck Mountain.
Voodoo Peak.
We decided to descend via the logging roads so we would not have to bushwack in the dark.