Banded Peak

"One of the most grueling trips of my past five years... Hot weather day, a lost cell phone that fell off my bike, unnecessary bushwhacking, all contributed to the "grind factor". But we made it to the summit! I needed much extra drinking water that we found at a spring-water source high on the mountain's south approach below the Outlaw-Banded Col. My 2'nd time at this panoramic view mountain top. It's physically demanding but didn't disappoint. More drinking water at the Big or south fork Elbow River on the way back. The outbound bike ride was mostly fun cruising!" — geoffc • Jul 31, 2019

"Final summit on the 4 summit Elbow Peaks traverse. Ascended from the Outlaw Col. A big pile of rubble up to Banded Peak summit. Nice views of the valley and mountains below. Descended to the east valley. Gathered water in the stream below. Lots of scree on the way down, can't imagine it would be fun to ascend from the east side. A long walk back to the bikes. Total trip time for 4 peaks was 13hr 20min. 28km approx of hiking, 11km of biking (including 3km of wasted time by overshooting the trail head). A long day but worth it to bag 4 peaks in one day. " — MarkJPerkins • Jul 14, 2017

"CSMC trip, did Elbow 4-peak traverse: Mt. Glasgow – Mt. Cornwall – Outlaw Peak – Banded Peak Didn't use bikes, just took Spirko's (East ridge) route up and So's way down from the Banded. Got some rain by Banded Peak and on the way down 31.05km in total 2,360m of elevation gain around 13 hours car to car " — alexp • Jul 25, 2015

"Did the Elbow 4 traverse as per soistheman. Big Elbow trail is damaged, but we were able to bike far enough along it. We dodged thunderstorms in the afternoon. 14h mountainside." — BertB • Aug 2, 2014

"The objective for the day was the traverse from Mt. Glasgow to Banded Peak. I heard about this trip last year as a bike switch and had thought an ideal party would be 4. (Because if you only had 2 people; you would have to solo then switch bikes on either end). However after discussing with my climbing partner, he had mentioned that the whole thing can be done a different route by approaching Glasgow from the east. We did the research and there were a handful of trip reports that helped us figure out an objective. We biked in for the first 4 km and stashed our bikes at South Glasgow Creek. We summitted all 4 peaks (Glasgow, Cornwall, Outlaw and Banded.)" — dkmountainman • Oct 13, 2011