Trip
Alpine Scramble - Cadet Peak
Bike to the Monte Cristo ghost town followed by strenuous scramble up Cadet Peak.
Contacts
Jessica Umayam
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jul 26, 2025
- Seattle Alpine Scrambling
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Strenuous 5, Technical 4
- Challenging
- Mileage: 16.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,000 ft
- FULL (3 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
- Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Expect a long day (~12 hours). This will be a moderate, all day pace with short breaks every hour.
Please review these trip reports, so you know what to expect.
- https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/trip-reports/alpine-scramble-cadet-peak
- https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8000857&highlight=cadet+pk+peak
Prior experience with strenuous trips is required. In your permission request, please share recent trips you've completed of similar difficulty (e.g., S4/S5 scrambles), and confirm that you have an appropriate bike and a way to get it to the trailhead. Requests that don't answer these questions may be ignored.
Barlow Pass Trailhead (6:30am)
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Gravel or Mountain Bike
Trip Reports