Day 4/4 in the Shepherd Pass area. It had rained for 2 hours overnight and the wind was gusting at 40 mph in the morning. I got wet filling my bottles when a strong gust blew across the lake. Perhaps against my better judgement, I made an attempt at the peak, mostly thinking how I didn't want to hike up the Shepherd Pass Trail again. I hiked up to the Sierra Crest and right before climbing onto the North Rib, the wind died down. Sensing that I had a window, I climbed as fast and hard as a could, reaching the summit in 1:15 h from camp at the pass. At the summit, the winds started picking up and a few flurries began to fall. I started down after only a few minutes, greatly enjoying the slabby class 3 downclimb on the rib. Back at camp, I packed up and started long hike down the Shepherd Pass Trail to the car, satisfied with a hard and productive 4 days of peak-bagging.