Alta Mountain from Rocky Run

  • Date:
    2015/07/18
    Car-to-car:
    8 hours 51 minutes
    Round-trip distance:
    9 miles
    Elevation gain:
    3,800 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble
    USGS quad:
    Chikamin Peak

  • Leaving the Rocky Run Trailhead.
    Leaving the Rocky Run Trailhead.
  • Lake Lillian
    Lake Lillian
  • Lake Lillian
    Lake Lillian
  • Mount Rainier over Lake Lillian
    Mount Rainier over Lake Lillian
  • Hibox Peak
    Hibox Peak
  • Rachel Lake
    Rachel Lake
  • Hiking up Alta's south ridge. Rampart Ridge in the background.
    Hiking up Alta's south ridge. Rampart Ridge in the background.
  • Hibox Peak and a tarn above Lila Lake from Alta's south ridge.
    Hibox Peak and a tarn above Lila Lake from Alta's south ridge.
  • The summit of Alta Mountain now in sight.
    The summit of Alta Mountain now in sight.
  • Mount Thomson from the summit of Alta Mountain.
    Mount Thomson from the summit of Alta Mountain.
  • Shortly below the summit we descended directly from the south ridge to the 5,720' pass above Lila Lake.
    Shortly below the summit we descended directly from the south ridge to the 5,720' pass above Lila Lake.
  • Box Ridge from the 5,720' pass.
    Box Ridge from the 5,720' pass.
  • Swiming in the upper Rampart Lakes
    Swiming in the upper Rampart Lakes
  • Hibox Peak.
    Hibox Peak.
  • Lake Lillian
    Lake Lillian
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