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Big Craggy Peak and West Craggy

Image of Copper Glance trail with Isabella Ridge in background
Copper Glance trail with Isabella Ridge in background

Image of False summit of Big Craggy Peak
False summit of Big Craggy Peak

Image of Evening light on south side of Big Craggy Peak
Evening light on south side of Big Craggy Peak

Image of Big Craggy Peak from West Craggy
Big Craggy Peak from West Craggy

Image of Summit of West Craggy
Summit of West Craggy

Image of Descending crux snowfield
Descending crux snowfield

Image of Upper basin below Big Craggy Peak
Upper basin below Big Craggy Peak

Date: 2006/06/24 to 2006/06/25
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 6,290 feet (approx 1,917 meters)
Car-to-car time: 1 day 5 hours 31 minutes
USGS Quads: Billy Goat Mountain, Sweetgrass Butte
In Area: Pasayten Wilderness
Trip Organizer: The Mountaineers Scrambling Committee

Travel Times

Car-to-car time: 1 day 5 hours 31 minutes
  • 4 hours 44 minutes driving there (via Hwy 2) from 65th Street Park and Ride to Copper Glance trailhead
  • 3 hours 3 minutes ascending from Copper Glance trailhead (3,800') to Camp
  • 2 hours 7 minutes ascending from Camp (6,540') to summit of Big Craggy Peak
  • 1 hour 24 minutes descending from summit of Big Craggy Peak (8,355') to camp
  • 2 hours 21 minutes ascending from camp (6,600') to summit of West Craggy
  • 1 hour 35 minutes descending from summit of West Craggy (8,280') to camp
  • 2 hours 6 minutes descending from camp (6,615') to Copper Glance trailhead
  • 3 hours 57 minutes driving back (via Hwy 20) from Copper Glance trailhead to 65th Street Park and Ride

Copyright © 2006 Gabriel Deal.