UW Climbers, Seattle Mountaineers, and a lone Bushwacker take lunch below the summit of Mount Persis
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 2,770 feet (approx 844 meters)
Car-to-car time: 5 hours 27 minutes
USGS Quad: Index
In Area: Highway 2 Corridor
Travel Times
Car-to-car time: 5 hours 27 minutesAscending time: 2 hours 50 minutes
Descending time: 1 hour 54 minutes
- 2 hours 50 minutes ascending from road intersection (2,800') to Summit of Mount Persis
- 1 hour 44 minutes descending from Summit of Mount Persis (5,525') to trailhead (2,855')
- 10 minutes descending from trailhead (2,855') to road intersection
- 1 hour 29 minutes driving back from road intersection to 65th Street Park and Ride
References
- Book: Climbing Washington's Mountains
- Book: Seattle Outdoors: Hiking & Cycling-Puget Sound and Cascades
- Washington Alpine Club: Mount Persis
- Eric's Base Camp: Mount Persis in winter
- Summitpost.org: Mount Persis
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