United States Mountain

Date: 08/02/2024
Partner: Kristi Henes
Trailhead: Upper Camp Bird Mine CR26A (4x4 required)
Distance: 4.7m
Elevation Gain: 2450ft
Duration: 4hrs 40min
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United States Mountain 14ers.com Page

We were hoping to summit United States via the west ridge however after getting most of the way across, our route options were not great. The terrain was steep, exposed and loose. After exploring various options, we decided to retrace our path down and find a route from the summit side of the ridge.

After contouring around the the south side of the mountain we found a somewhat reasonable route up the mountain. Our route was much better than the ridge but still loose and steep... descending was especially tedious.

Although the summit views were great I can't say I will go back to United States Mountain.

Would love to hear if you find a better route up this choss factory than we did.