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Plummer Peak
— Oct 12, 2010
— Nordique
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Since it was midweek, I had Plummer Peak and the Pinnacle Saddle hike nearly to myself, on this annual excursion,...
Since it was midweek, I had Plummer Peak and the Pinnacle Saddle hike nearly to myself, on this annual excursion, a hike I'd skipped for decades as too short to bother with, when I could hike up to Muir and ski down. Now my preference is for shorter, but still super scenic hikes and this one really fits that bill, with a high ratio of miles to views. I did find some frost and ice on the shady north side of the Plummer shoulder, but--still--no problem. Too many photos here:
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As a quick side trip prior to hitting the Rainier Fest in Ashford headed to Pinnacle Saddle trail. Hiking...
As a quick side trip prior to hitting the Rainier Fest in Ashford headed to Pinnacle Saddle trail. Hiking partner for the day was Woody. Our goal would be Plummer Peak summit on this beautiful day. At trailhead was a large group of 20+ people. We were able to get past them and continue on. First part of trail in shade. We heard some pikas at rockfall but couldn't see them. We passed a few other people and arrived at the saddle. Noted a couple of spur trails to right. One goes down, and my guess is, goes around Plummer Peak and continues to west. Other trail to right goes up to Plummer Peak summit. We passed one couple coming down. Not a hard hike/climb. Trail/path all the way to summit. Only scrambling is over some large tree roots near summit. Summit views were great! Had the summit all to ourselves. We lunched just below summit due to flying ants. Coming down we passed a couple of parties going up to the summit. One couple was from Alabama but out here on work. I was impressed with their ability to pronounce Puyallup but then found out they'd been living there for 6 months. They were Auburn fans, not Crimson Tide. Real nice talking to them - good luck at Madigan. Trip back was uneventful. Will probably try to do Castle Peak next year. My guess is that this is probably the easiest of the Tatoosh Peaks. Have done 3 now, Pinnacle Peak is a harder scramble and Eagle Peak is a longer, more strenuous hike with a scramble at the end. I'll take my time knocking off these peaks. I've heard that many folks do multiple summits in a day. I even read of people who did the whole traverse with summits in a day! No thanks, I'd rather enjoy the trip up. Back in Ashford, Rainier Fest was great!
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I dropped off the family at the cruise terminal in Seattle at 1 pm and was on the trail at...
I dropped off the family at the cruise terminal in Seattle at 1 pm and was on the trail at 4:25 pm. I wanted to start my free time off by grabbing three peaks right off, so tried not to waste any time hitting the trail. The trip to the Pinnacle/Plummer saddle went quick and I was on the summit of Pinnacle in 55 minutes. I hadn’t planned on doing Castle, as all the trip reports I’d read sounded like a rope was nice to have along. However, from the summit of Pinnacle I could see what looked like an easy scramble route, so off I went.
I dropped down to the saddle above the Pinnacle Glacier and followed the scramble route on the NW side to the summit. Yes, indeed, it was a relatively easy scramble route and I was on the summit in no time. It was great to make Castle, especially coming as surprise as it did. From there I made my way to Plummer, where three mountain goats greeted me, including a kid. Though Denman isn’t much of a summit, it does appear on the map, so would make the 4th of the day. The sun was getting lower while on Denman, prompting me to head back to the saddle. I arrived back at the van exactly 4 hours after starting out. After a quick dinner, I headed over toward Chinook Pass on the now quiet, lonely road, where I planned on spending the night before climbing the Chinook Pass area peaks the next day. Stats: Not many miles; 2800 foot gain; 4 hours RT
Plummer peak,Pinnacle Saddle,Pinnacle Peak
— Jun 02, 2002
— The Crank
Day hike
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The road was open from Narada Falls to Reflection Lakes, and further. Had to park parallel, though at trailhead....
The road was open from Narada Falls to Reflection Lakes, and further. Had to park parallel, though at trailhead. Climbed up 7' snow wall on south side of road to walk on snow. Snow all the way to the top. Must use Ice axe, especially towards the top. Snow was in excellent condition for walking. Went up to have lunch at top of Plummer (followed tracks). Went back to saddle and proceeded to Pinnacle Peak. Worked our way up to the top. Upper rocks were bare, but it was a real scramble to the top. Beautiful view, could see outline of Reflection Lakes due to melting at the edge. Did a series of glissades back down. |
Mountain goats cavorting near the Plummer Peak summit. Photo by S.A. Reno.
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