Distance

4.3 mi to summit

8.8 mi total

Elevation

6,420 ft start

7,906 ft max

Vertical

2,640 ft gain

Time

2 hr 52 min to summit

5 hr 2 min total

My wife and I did a farewell-to-summer overnighter to Goat Lake and I nabbed this one on the morning of our departure. I left at 5:15 AM, about 90 minutes before sunrise. Unforecasted rain started immediately upon my departure, but it soon settled down to simple "cloud-walking". Visibility got progressively worse. With the visibility down to around 30 meters, I nearly turned around when it was time to depart the trail. I sat down in a memorable campsite near a large chunk of volcanic rock and took 20 minute power nap. When I awoke, the snow globe I was in had grown slightly more illuminated and I could see far enough to do a little route-finding, so I carried on. Many thanks to peakbagger user Ivan Mitloshuk for his GPS track. This fairly direct route from Snowgrass Flats has some loose rock as you approach the summit area, but nothing too puckering.

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