Distance

7.3 km to summit

14.6 km total

Elevation

1,584 m start

1,987 m max

Vertical

532 m gain

Time

3 hr 6 min to summit

5 hr 34 min total

A relatively easy day. We started up the logging road, eventually getting off the logging road and on to the Spirko route. and as we kept following the Spirko route we kept crossing logging roads. At a certain point we opted to follow the logging road south and that took us to a place directly below the east face of the summit. We worked out way across the slash and up the steep east face. If you do this during summer, you could use a bike for the approach and have a lot of fun biking down the logging roads.

Route name

East Face Direct

out-and-back
Obstacles

routefinding, bushwhacking, snow on route

Key gear

trekking poles, GPS device