Garland Peak

Richard, Lynn, Matt, Kathleen, and I parked half a mile below the Basalt Pass trailhead (trail #1530?) and hiked the snow covered road to the trail. Much of the trail was clear of snow, but we were on snowshoes well before we reached the pass. From the pass we followed the trail north until around 6,000' where the trail was deeply buried and we just followed the ridge northward. At around 6,800' we contoured eastward along the basin to the west ridge of Garland Peak, then followed the ridge to the summit.

There were a lot of ageing cornices. It was a walk-up except for one steep, 15 foot spot north of point 6,754' where we turned into the slope and kicked steps down.

Much of the route has excellent views of the peaks to the west and NW. And the summit has nice views of the Entiat area.

Date:

2005/04/23

Elevation gain:

5,200 feet

Trip type:

scramble

USGS quad:

Saska Peak

Car-to-car:

9 hours 58 minutes

5 hours 47 minutes ascending from near Basalt Pass trailhead to Garland Peak summit
3 hours 37 minutes descending from Garland Peak summit to Basalt Pass trailhead

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