Distance

2.7 km to summit

4.5 km total

Elevation

1,730 m start

3,115 m max

Vertical

4,586 m gain

Time

3 hr 27 min to summit

6 hr 42 min total

Sparrowhawk for sunset. Planned to hunker down for a few hours at the col in the weather shack to go up Read's in the early morning for sunrise, but sadly someone left the door to the shack open and it was mashed in concrete snow! So, we up to the summit we went and then we turned our asses around to get back to the car at 1 AM and got home around 3 AM. Always an adventure, happy to have avoided the poopy weather that's forecasted for this weekend.

Route name

Normal

out-and-back
Obstacles

snow on route

Key gear

trekking poles, GPS device