San Miguel

Date: 06/24/2021
Partner: Kristi Henes
Start: Lake Hope
Distance: 4.6 miles
Ascent: 2300ft
Duration: 4hrs
numbers include a bailed attempt at Extra Credit Ridge on an unnammed peak
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After setting up camp at Lake Hope we headed out for San Miguel Peak. We climbed the southeastern slopes into the upper basin before ascending San Miguel's northeast ridge. On the way, we spotted a fun looking 'Extra Credit' ridge on an unnamed peak and descided to climb it. However we only made it about 1/3 of the way up before deciding to abort and head to our primary objective due to weather concerns. This decision would pay off by the time we got back to our tent.

San Miguel's northeast slopes were somewhat chossy but bearable. The summit ridge however, was breathtaking with amazing 360 views of surrounding peaks.

From the summit, we descended the southeast ridge to the basin below and back to camp. In retrospect, the southeast ridge probably would have been the easiest way to climb San Miguel... however we would have missed out on the summit ridge.