Iron Peak via SE ridge

Trip Report

Carla and I parked at the intersection of the North Fork Teanaway Road (Road 9737) and the Beverly Creek Road (Road 112) and headed up the SE ridge of Iron Peak. The ridge was clear and easy all the way, but I'll bet the ridge line on the last half a mile of ridge before the summit can be pretty corniced at times. Views from the top included Gene's Peak, Bill's Peak, Volcanic Neck, Bean Peak, Esmerelda Peaks, Koppen Mountain, and pretty much the whole Stuart Range.

References

• Mountaineers Climbing Message Board: Iron Peak loop
• Book: 75 Scrambles in Washington: Classic Routes to the Summits
• Book: Seattle Outdoors: Hiking & Cycling-Puget Sound and Cascades
• Book: Teanaway Country: A Hiking and Scrambling Guide to Washington's Central Cascades
• kuresman.com: Iron Peak

Maps

• Greentrails map: Mount Stuart

Travel Times

• 4 hours 24 minutes ascending from intersection of Beverly Creek Road and North Fork Teanaway Road (3,060') to Iron Peak summit
• 2 hours 31 minutes descending from Iron Peak summit (6,520') to intersection of Beverly Creek Road and North Fork Teanaway Road

Visited

• Iron Pk.
• Kittitas County
• Mt. Stuart USGS quad
• Teanaway
• Washington State
• Wenatchee National Forest