Teanaway Peak/ Gene's Peak (6779 ft.)
You can hike Teanaway Peak via the Beverly Turnpike trail #1391 or via Iron Peak trail to the Turnike trail junction at 5600 ft. The Iron Peak approach is shorter but has more elevation gain. This description is for the Beverly Turnpike approach.
About 3 miles up the Beverly Turnpike trail reach the junction at 5180 ft. Take the left fork to the Turnpike trail junction at 5600 ft. Continue to the right about 0.4 miles to "Turnpike Pass." Here leave the trail and follow the broad east ridge. The slope is moderate and the open forest presents no difficulties. Stay right of a slabby cliff and proceed to a step in the ridge at ca. 6250 ft. Drop off the ridge to the left down a gully full of loose rocks about 70 ft. and regain the ridge on steep loose gravel at about 6350 ft. From there it's a straightforward climb to the summit. Scrambling experience recommended. Great views of the entire Stuart Range. Recent Trip Reports
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Mudholes | Water on trail
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The goal was to do both Teanaway and Bill's but we ran out of time and had to be...
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The goal was to do both Teanaway and Bill's but we ran out of time and had to be back in Seattle in time for friend's birthday party. Got to the trailhead a little before 8 and there were only two cars in the lot. My feeling was that there wouldn't be nearly as many people going up Beverly Creek Trail; most seem to prefer going up Bean Creek. More "me" time for me...and the dogs. Beautiful morning, a little chilly at the trailhead, but warmed up soon as we started hiking. It didn't take long before we reached the Beverly Creek/Fourth Creek junction, and the saddle between Iron and Teanaway was only about half a mile ahead. Funny to see the area without the snow since we did Iron three months prior. Getting up to the peak from saddle required class 3 climbing in a couple of place, totally doable as long as you watch your steps for loose rocks. It just dawned on me that insect repellent was not used during the entire trip and there were barely any bugs around for some reason. Beautiful views on the summit as on any other Teanaway peaks as always. Somehow I misread the route info to Bill's. Instead of leaving the trail at Fourth Creek Pass and head up Bill's east slope, we took the Fourth Creek Trail all the way down (north) to the Ingalls Creek junction. By that time we were running of time and had to save Bill's for another day. We ran into some WTA volunteers on the way back to the car and chatted with them for a bit. They were going to be there for a week working on a trail project, so talk about dedication!
Teanaway Peak/ Gene's Peak (6779 ft.), Iron Peak
— Jul 15, 2011
— mOuNtAiNeEr51
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Wildflowers blooming
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Snow on trail
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Road to the trailhead was pretty, with tons of lupine off to the sides. 3.5 mile trail to Eldorado Pass...
Road to the trailhead was pretty, with tons of lupine off to the sides. 3.5 mile trail to Eldorado Pass is snow-free and nice, with occasional areas of pretty wildflowers along the way: Lupine, columbine, and shooting stars. Apparently this is a horseback riding route, so watch for horse droppings along the way (not too bad, though). Minor snow patch at the pass, no a big deal.
From the pass, I went left (north) up the south ridge of 6779ft. Teanaway Peak. This is a class 3 scramble, so do not attempt if you lack scrambling and navigation experience. Rock is fairly good, but there are some areas of loose, crumbly crap. Also keep an eye out for goat droppings, as the local mountain goat roams these parts. Scramble straight up, and do not go too far off to the left or right. Soon you will see the summit on the ridge ahead. Route is totally snow-free. Great views of Mt. Stuart/Stuart Range, eastern Teanaway Peaks, Ingalls Peak area, Cascade Crest peaks to the west, and on a clearer day, Mt. Rainier to the south. Down-climb the way you came up to get back to the pass. From the pass, I then headed south up the ridge of 6510ft. Iron Peak. There is a snow patch in the beginning but it is no big deal. There is a trail all the way up to the summit. Look for the metal container that holds the summit register left by my fellow Mountaineers while enjoying more great views. One reason why I chose this hike was so I could get an idea of what other surrounding peaks looked like. Hawkins Mountain still has a lot of snow on it. So does Ingalls and Fortune Peak. Bean, Earl, Bills, Navaho, etc. are snow-free for the most part. Day hike
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This circular route brings four Backcourt peaks within easy reach of a day's outing. Justus...
