Mt. Arkansas Trip Report 07/01/2018

Report Type	External
Peak(s)	Mt. Arkansas - 13,804 feet
Date Posted	07/01/2018
Date Climbed	07/01/2018
Author	alexhenes
Additional Members	kristihen

Arkansas - Scrambling on the North Ridge
Our hike started from the parking area on the south side of Fremont Pass. There wasn't much signage and I didn't see a trailhead sign. From the parking area we hiked up through the trees (avoiding patches of willows) until we reached a huge alpine meadow (about a mile in). This is where the beginning of Arkansas's north ridge came into view. We gained the ridge at it's lowest point and followed it to the summit. There was plenty of fun class 3 scrambling along the way. Our round trip was 5.2 miles and 2860 vertical. For a full account of the trip and more images check out Mount Arkansas on Merely a Flesh Wound Kristi on the ridge. The Climax Molybdenum Mine below Alex on the Ridge A little scrambling More scrambling on the way back GPS Track(s) on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload): View Map Download GPX File Download KML File Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Arkansas - Scrambling on the North Ridge

Our hike started from the parking area on the south side of Fremont Pass. There wasn't much signage and I didn't see a trailhead sign. From the parking area we hiked up through the trees (avoiding patches of willows) until we reached a huge alpine meadow (about a mile in). This is where the beginning of Arkansas's north ridge came into view. We gained the ridge at it's lowest point and followed it to the summit. There was plenty of fun class 3 scrambling along the way. Our round trip was 5.2 miles and 2860 vertical.

For a full account of the trip and more images check out Mount Arkansas on Merely a Flesh Wound

18690_06 — Kristi on the ridge. The Climax Molybdenum Mine below

18690_05 — More scrambling on the way back

GPS Track(s) on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload):

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Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

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