Pole Creek
Date: 8/22/2020
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Pole Creek TH
Summits:
* Northwest Pole - Class 2 with Class 3 Summit Block
* Pole Creek Mountain - Class 2
Distance: 12.75m
Elevation Gain: 4150ft
Duration: 6hrs 55min
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A nice hike with a little bit of scrambling on a hazy day
Northwest Pole 14ers.com Page
Pole Creek Mountain 14ers.com Page
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12.75m - 4150ft - 6hrs 55min
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Car camping at the TH with a great view of Ute Ridge
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Northwest Pole in the hazy morning light
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Looking south to the Eastern Grenadiers while ascending Northwest Pole's south ridge
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Looking across to my descent route on Pole Creek Mountain's western slopes
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Initially Northwest Pole's ridge was steep grass. Then it got fun and scrambly
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Work courtesy of Masons of the San Juans... pretty cool!
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Not too much further to the summit
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A view to the south from Northwest Pole's summit.
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I traversed north from the summit then descended to a saddle between Northwest Pole and Pole Creek
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Looking across to Pole Creek Mountain. I would ascend the easy going line on the left and descend to the saddle on the right
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Looking back at Northwest Pole
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Looking NW to the Carson Peak Loop group of 13ers
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Awesome formations close to Pole Creek's summit
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Looking down Pole Creek's north ridge from the summit
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I descended on the east side of Pole Creek's south ridge then crossed over to the west at the break in the ridge
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From where I descended
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Pano: Descending Pole Creek... easy surfing
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Descending Pole Creek... easy surfing
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Looking across Northwest Pole and the route I ascended earlier in the day
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A view back to Pole Creek Mountain