This circular route brings four Backcourt peaks within easy reach of a day's outing. Justus Smitchger, Andy Dewey, and I drove on I-90 to Cle Elum and then east on Highway 970. Shortly after crossing the Teanaway River we turned left onto the Teanaway River road. At the end of the pavement follow the signs for the North Fork Teanaway Road (No. 9737). Take this 3.8 miles until Road 1391 on the right which you will take to road end and trailhead for Beverly Turnpike Trail 1391.
A foot-bridge crosses Beverly Creek and after ~3/4 of a mile we took the Bean Creek trail that brought us to a SW ridge of Earl Peak at 5,200'. From there we followed a climbers path to the summit of Earl Peak some 2 hrs after leaving the car. We layered up in the wind of a cool spring day and rested a bit before jumping off for our next objective, Bean Peak. We dropped off onto Earl's western flank and aimed for the saddle between Bean and Earl. The saddle connects with the eastern ridge of Bean Peak which we were atop as our route to the summit. There is some Class 3 climbing for the last 200 ft of gain on the summit pyramid but the footholds are solid and routefinding did not present any problems. The sky began to spit rain on us while resting on Bean but thankfully the light shower left as quickly as it had appeared. I was less than enthusiastic about the route to Bill's Peak. It involves losing 2,200 ft of elevation to the forested basin of Fourth Creek. From there we upclimbed 200 ft vertical before caching our packs. The snow began in earnest at 5800 ft but was firm enough that our decision to leave the snowshoes at home was sound. Kicking steps brought us to the rocky top and another well-deserved rest while we plotted our route to Gene's Peak. Bill's and Gene's Peaks offer homage to the Prater brothers who were early sojourners to this section of Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Ingalls Peaks are prominent to the northwest of their unofficial namesake peaks. They are the first ascenders of the East Peak of Ingalls accomplishing that in November of 1952. We retraced our route to pick up our packs and continued our traverse at 5,600 ft without losing elevation. This deposited us in a lovely basin east of Gene's Peak at the headwater's of Beverly Creek. From here we again kicked innumerable steps in the snow of an eastern couloir until reaching the NE Ridge of Gene's Peak at 6200 ft. Goatprints in the snow lead us to the summit block and it seems as if the goat preceded our visit to the rocky top. We again rested doing our best to become comfortable lying on sloping rocks. We descended and eventually lost and found the Beverly Creek trail several tims beneath the snow. Where the trail crosses Bean Creek will be a wet one. You will not be able to boulder hop across. Bring booties for this crossing or just splash in as the car is less than a mile away. Distance travelled; 11 miles Elevation gain; 6,350 ft Car-to-car; 11 hrs.
Beverly Turnpike
— Sep 18, 2008
— L**2
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On Thursday, September 18, four old duffers set out on the Beverly
Turnpike Trail No. 1391 to climb...
On Thursday, September 18, four old duffers set out on the Beverly
Turnpike Trail No. 1391 to climb Teanaway Peak (6779 ft.). At the first crossing of Beverly Creek, there is a dead horse in the creek. Signs on either side recommend making noise to scare off possible bears. About 3 miles up the trail reach the junction at ca. 5180 ft. Take the left fork to the Turnpike trail junction at ca. 5600 ft. Continue to the right about 0.4 miles to "Turnpike Pass". Here leave the trail and follow the broad east ridge. The slope is moderate and the open forest presents no difficulties. Stay right of a slabby cliff and proceed to a step in the ridge at ca. 6250 ft. Drop off the ridge to the left down a gully full of loose rocks about 70 ft. and regain the ridge on steep loose gravel at about 6350 ft. From there it's a straightforward climb to the summit. Scrambling experience recommended. Great views of the entire Stuart Range. The summit can also be reached via Iron Peak trail to the Turnike trail junction at 5600 ft. This approach is slightly shorter but there is more total elevation gain. For our route the gain was about 3000 ft. |
Gene's Peak. Photo by Mike Collins.
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