Kitling Peak loop

  • Date:
    2016/07/30 to 2016/07/31
    Car-to-car:
    2 days
    Round-trip distance:
    12 miles
    Elevation gain:
    4,800 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Mount Arriva

    • Day 1

  • On Easy Pass Trail with Easy Pass in sight.
    On Easy Pass Trail with Easy Pass in sight.
  • Fisher Peak from the slopes above Easy Pass.
    Fisher Peak from the slopes above Easy Pass.
  • Greybeard Peak and Black Peak over the Fisher Creek valley.
    Greybeard Peak and Black Peak over the Fisher Creek valley.
  • Greybeard Peak from the top of Honeymoon Hump.
    Greybeard Peak from the top of Honeymoon Hump.
  • Mount Arriva?
    Mount Arriva?
  • Mesahchie Peak from the west ridge of Kitling Pk.
    Mesahchie Peak from the west ridge of Kitling Pk.
  • Kitling Peak
    Kitling Peak
  • Near the summit of Kitling Pk with Black Pk, Fisher, and Arriva in the background.
    Near the summit of Kitling Pk with Black Pk, Fisher, and Arriva in the background.
  • Mesahchie Peak and Kimtah Peak from the summit of Kitling Pk.
    Mesahchie Peak and Kimtah Peak from the summit of Kitling Pk.
  • Pachyderm Peak and Gabriel Peak from the summit of Kitling Pk.
    Pachyderm Peak and Gabriel Peak from the summit of Kitling Pk.
  • Honeymoon Hump and Greybeard Peak from Kitling Pk's west ridge.
    Honeymoon Hump and Greybeard Peak from Kitling Pk's west ridge.
  • Our descent route from the Kitling/Cub col to the Mesahchie Glacier.
    Our descent route from the Kitling/Cub col to the Mesahchie Glacier.
  • Mesahchie Glacier.
    Mesahchie Glacier.
  • Mesahchie Glacier with Jack Mountain in the distance.
    Mesahchie Glacier with Jack Mountain in the distance.
  • Mesahchie Peak over the Mesahchie Glacier.
    Mesahchie Peak over the Mesahchie Glacier.
  • Pachyderm Peak and Gabriel Peak
    Pachyderm Peak and Gabriel Peak
  • The crux of the trip. Scarified dirt around 6,600' above the outlet creek. We should have traversed the glacier further to the NE before descending.
    The crux of the trip. Scarified dirt around 6,600' above the outlet creek. We should have traversed the glacier further to the NE before descending.
  • Kimtah Peak
    Kimtah Peak
  • Mesahchie Peak from the high meadows at the head of the Panther Creek drainage.
    Mesahchie Peak from the high meadows at the head of the Panther Creek drainage.
  • At the Panther/Kitling pass with Mesahchie Peak in the background.
    At the Panther/Kitling pass with Mesahchie Peak in the background.
  • The view from our dinner table
    The view from our dinner table

    • Day 2

  • Mesahchie Peak, Katsuk Peak, and Kimtah Peak.
    Mesahchie Peak, Katsuk Peak, and Kimtah Peak.
  • Kimtah Peak
    Kimtah Peak
  • Kitling Creek headwaters.
    Kitling Creek headwaters.
  • Granite Creek
    Granite Creek
  • Granite Creek
    Granite Creek
  • One mile of Highway 2 back to the trail head
    One mile of Highway 2 back to the trail head
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