Cape Horn and Point 2141 - 4.20.2018
We parked at the Colockum Wildlife Recreation Area... located ~40 minutes south of Wenatchee, Washington.
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From the parking area we started hiking on the abandoned portion of Tarpiscan Road... the first washout is a stone's throw from the parking area at the mouth of Whitson Canyon... this is the second washout at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon.
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Continuing on the abandoned portion of Tarpiscan Road... our destination (Cape Horn) is in the distance in the center of the photo.
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After hiking a mile or so the abandoned road heads down toward the Columbia River.
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Continuing down the Tarpiscan Road... Cape Horn dominates in the distance.
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After hiking ~1.5 miles the road switchbacks and continues down toward the river... but some of us decided to stay higher up on a bench and meet up with the others at the bridge crossing of Tarpiscan Creek in the distance.
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The problem with staying high on the bench is that it requires some Class 2/3 scrambling to get across Davies Canyon.
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Marc dealing with the crossing of Davies Canyon.
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We have crossed Davies Canyon and are looking back at the place we crossed the canyon... very steep.
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I'm looking back and watching Marc hiking on the bench after just crossing Davies Canyon.
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Hiking on the high bench and looking 350 feet below at the rest of our group as they continue on the abandoned Tarpiscan Road.
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Looking back up river toward Wenatchee.
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Continuing south on the high bench... with every step getting us closer to Cape Horn.
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Continuing south on the high bench.
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Artist at work.
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Continuing south on the high bench... what is that up on the hillside?
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Well... that would be a small group of Bighorn Sheep... they kept an eye on me, but didn't seem at all concerned with me being in their home.
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Time to leave the high bench and drop down to reconnect with the rest of our group.
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As I dropped down, so did the Bighorn Sheep.
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The bridge crossing of a very fast flowing Tarpiscan Creek.
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Looking up the Tarpiscan Creek drainage as we leave the abandoned road and head uphill on the left.
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Now it will be steady uphill hiking to Point 2141 on the north end of Cape Horn.
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A pano shot of the Columbia River as we continue up Cape Horn.
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Gaining elevation and looking over at the Tarpiscan Creek drainage on the right.
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Looking back as we continue on a pretty good path... choosing to avoid as much of the talus as possible.
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Continuing up.
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Point 2141 and the summit of Cape Horn are up there somewhere.
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Constant views of the Columbia make the uphill travel more entertaining.
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Still continuing up... looking over at the Tarpiscan Creek drainage on the right... with the south fork of Tarpiscan Creek below and to the left.
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Still gaining elevation... now we can see Point 2141 at the north end of the Cape Horn summit area.
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Continuing up and looking down on West Bar (the flat area between the river and the cliffs of Cape Horn).
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Getting closer to Point 2141.
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We have reached Point 2141 and will make the 1.3 mile hike over to the true summit which will be 100 feet higher than where we are now.
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Marc took this photo of us on the summit of Cape Horn.
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Looking down on Brewton Gulch from the summit of Cape Horn.
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More of Brewton Gulch from the summit of Cape Horn.
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We are standing on Point 2141 after having made the 1.3 mile hike back from the Cape Horn summit.
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Looking north as we head back down from Point 2141.
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Foxtail Cactus.
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Continuing down from Point 2141.
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Continuing down from Point 2141 and looking back at our route.
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Continuing down from Point 2141... the white dots show the approximate route of the abandoned portion of Tarpiscan Road... the red dots show the approximate route of our high bench.
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Is that an arch?
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Looks like an arch to me.
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Looking south as we continue down from Point 2141.
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We were trying to stay as close to the cliff edge as possible, but the terrain kept pushing us to our left (away from the river) as we continued down.
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Continuing down from Point 2141.
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Continuing down from Point 2141.
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Continuing down from Point 2141.
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Looking back at our route down as we near the Tarpiscan Road.
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Back down on the abandoned Tarpiscan Road... looking back at Cape Horn... we used the red route on the way up... and the yellow route on the way down.
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We chose to return using the abandoned Tarpiscan Road so as not to have to deal with the Class 2/3 crossing of Davies Canyon that we used earlier in the day on the high route.
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Looking back at Cape Horn as we continue on the Tarpiscan Road.
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Nearing the point where the road will take us up ~400 feet.
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Almost back to the car... our trip was 12.4 miles, gaining 2416 feet of elevation.
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