Devils Peak and Devils Thumb

  • Date:
    2013/05/10
    Car-to-car:
    12 hours 10 minutes
    Elevation gain:
    4,260 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quads:
    Helena Ridge, Silverton

  • We were surprised to find another car parked at our trail head on Deer Creek Road.
    We were surprised to find another car parked at our trail head on Deer Creek Road.
  • Heading up the old logging road that forks off the Deer Creek Road and parallels Coal Creek.
    Heading up the old logging road that forks off the Deer Creek Road and parallels Coal Creek.
  • Crossing an old wooden bridge over a sizeable creek that doesn't show up on USGS.
    Crossing an old wooden bridge over a sizeable creek that doesn't show up on USGS.
  • Waterfall on the Devils Lake creek around 3,600'.
    Waterfall on the Devils Lake creek around 3,600'.
  • Heading up the the notch on the south side of Devils Peak.
    Heading up the the notch on the south side of Devils Peak.
  • We arrived at the notch just as this Mountaineers party of four was finishing roping up. They climbed the route in two pitches with a belay at the rap station on the ledge.
    We arrived at the notch just as this Mountaineers party of four was finishing roping up. They climbed the route in two pitches with a belay at the rap station on the ledge.
  • Yana and I scrambled the route.
    Yana and I scrambled the route.
  • On the summit of Devils Peak.
    On the summit of Devils Peak.
  • We brought a rope so we could rap from this ledge.
    We brought a rope so we could rap from this ledge.
  • Devils Peak
    Devils Peak
  • Vocabulary word of the day: epicormic branching
    Vocabulary word of the day: epicormic branching
  • Heading down the NE ridge towards Devils Thumb.
    Heading down the NE ridge towards Devils Thumb.
  • Traversing below a gendarme on the NE ridge.
    Traversing below a gendarme on the NE ridge.
  • On Devils Thumb's SW ridge.
    On Devils Thumb's SW ridge.
  • Fresh water!
    Fresh water!
  • On the summit of Devils Thumb.
    On the summit of Devils Thumb.
  • Devils Thumb with Iron Mountain in the background.
    Devils Thumb with Iron Mountain in the background.
  • Three Fingers and Whitehorse in the background?
    Three Fingers and Whitehorse in the background?
  • Devils Peak.
    Devils Peak.
  • Looking out towards Sloan and Dickerman.
    Looking out towards Sloan and Dickerman.
  • The awesome flakes on Devils Thumb's SW ridge.
    The awesome flakes on Devils Thumb's SW ridge.
  • Devils Lake.
    Devils Lake.
  • It was a steep snow descent down to Devils Lake. We descended face-in for the first 50 feet.
    It was a steep snow descent down to Devils Lake. We descended face-in for the first 50 feet.
  • Big Four Mountain over Devils Lake.
    Big Four Mountain over Devils Lake.
  • Devils Lake.
    Devils Lake.
  • Dear Everybody, Please stop buying helium balloons.
    Dear Everybody, Please stop buying helium balloons.
  • Big cedar!
    Big cedar!
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