Trip
Alpine Scramble - Copper & Iron Mountains (Mount Rainier)
Placeholder: this trip will either be overnight Iron, Copper and Pyramid Peaks in MRNP, overnight Goat Lake and Petunias in ONP - or alpine start Enchantments thru hike with Little Annapurna from the Snow lakes side (20mi, 8000ft). Weather will determine.
- Sat, Sep 18, 2021 — Sun, Sep 19, 2021
- Kitsap Alpine Scrambling Committee
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 4
- Challenging
- Mileage: 15.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 6,000 ft
- Pace: 1000ft/hr
- 5 (5 capacity)
- 3 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
7:15am Longmire.
We'll get permits and blue bags and either depart from there via the Wonderland Trail, or caravan back to Kautz Creek TH, depending on conditions and likely crowds. We may do a car shuttle and make it a loop.
Fall can be gorgeous at Mt. Rainier, and somehow we got a permit for 10 for the Pyramid Peak backcountry zone. This trip has been on my short list after seeing Pyramid Peak from so many angles on Rainier and the Tatoosh..., so let's go!
This will be exploratory for us, so we'll all pitch in for campsite selection, route finding, condition assessment, etc...
More info to come.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Trekking poles
- Backpacking gear
- $5 each for permit (may ask for this Venmo'd in advance)
- Blue bags
- Bear can TBD
- Ice ax and foot traction TBD