"Despite being the highest point on the 40+ km long Persimmon Range, Mount Persimmon has no recorded ascent that I could find. We (Warren, Jenise and Paul Finlay) successfully ascended it on July 18, 2018, plus two nearby unnamed summits on July 17, 2018. With no motorized access of any kind allowed in Willmore Wilderness Park, reaching these summits required following ridiculously muddy horse trails up the Wildhay River from the Rock Lake trailhead, where we branched off on a trail that heads up Persimmon Creek. After another junction, the trail became faint and nearly grown over in dense willows when it headed to the creek bed from an empty horse-riders' campsite. We then followed Persimmon Creek, with an overgrown trail appearing now and then, but otherwise following game trails or bushwhacking, with several creek crossings to avoid steep banks. Upon reaching the upper valley, we bushwhacked through dense willow and spruce to find a somewhat flat place to set up base camp in the meadows just below treeline. Having seen many grizzly bear and wolf tracks on the way in, but no trees to hang food at base camp, we hung our food from nearby cliffs at night. After a 3 day approach, o..." — wfinlay • Jul 18, 2018