"Backpacking trip from Horseshoe Meadow: 8.26.18 - Horseshoe Meadow to Lower Soldier Lake via Cottonwood Pass. 8.27.18 - Mount Pickering via SE ridge from Erin Lake drainage. Traverse to Joe Devel Peak. Return to camp, break camp, relocate to Guyot Creek at the PCT. 8.28.18 - Hike up the Perrin Creek drainage to Mt. Newcomb via SW slopes. Traverse to Mount Chamberlin. Return to Camp. 8.29.18 - Mount Guyot from Guyot Pass. Return to camp. Break camp and return to Horseshoe Meadow via Cottonwood Pass." — klotito • Aug 27, 2018

"Decided on this trip on a bit of a whim after reading about the Joe Devel-Pickering-Newcomb-Chamberlin-Guyot traverse in Secor. Had I crunched the number I would have realized that entails over 8000' of gain and 30+ miles depending on where you start, but I learn the hard way. Hike into Lower Rock Creek Crossing at 9600' the night before and started up at 4:30. I had read this was a talus slog but decided the SW rib looked solid. There are some slabs and gendarmes along the way but they are easily bypassed until around 12400'. At that point I committed to the South face and popped up about 7 false summits to the NW. It took just under 4 hours from camp, which was a bit more then I had hoped to start a 5 peak day. The summit register went back to 1984 and I only found two mentions of the traverse, one of which was from Rick Kent, a far greater climber then I, and he only did the first four. Made me feel better if I needed to bail later on." — Christopher • Jun 8, 2013