Distance
1.4 mi to summit
2.9 mi total
Elevation
11,715 ft start
13,333 ft max
Vertical
1,639 ft gain
Time
1 hr 44 min to summit
3 hr 38 min total
Day 7 of my JMT section hike. After failing to climb Goddard in the morning, I packed up camp and headed across Muir Pass. There was a surprising amount of snow on the south side of the pass which made heading up to Black Giant pass trickier than expected. I ended up climbing the face from a more northern line than I had anticipated which meant steeper and looser talus. The struggle up to 13,000ft was worth though; the view from this summit, as described by Secor, is indeed "swell".