"I had a failed attempt about 9 years ago hiking Fletcher. I finally made it back to reattempt it. I went up the south ridge to gain the plateau area. Then hiked unranked 13515. The view was fantastic on this point. This valley is incredible. I love the jagged ridge lines and the view of Quandary is incredible. I then went on to complete Fletcher. What a Rocky Mountain that is. Amazing views. Heading down I was going to go the normal route but I didn’t know where to descend and it looks horrible. So I went down the way I came. The southern ridge is a fun way to go, random class 3 scrambling. I don’t know why it’s not listed a a legit route in books and climbing information online. It’s a legit route. " — MtnGeek • Aug 26, 2026

"Big day that started with Silverheels, meanwhile catching glimpses of a dry Quandary as I trudged through snow drifts. Felt like I had enough energy for a scouting trip up Fletcher afterward so I made a quick detour that turned into a long detour and the second summit of the day. https://youtu.be/ePpSnSW579s https://youtube.com/shorts/GQh8bdAZRIk" — cheeseishappiness • Oct 25, 2025

"6/25/25: CMC scramble with Ed; party of 5. We left the parking area of Blue Lakes just before 7am and gained the Fletcher Flats saddle area by 9:30 when some earlier than expected dark clouds rolled in on us. About 200’ from the summit it started dropping some snow and then graupel. I was afraid we were going to be persuaded to turn back but figured we could probably convince our fearless leader to at least allow us the summit. We continued up the snowy ridge line but then had to drop down a bit to the east to get back on rock. After making our first objective, the short and small storm rolled out and it looked like we had a possibly decent window to continue on to the Fletcher-Drift Traverse. Ed suggested that we descend to the west saddle and then glissade down the large snowfield below us and head back. When we got there, we all greed that it was reasonable to carry on, so away we went, hoping for the best. (See Drift-TR)" — LoneWolf • Jun 25, 2025

"Originally planned to do the class three ridge of father dyer and crystal peak loop, but on the way up I was just hiking quietly when I heard what sounded like a big animal. I'm along crystal creek at this point and in a marshy area so I assume it's a moose. I continue, making sure to kick some rocks around to make noise and as I scan the area I see two big ears. At first I think oh crap a mountain lion. Then it moves to the left to get a better view of me and I realize it's a huge (brown) black bear! Once I realize I'm looking at a big bear just off to the side of the next section of trail I'm supposed to take, I slowly back away. I waited a few minutes trying to decide if I should continue (hoping the bear had left the immediate area), or turn back. I figured I startled the bear since I wasn't making noise, so I decided not to take the chance that he/she thought I was a threat and decided to leave father dyer/crystal for another day. Turned back and got back to my car around 9:30 figuring I'd do quandary instead. I was excited for my first class three though, so I didn't want to do the class one up quandary and I noticed the difficult class 2 route up the south face and went to t..." — tylerburg • Aug 31, 2015