My favorite view in the Teanaway so far! This was a graduation climb for the compressed scrambling course through the Mountaineers. We were a group of 9 students and 3 instructors. Road is very rough, couldn't imagine getting up there without high clearance. No toilet at the TH. Creek crossing wasn't too bad. Thank you to whoever laid the sturdy logs across it!
We followed the Fourth Creek trail to a beautiful meadow with lots of flowers blooming and a great view of the Enchantments. We left the trail at this point and scrambled up a scree field, eventually getting to larger boulders. There's still a good amount of snow just below the summit, which is nice and clear. There was plenty of room for all of us at the top, along with 2 ticks and lots of ladybugs. Outstanding 360 views of the surrounding peaks!
On the way down, we opted to follow the summit ridge for a while in search of snow to practice self arrest and get some glissades in. We were successful, and what a great way to cool off that was. Lots of post-holing ensued on the descent until we got closer to the meadow. 1 tick hitched a ride on an instructor's clothing but thankfully no one found any embedded. Uneventful hike out. Overall, fantastic day with even better people!
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