Crow Peak, Chugach State Park, August 28th, 2011
5953 feet, 5 hrs roundtrip from the Crow Pass trailhead
On August 28th I climbed Crow Peak via the Crow glacier and the Crow Peak South ridge. The hike and scramble included all the ingredients necessary for a great hike and scramble: a nice trail approach, some tundra, moraine and scree hiking, glacier and snow travel, and a non-technical but challenging summit ridge requiring a bit of route finding.
View of the new forest service cabin at Crow Pass (3500 ft elevation) next to Crystal Lake.
Crystal Lake at Crow pass with Crow Peak in the background.
Eastern view from the tow of the Crow Glacier with Goat Mnt (right) and Raven Peak (left) in the background.
The intimidating Northwest face of Magpie Peak as seen from the pass between Magpie and Crow peaks.
Crystal Lake and Crow Pass seen from the start of the summit ridge. The summit ridge started from the pass between Magpie and Crow peaks at about 5100 ft.
Looking up the summit ridge from the beginning of the ridge.
The summit ridge comprised several sections like this where a traverse seemed easier.
The upper scree gully leading to the Crow Peak summit. Not difficult, just very loose scree.
Northern panorama from Crow Peak. Along the left bottom is Clear glacier. From left to right are Camp Robber, Gray Jay, Delgga and Paradise peaks that I climbed earlier in the summer. In the center is the Eagle River valley drainage. On the right hand side are the Raven glacier, Raven Peak and Goat Mnt, and Crow pass with Crystal lake.
Summit portrait.
Self portrait on the Crow glacier.
North & Eastward panorama looking down the Crow Glacier. Crow peak on the left.
1 comment:
Thanks for the info! I've been thinking of climbing Crow Peak this summer. Now it is definitely on my list.
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