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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: July 6, 2001
- Miles Hiked: 10.5
- Elevation Gain: 3,301'
- Hiking Partner(s): Chuck
Bauman
- Description:
- Since Becky and I had decided to leave Northern Idaho,
Chuck decided to come up and visit for possibly one last weekend of
hiking in the Selkirks. We decided to hike to Mount Roothaan as a warm
up for an overnighter that was planned for the following day. We were
also able to get a very close up view of Chimney Rock, and reach the
crest of the Selkirks in order to look into the Pack River area and
Priest Lake area.
- We used the east route trail to access Mount Roothaan
up the Pack River Road. The first mile and a half we were on an old
logging road which was fairly easy hiking. After this, we came to the
fork in the trail were I took the wrong turn in 1998. The trail climbed
steadily from here through trees until we reached the base of Chimney
Rock. We spent some time boulder hopping off trail and exposing
ourselves to some class 3 scrambling in order to reach a knife ridge
between Chimney Rock and Mount Roothaan.
- We had lunch here while enjoying the views of Priest
Lake and the surrounding mountains. After eating our vittles, we
scrambled to the top of Roothaan where we took a few photos and then
decided to return to our packs. We returned to the trailhead, and as you
will see, we should have saved this hike for the next day rather than
using it as the "warm up".
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