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Big Craggy Peak and West Craggy

Copper Glance trail with Isabella Ridge in background
Image of Copper Glance trail with Isabella Ridge in background
False summit of Big Craggy Peak
Image of False summit of Big Craggy Peak
Date: 2006/06/24 to 2006/06/25
Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 6,290 feet
USGS quads: Billy Goat Mountain, Sweetgrass Butte
In area: Pasayten Wilderness
Trip Organizer: The Mountaineers Scrambling Committee
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 to Camp
  • 2 hours 7 minutes ascending from Camp to summit of Big Craggy Peak
  • 1 hour 24 minutes descending from summit of Big Craggy Peak to camp
  • 2 hours 21 minutes ascending from camp to summit of West Craggy
  • 1 hour 35 minutes descending from summit of West Craggy to camp
  • 2 hours 6 minutes descending from camp to Copper Glance trailhead
  • 3 hours 57 minutes driving back (via Hwy 20) from Copper Glance trailhead to 65th Street Park and Ride
Evening light on south side of Big Craggy Peak
Image of Evening light on south side of Big Craggy Peak
Big Craggy Peak from West Craggy
Image of Big Craggy Peak from West Craggy
Summit of West Craggy
Image of Summit of West Craggy
Descending crux snowfield
Image of Descending crux snowfield
Upper basin below Big Craggy Peak
Image of Upper basin below Big Craggy Peak

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