Trip Report
Alpine Scramble - The Triad: travel north on ridge - Hidden Lake Peak
Clear skies, magnificent ridge run and fun exploration traveling north to The Triad peak. (our ascent route) Shortly after the start of long, big slope traverse, we scrambled straight up narrow, rock snow melt stream bed-tiny gully-ish: achieved ridge (.3-.5 miles north of actual Hidden Lake Pk. Afternoon, descended ridge using climbers trail 150-ish yards south (towards Lookout Peak) of ascent route. Climbers trail runs long way north to The Triad, but stops at South end of no name peak just before Triad. East side traverse of no name peak required scramble turn around due to steep rock and snow north side of ridge that run eastward from main ridge and flows down from no name. Only reasonable and T3-T4 west side traverse route requires crampons and ice ax: large, ice hard snow fields still solid yesterday in spite of sun and late Fall warm weather (Mountain-ridge shade factor). Research chat with climber who climbed The Triad 20-30 years ago believed Triad is moderate trad rock climb, definitely not a scramble to summit. Scramble goal would be base of The Triad and possibly exploring further north towards Eldorado peak.
Drew Eliott
- Sat, Oct 20, 2018
- Alpine Scramble - Hidden Lake Peak
- Hidden Lake Lookout & Peak
- Scrambling
- Successful
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- Road rough but passable
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Many deep dirt rutts so AWD or 4 wheel drive most helpful. Subaru clearance OK with
alert driving skills.
Once we left the very popular main trail to Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, we scrambled the entire ridge north by ourselves. Mid-afternoon, saw 2 people on the ridge at our descent spot.