"Sunday morning, I hiked up to Silver Peak. This trail is in reasonably good shape for a boot path but there are a couple of points where the true trail is not obvious. GPS (I use Gaia) and trekking poles help a bunch. The 360 view from the summit is magnificent. Bugs were not a nuisance. " — MosquitoFood • Aug 23, 2020

"Thought we would be adventurous and do this climb from Annette Lake. 100% do not recommend unless you love doing 2000ft of elevation gain in less than one mile. Didn't love the idea of going back down the talus field and ending up adding over 8 miles to our trek using the PCT and Iron Horse trail to return to our car at the Annette Lake Trailhead." — katiedoyle • Jul 21, 2019

"From Terrence's Trip report a few weeks back: Hello, we are the little mountain goats, Nathan and Terrence, and on Saturday we climbed Silver peak from Annette Lake. We began hiking at 7:20 and the trail was snow free. The trail before the the steep switch backs up to Annette lake was easy and flat with no obstacles. At 2,800 feet snow began to appear as we come to the switchbacks. By the time we crossed the avalanche chutes, the snow covered the whole trail. Crossing the chutes was easy and no gear was needed, although poles were helpful. After the chutes the trail got flat and we cut off the trail about 200 meters before the lake. We went straight up through the forest till we got to a huge open snowfield where we could see the ridge 1700 vertical feet above as. At this time we put on crampons, which where helpful sense no one had broke trail for us, and the snow was pretty hard (micro spikes work too). From there it was just a slog to the top of the ridge. Note there is a rock out crop but that some people we saw on the way mistook for the summit the summit, but the summit is still a quarter of a mile away. You have to traverse the snowfield and go up a rocky little scram..." — BryHong8 • May 4, 2019

"Set out on an ambitious goal to bag Silver, Abiel, and Tinkham Peaks. I was inspired after my hike up to Annette Lake in early August, having spied both Silver and Abiel Peaks. Our route began at the intersection of FS9070 and the PCT. We opted to hike the peaks in the sequence - Silver, Abiel, Tinkham West, traverse to Tinkham East, circumnavigate Mirror lake, and follow the PCT back to the trailhead. The PCT is a beautiful and generally well-maintained trail. We hiked South with a gradual incline to the cutoff for Silver Peak at about 1.8 miles. You will pass a few talus fields on the right. See great views of Mount Catherine to the left, and just prior to the cutoff to the saddle, Tinkham will present its full imposing North Face. The cutoff was well marked. The trail begins to climb steadily over trees, roots, rocks requiring some hands until it gains a wide-open meadow. Silver Peak looms large to the North. You can see the trail zig-zagging up the talus field, until it turns to the right, rounding the hill and finally presenting the steeper trail, which occasionally requires the use of hands for most people. The trail and scramble are not exposed. Let me say that the vie..." — markhadland • Sep 9, 2018

"I hiked a loop from the point where the PCT crosses FS Road 9070, around to the north and west to the ridge that leads south to Silver Peak. There is still lots of snow and many people were up there skiing in the bowl NNE of Silver Peak. I got onto the NNW ridge and picked my way across dramatic rocks to Silver Peak. Down the south side, I tagged South Silver Peak (just a bump with trees), and then up to Abiel Peak. Going down I went east over to the PCT and then north back to the road. This section of the PCT is not great with deep snow cover, because it's just a notch carved in the 45 degree slope, for a couple of miles. It doesn't get enough sun for the snow to be really soft, so the crusty surface is constantly threatening to send you sliding to your doom. Still, a great day. 2685 ft gain 6 miles, 9.5 hours" — markgarrett • Jun 7, 2017

"Even though it was a Friday, I left Seattle at 4:20 AM to ensure I wouldn’t have too much company on the trail. Hiked in along the PCT and found the cairns for the Silver Peak trail very easily at 1.7 miles. It’s pretty mild class 1 other than about 10 ft. of class 2. It was about 3 miles total to the top, which took 1 hr 40 minutes with copious stops for photos. After a break on the top of Silver, I descended to South Silver Peak, which is nothing more than a treed bump in the ridgeline. Continued on to Abiel (class 2), reaching the top at the 3 hr mark and 4.19 miles. From there I backtracked to South Silver and headed up the ridge to Tinkham. I got myself stuck on a ledge at one point when I thought I’d take a more exciting shortcut and then had to backtrack to the bootpack. All of these peaks had well-worn paths to the top, with no route-finding needed. Reached the top of Tinkham (class 2) at 4 hrs 22 minutes and 5.37 miles. The sheer north face is pretty impressive! There was a lot of Phyllodoce glanduliflora blooming at the top, plus the first Lloyd serotina I’ve ever seen (I found that while stuck on the cliff ledge). From there I took the pleasant ridge walk ov..." — TynanRammGranberg • Jun 5, 2015

"Hiked in along the PCT from the fire road, lots of mushy snow made for slow going. Definitely glad we had the GPS! Stunning views of Annette Lake and Humpback Mtn from the top." — North-Bend-Erica • Mar 29, 2015

"Did a loop that included Tinkham and Silver. Cloudy up high, so not much in the way of views. No rain but the bushes were wet. Full TR: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8013722" — MangyMarmot • Nov 1, 2014

"After viewing Silver from the summit of Tinkham, had to hit this classic looking peak. From the summit of Tinkham it took me exactly an hour to make it to the top of Silver. The heat really picked up while climbing up through the scree fields; luckily a few clubs of evergreens provide a bit of shade on the ascent. Incredible views from the top of the entire region. Would love to come back and ski this peak in the spring." — scott • Jul 18, 2014

"Bushwhacked our way up via Annette Lake after seeing friends for a birthday hike there...brutal bushwhack for 700 vertical feet or so. Hiked up the long talus slope to the top. We didn't find the official trail until we came down from the summit. Not in my best condition due to feeling nauseated from the fast pace my friend had set from the start...but it was a good adventure! " — aimk13 • Jun 16, 2013