Teanaway Peak and Iron Peak - 11.20.2018
The Trailhead (3960') for Iron Peak is just off of FS-9737... an 8.6 mile drive from the entrance to 29 Pines Campground... you can see Esmeralda Peak... up valley from the trailhead.
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Nearing the Iron Peak/Teanaway Peak saddle... here looking south to Mt. Rainier on the horizon.
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After hiking ~2.5 miles we have reached the Iron Peak/Teanaway Peak saddle (~6200')... here we are looking at the .75 ridge hike out to the Iron Peak summit... we will do this after we have finished with Teanaway Peak.
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Leaving the Iron/Teanaway saddle and following a good path on the south ridge of Teanaway Peak... Bills Peak in the distance on the right.
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iraman and I decided to take the Class 3/4 direct route toward the Teanaway Peak summit while the rest of our party continued to traverse the SE side of Teanaway Peak on the obvious path.
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iraman and I are watching the rest of our group traversing the SE side of Teanaway Peak... on a good path and heading for the lone snag in the distance.
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iraman picks a Class 3/4 route for us on the south ridge of Teanaway Peak.
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Steep in places.
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iraman buckles up after shedding a layer... Bills Peak in the distance.
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Slightly easier terrain ahead... at least for awhile.
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Continuing up the south ridge of Teanaway Peak.
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Class 3.
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On a short ramp here.
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Class 3.
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iraman took this photo of me on a short Class 4 section.
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Continuing up the south ridge of Teanaway Peak... part of the Stuart Range in the distance.
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We can see the rest of our party up there on the Teanaway Peak summit... but we still have some work to do.
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The crux of the south ridge is a 10 foot, Class 4 downclimb where there is absolutely no room for error.
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iraman exhales after getting past the crux of the scramble... clear sailing from here to the summit.
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Heading for the Teanaway Peak summit.
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The rest of our group is waiting patiently for us on the summit... after the crux there is nothing more involved than Class 2.
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iraman is almost on the summit of Teanaway Peak.
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Everyone is on the summit but me.
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On the summit (6779') of Teanaway Peak... the ridge in the center foreground leads over to Longs Pass... Fortune Peak and Ingalls Peak are in the center of the photo... Bills Peak in the right foreground with the Stuart Range beyond.
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Fortune Peak and the three summits of Ingalls Peak on the left... with Mt. Stuart and Sherpa Peak on the right.
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The ridge leading over to Longs Pass is in the foreground... with Fortune and Ingalls on the right... with Esmeralda Peaks in front of Hawkins Mountain in the left center of the photo... Mt. Hinman and Mt. Daniels are on the horizon in the center of the photo.
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Looking down the Turnpike Creek drainage to the Stuart Range from the summit of Teanaway Peak.
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rocman on the summit of Teanaway Peak... with Iron Peak beyond.
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Leaving the Teanaway Peak summit... we will head down via Teanaway's east ridge (the way the rest of our group came up) until traversing the SE side of the peak back to the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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Continuing down the east ridge of Teanaway Peak... with Bills Peak in the foreground... Three Brothers, Volcanic Neck, Bean Peak, Earl Peak and Marys Peak are on the right.
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BarbE took this photo of rocman, iraman and me while coming down the east ridge of Teanaway Peak.
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Nearing the lone snag on Teanaway's east ridge... marking the spot where we will start traversing the SE side of Teanaway Peak and follow the good path back over to the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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On the good path that will take us over to the Iron/Teanaway saddle... Iron Peak on the left.
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Most of our group is taking a break at the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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I'm on the ridge leading to Iron Peak... looking back at Izzy and Luna tracking me... with Teanaway Peak beyond.
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BarbE and rocman heading for the summit of Iron Peak.
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madman and iraman coming along the NW ridge of Iron Peak... Teanaway Peak in the right foreground.
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iraman and madman on the NW ridge of Iron Peak... Teanaway Peak in the center foreground... with Mt. Stuart and Sherpa Peak on the right.
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Everyone is on the Iron Peak summit (6510') but me.
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Looking beyond Bills Peak in the foreground to the Stuart Range from the summit of Iron Peak.
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Volcanic Neck on the far left... with Bean Peak, Navaho Peak and Marys Peak in the center... and Earl Peak on the horizon on the right.
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Our party of eight on the Iron Peak summit... back row left-to-right... Snowdog, rocman, madman, BarbE and rodman... front row left-to-right... Sahale, iraman and me (aka ragman)... average age is 68.
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Luna and Sahale on the NW ridge of Iron Peak... heading back down to the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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Layers leading out to Mt. Rainier.
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On the NW ridge of Iron Peak... heading for the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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On the NW ridge of Iron Peak... heading for the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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On the NW ridge of Iron Peak... heading for the Iron/Teanaway saddle.
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The approximate routes for the south and east ridges of Teanaway Peak.
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The Class 3/4 route on the south ridge of Teanaway Peak.
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Back at the Iron/Teanaway saddle... a 2.5 mile hike will get us back to the car... the scramble/hike was 7.5 miles roundtrip... gaining 3256 feet of elevation.
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