I took the Cold Creek Trail from FR 9070 to the PCT to Mirror Lake, then up the SW ridge to both the East and West peaks of Tinkham. The trail is hard to follow at times with patchy snow and no tracks at all. We left some, but they are light in the hard crust, and probably won't last long in the warm weather. I've seen trip reports and maps indicating that you can go straight down WNW from the W peak, but I wasn't confident enough looking at it from the top, so I went back the same way. If you can get up and down on that west ridge, it would make it much easier to combine Tinkham, Abiel and Silver in one trip, as the walk around Mirror Lake takes time. The final stretch up from the lake is steep, gaining 1200 ft in a bit more than a mile. Getting out of the trees, it's rocky with great views and a dizzying cliff on the north side, just a few feet from the trail. There was an ammo box with a log and geo-cache on the east peak.

3200 ft gain, 11 miles, 10:40 hours