Trip
Basic Alpine Climb - Colchuck & Dragontail Peaks
One-day climb of Colchuck Peak.
Contacts
Sunny Doucette
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jun 13, 2026
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults, All Who Qualify
- Basic Alpine Climb, Strenuous 4, Technical 4, Strenuous 2, Technical 2, Basic Experience Climb
- Moderate
- Mileage: 13.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,440 ft
- 1 (3 capacity)
- FULL (1 capacity)
- Wed, May 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM
- Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Meet at Stuart Lake TH. Geared up and ready to being hiking by 5:00 am. Carpooling is encouraged due to popularity of trailhead and often limited parking. Plan to wear trail running or approach shoes to Colchuck Lake, where we will switch to mountaineering boots that fit crampons.
Route/Place
Colchuck & Dragontail Peaks
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Green Trails Alpine Lakes East (Stuart Range) No. 208SX
USGS Enchantment Lakes
Green Trails The Enchantments No. 209S
USGS Mount Stuart - See full route/place details.
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Mountain boots that can accept crampons (not hiking boots)
- Crampons
- An ice axe (not technical ice tools)
- A back pack
- Helmet
- Fleece or puffy jacket
- Rain jacket and full-zip rain pants (weather dependent)
- Warm gloves or mittens (weather dependent)
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