"I went with Joel, Christopher and J up to the top of Low Mountain. It's a straightforward but longish hike up the Denny Creek trail to Hemlock Pass at 4800 ft. From here, we turned sharp left, due South and immediately onto the northern ridge of Low. The ridge quickly becomes narrow with a very steep drop-off on both sides. It's slow-going for a while with trees and not much alternative but to stick to the exact ridge. Eventually it opens up to a flat area. We circled around to the west to find a small tarn, then up some talus to a steeper ridge and a false summit. From here, it wasn't clear I could get up to the top of the imposing summit block, but it turned out to be easy. Although the slope is very steep, there are rock ledges, if you stay high enough. I went too low coming back, and it was more difficult. 3100 ft gain, 10 miles, 9 hours." — markgarrett • Jul 24, 2016

"With a last minute day off of work, I thought I'd take advantage of a sunny forecast to visit Denny Creek without the usual crowds. The road was mostly clear, the few ruts fully melted out and passable by a medium clearance car until the turnoff to the trailhead, which was covered in a few inches of snow. There were no other cars when we started up the trail at 7:45. Two to three feet of snow was mostly packed down by boots along the trail until the the upper log crossing above both falls, where a few sets of crampons continued. Besides a few brief clearings we were in fog most of the day. I saw nearly every kind of snow condition throughout the day. Crampons were very helpful for the last few hundred feet of each peak. Made it out and back without encountering a soul. The fog seemed to be clearing a few times but it ended up climbing right along with me all day. Denny Mountain and the Tooth briefly appeared at the first clearing before Keekwulee Falls. I remember seeing a few more feet of snow there in mid-December 2012. I had trouble kicking steps into the solid crust while crossing the last talus field before Hemlock Pass but with a little extra effort, microspikes suffic..." — Jeb • Jan 22, 2014

"Low Mountain has been on my radar for some time now, having failed two summit bids due to soft snow and lack of proper gear. So needles to say, I was stoked to see a recent trip report by a few NWHikers with snowshoes. Thanks to Gimpilator, EastKing, and Jacob Smith for packing down a nice trench for me! The road is covered in snow from the junction at Asahel Curtis, and I was lucky to make it within a 1/4 mile of the trail head (which was covered in 1-2' of powder) with balding passenger tires. Leaving the car just before 8 o'clock, I made good time up to the first crossing of Denny Creek which had just enough solid snow to make a safe crossing. The first talus field caused me a few post-holes but by the second open section the trench began to fill in with powder, providing a little more staying power. As forecast, snow began to fall around 9:30 and the wind began to pick up as I approached the pass. Beyond Hemlock Pass the trench was only sporadically visible under several inches of new snowfall and drift. There were a few short sections where the ridge became very narrow with significant exposure on either side providing some route-finding challenges between trees and..." — Jeb • Dec 15, 2012