Devils Dome loop +

  • Date:
    2013/07/04 to 2013/07/06
    Car-to-car:
    3 days
    Round-trip distance:
    68 miles
    Elevation gain:
    15,000 feet
    Trip type:
    backpack
    USGS quads:
    Hozomeen Mountain, Crater Mountain, Jack Mountain

    • Day 1

  • Leaving the Canyon Creek Trail Head
    Leaving the Canyon Creek Trail Head
  • Canyon Creek
    Canyon Creek
  • The East Bank Ross Lake trail.
    The East Bank Ross Lake trail.
  • Ross Lake from the slopes of Desolation Peak.
    Ross Lake from the slopes of Desolation Peak.
  • Skagit Peak from Desolation Peak.
    Skagit Peak from Desolation Peak.
  • Spratt Mountain
    Spratt Mountain
  • First view of the Desolation Peak lookout and Hozomeen.
    First view of the Desolation Peak lookout and Hozomeen.
  • Hozomeen Mountain from the summit of Desolation Peak.
    Hozomeen Mountain from the summit of Desolation Peak.
  • The Desolation Peak lookout.
    The Desolation Peak lookout.
  • Ross Lake
    Ross Lake
  • Jack Mountain from Desolation Camp.
    Jack Mountain from Desolation Camp.
  • Spratt Mountain
    Spratt Mountain

    • Day 2

  • Ross Lake
    Ross Lake
  • West slopes of Devils Dome
    West slopes of Devils Dome
  • Jack Mountain from the top of Devils Dome.
    Jack Mountain from the top of Devils Dome.
  • Crater Mountain from Devils Dome.
    Crater Mountain from Devils Dome.
  • The east ridge of Devils Dome.
    The east ridge of Devils Dome.
  • Dear Everybody, please stop buying helium balloons.
    Dear Everybody, please stop buying helium balloons.
  • Jackita Ridge
    Jackita Ridge
  • Jack Mountain
    Jack Mountain
  • Jack Mountain
    Jack Mountain
  • Crater Mountain
    Crater Mountain
  • Descending to Devils Park.
    Descending to Devils Park.

    • Day 3

  • Crater Lake
    Crater Lake
  • Looking west from the Crater Mtn Trail.
    Looking west from the Crater Mtn Trail.
  • Crater Mountain
    Crater Mountain
  • Now this is a trail!
    Now this is a trail!
  • Don't go this way.
    Don't go this way.
  • Go this way.
    Go this way.
  • The summit of Crater Mountain.
    The summit of Crater Mountain.
  • Jack Mountain from the summit of Crater Mountain.
    Jack Mountain from the summit of Crater Mountain.
  • Descending the often-crummy and very scrambly Crater Mountain Trail.
    Descending the often-crummy and very scrambly Crater Mountain Trail.
  • Creek ford on the way down.
    Creek ford on the way down.
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