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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: August 8, 1998
- Miles Hiked: 5.0
- Elevation Gain: 1,070'
- Hiking Partner(s): Lane Berendt, Vicki
Jackson, Payton
- Description:
- By reading the narrative from Chimney
Rock (East Route), you know that my transportation needed an upgrade.
Fortunately, I accomplished this by convincing my wife that my Honda CRX was
useless with a baby on the way. So, I
sold my car and got myself a 1991 Isuzu Trooper II. I know it isn't a Nissan
Xterra or Land Rover, but it gets the job done.
- The new vehicle came just in time
too. I convinced two of my coworkers to go on this hike with me, and I
needed the room. The Chimney Rock (West Route) trailhead begins from the
Priest Lake area as I mentioned earlier. The road gets extremely rough
towards the last mile before the trailhead, so anyone wanting to hike this trail should have a high clearance vehicle.
- The trail is well maintained and gains
elevation gradually until you climb the west ridge of Mount Roothann where Chimney Rock will be in
sight. From here, the trail plunges steeply to the bottom of a
cirque. One must basically scramble through the talus to reach the base of
Chimney Rock. The three of us decided to stay
at the saddle and have something to eat before simply returning to the Trooper.
- Maps:
- From the lookout at 6,091', you
simply follow Horton Ridge to Chimney Rock.
- Click here to view a 2D map of
the area where this hike is located.
- Photographs:
- Vicki,
and Lane on the trail to Chimney Rock.
- Chimney
Rock from the saddle I explain in my description.
- This
is another shot of Chimney Rock and the cirque below
it. I am starting to get technical, notice how this is portrait versus
landscape.
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