Trip type: scramble
Elevation gain: approx. 1,985 feet
Car-to-car time: 2 hours 49 minutes
USGS quad: Chikamin Peak
Trip Organizer: The Mountaineers Scrambling Committee
Due to road erosion from last winter, we had to park about a quarter mile from the Rocky Run trail head (which is at the northern-most point on Road #136). Rampart Ridge SE Peak is clearly visible from here. The road is still passable all the way to the trail head for reasonably high-clearance vehicles, there was a Subaru Outback parked at the trail head.
We hiked up the trail toward Lake Lillian. Just before reaching Lake Lillian, we took the right fork in the trail. The right fork climbs a short distance then contours around the east side of the lake. We left the trail where it starts contouring and ascended the ridge that runs SE to the 5,606' summit of Rampart Ridge. This route is class 2, it is mostly steep meadow and heather with very little brush.
Travel Times
Car-to-car time: 2 hours 49 minutes- 45 minutes ascending from near the Rocky Run Trailhead to where we left the trail above Lake Lillian
- 31 minutes ascending from where we left the trail above Lake Lillian to summit of Rampart Ridge SE Peak
- 26 minutes descending from summit of Rampart Ridge SE Peak to where we left the trail above Lake Lillian
- 54 minutes descending from where we left the trail above Lake Lillian to near the Rocky Run Trailhead
- 58 minutes driving back from near the Rocky Run Trailhead to High Point exit (exit 20)
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