Sep 20, 2020

State: CA
Distance: 18.4 mi
Gain: 7,000 ft
ROUTE: Map
Peaks: 6

Area:
Toiyabe National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
9,970 ft
630 ft
10,824 ft
284 ft
10,620 ft
420 ft
10,935 ft
2,495 ft
10,772 ft
152 ft
10,820 ft
800 ft
  • Starting up the Noble Canyon trail shortly before sunrise.
  • Creek crossing along the trail.
  • Silver Peak in the distance. The final peak in the loop.
  • Tryon Peak from the trail.
  • Headwaters of Noble Creek.
  • Sunrise on Tryon Peak.
  • Sunrise on Highland Peak.
  • Silver Peak (center) and Highland Peak (right).
  • View south from the PCT. There was a fire burning to the south and unfortunately it got pretty smoky later in the day.
  • Tryon Peak from the PCT.
  • Approaching the volcanic summit of Tryon Peak.
  • Silver Peak (left) and Highland Peak (right) from the summit of Tryon Peak.
  • View southwest to the peaks around Highland Lakes.
  • Heading for Highland Peak. My route went past Noble Lake in the center.
  • On the PCT.
  • Passing below volcanic cliffs on the way to Highland Peak.
  • Highland Peak through the trees.
  • Following a use trail up to Highland Peak.
  • View back to Tryon Peak.
  • Southwest ridge of Highland Peak.
  • Some optional Class 3 scrambling on the way to Highland.
  • Approaching the south summit of Highland Peak (Peak 10824).
  • View back across the Class 3 section.
  • Highland Peak and Silver Peak in the distance.
  • Peak 10620. The last peak in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness that I had yet to visit.
  • View back to Peak 10824 on the approach to Peak 10620.
  • Volcanic towers along the ridge.
  • Peak 10824 (left) and Highland Peak (right) from the summit of Peak 10620. There was a summit register on top with only a few entries.
  • Highland Peak.
  • Peak 10620.
  • Smoke intensifying to the south.
  • Twin summits of Silver Peak.
  • View back to Peak 10620 (left) and Highland Peak (right).
  • Final scramble up to the south summit of Silver Peak.
  • Rocky gully that I descended to complete the loop.
  • North summit of Silver Peak, which is slightly taller than the south summit.
  • Approaching the north summit.
  • View south from the north summit. The smoke was starting to get bad by this point.
  • Starting down the ridge toward the gully.
  • View back up to the ridge.
  • Near the bottom just before starting the bushwhack back to the trail.
  • Small waterfall in the forest.
  • Smoky view back to Silver Peak from near the trailhead.

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