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"Great summit for a sunny day with views. Took the traditional route via Rachel Lake. The trail was in a good condition. Smooth cruising all the way to the summit. Not many berries but abundance of mushrooms for those interesting in mycology." — Gabigabs • Sep 20, 2014
"Despite getting rained on twice and being surrounded by clouds nearly the entire trip, this was one of my favorite hikes. The dogs and I visited dozens of alpine lakes, saw tons of marmots and hawks, and experienced a unique climate created by converging cloud fronts of precipitation and smoke. We were even lucky enough to spend an hour or two above the clouds on the summit.
We started off under thick clouds from the unofficial trailhead at Rocky Run Creek off NF road 136. I glimpsed a tent through the fog on the way past Lake Lillian and encountered a lone hunter clad in blaze orange on the trail above the lakes. On the way up Rampart Ridge the cloud front from the west poured over the ridge and into the valley below and I could smell occasional pockets of warm smoky air rising up from the east. From the summit we scrambled down the boot path to the east and back into the clouds, continuing along the steep trail to the Rampart Lakes.
A web of paths weave among the Rampart Lakes on the way to the Rachel Lake, becoming Rachel Lake Trail 1313. From here we headed toward Lake Lila and Alta Mountain. At about 5400' the distinct north-to-south ridge of Alta Mountain became visib..." — Jeb • Sep 22, 2012
"Intended to head up Hibox but decided to abort after getting completely soaked and lost in the shrubbery. Turns out I fell for the classic Hibox mistake of taking the wash trail through the 2nd big clearing instead of the dirt climber's path in the forest AFTER the clearing.
But salvaged the day with a great hike up Alta Mountain. No viz at all above Rachel Lake... cloudy and damp the whole way down the ridge. Couldn't see beyond each false summit so over and over thought I was on top... but after a minute would see a dark mass higher than me swirling in the mists. The most false summits ever! Imagine the views from the top would be epic; I'll just fire up Google Earth and pretend I'm there." — scott • Sep 9, 2012
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