East Ridge - Scramble

NE & SW Ridges - Class 3

Date: 7/8/2020
Partner: Jim Griffiths
Trailhead: Rock Creek
Distance: 13.1m
Difficulty: Class 3
Elevation Gain: 4550ft
Duration: 8.5hrs
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This awesome loop is chalk full of amazing views, quality scrambling and a touch of bushwhacking. If you want to avoid the bushwhacking you could do an out and back on the NE ridge. However the SW ridge has equally as good scrambling as the NE ridge... and loops are better anyway :-)

From the TH we hiked to the Boss Mine and ascended to Keller's NE ridge. We took the ridge to the summit and mostly stayed ridge proper. There are opportunities to drop to the south side of the ridge to avoid some obsticles.

From the summit we scrambled down the SW ridge to Keller's saddle with North Traverse Peak. The SW ridge offers comparable scrambling to the NE ridge. However be aware that there is some bushwhacking and navigation to make it back to the trail and Boss Mine from the upper basin.