"Missed the climbers trail on the way up (cut off too soon), so we made it a little more of an adventure. Worth spending the night up at the 9000' lake, primo camping and no people. A stunner, for sure." — beaucheminjess • Aug 28, 2020

"This is my new favorite, but holy toledo is it a long one. It's a lot like Hyndman Peak but more varied and certainly more technical. Whereas with Hyndman it's hard to get yourself in a pickle, this one presents challenges at several points, which makes it a lot more fun but also less accessible. Beautiful approach on the ridge, even among all the smoke, and it turned out to be less smoky than previously in the week. A pair of girls working in Stanley for the summer (Kelsey and Ellie, if I remember correctly?) passed me, and I them, at various points throughout the climb, and they were nice enough to let me tag along to the summit. The trekking poles saved my legs from utter destruction on the wobbly rocks down from the peak, and even then the girls blasted past me when we reached the main trail. Besides us, there were only two other guys hiking up from Goat Lake with no packs. A giant fire started up to the north, smack dab in Grandjean as I later found out. Huge plume of smoke, like a volcano had gone off. Luckily the winds were blowing north east, and I heading south, but I was still a bit nervous. Oddly enough, the next morning was even clearer than the previous day; the cle..." — robkleffner • Aug 25, 2018

"We almost got smoked out on this Idaho classic, highest in the Sawtooths. Josh and I left Boise at 4am to beat the wildfire smoke that was forecasted to blow in mid-afternoon. Checking again at 7am at Redfish Lake Lodge, all smoke had vanished from the day's hourly smoke forecast. Excellent, time for a huge breakfast at the lodge. The approach ridge is a gentle climb up until the climber's path that splits off toward the Williams-Thompson saddle. The path is steep and sidecuts across a rough slope for a bit before finally petering out in some meadows below an unnamed 9,000 ft elev lake. Then the cross-country route climbs past a smaller lake and up to the saddle between Thompson and Williams. From here it was some serious talus-hopping with a few patches of softening snow. The final climb up the south side had only 1 or 2 easy, easy Class 3- moves. A great, smallish summit with pano views into the heart of the incredible Sawtooth Range and down the sheer north face of Thompson. We gawked from the summit as a wall of smoke advanced from the southwest/west. Our exit cue. We flew down the talus fields and back down into the basin. Almost on easier ground, Josh's concentration..." — scott • Aug 26, 2016