"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 over to E..." — TynanRammGranberg • Jun 5, 2015