Report Type | Full |
Peak(s) |
Beattie Peak - 13,351 feet Unnamed 13302 - 13,302 feet |
Date Posted | 10/23/2023 |
Date Climbed | 10/21/2023 |
Author | WildWanderer |
From Bandora Mine |
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Beattie Peak – 13,351 and PT 13,302 ![]() RT Length: 6.87 miles Elevation Gain: 2945’ I made it to the Bandora Mine the day before, and spent the day scouting potential routes. ![]() In the evening I did a little catch and release fishing, the beavers came out of their lodges, and I saw one tail flip a coyote who got too close. Beaver and Coyote: Then a bull moose came strolling around, and I went to bed. I was on the trail at 6:30am the next morning. I took the trail to Lake Hope, which started just to the south of the parking area. ![]() I took this class 1 trail southwest for about .8 miles. ![]() At around 11160’ of elevation I left the trail, and turned right. If you get to the Big Three Mine you’ve gone too far. I placed a cairn here, and headed north. ![]() I bushwhacked north up the mountainside to treeline ![]() ![]() I was headed here, which included some willow navigation. I found if I stayed high I could follow game trails. ![]() ![]() Once I could see this ridge I turned left and headed northeast to a basin ![]() I kept heading northeast, as the tundra changed over to talus ![]() ![]() Now in the upper basin, I aimed for the Beattie/Fuller Saddle. ![]() I stayed to the left of the snow, and found the talus was surprisingly stable. ![]() Once at the saddle, I turned left and followed the class 2 ridge to Beattie Peak ![]() ![]() ![]() I summited Beattie Peak at 8:45am ![]() Beattie Peak: I could see PT 13302 to the southwest. ![]() Now is a good time to put your helmet on. This is a class 3 ridge, but starts out as class 2. This is the overall route I took to get there, taking the ridge to a gully. ![]() The initial descent of the ridge is class 2 ![]() But quickly becomes narrow, sustained class 3 with exposure. The ridge proper goes at class 3, but twice I dipped down to the left to avoid the exposure involved. Here are some pictures of the ridge ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was now at the base of the gully. Microspikes helped here. ![]() This is the route I took ![]() And some pictures of the gully ![]() At the top of the gully I went right ![]() And then I could see the final approach to the summit ![]() This is the overall route I took to the summit ![]() ![]() There were two summit cairns, each about 15 feet apart. They looked to be of equal height. ![]() I summited PT 13302 at 10am ![]() PT 13302: I know the traditional way to descend from PT 13302 is to head southwest and down to the V9/PT 13302 saddle, but I’d been there the day before, and did not want to descend that way. Instead, I headed southwest towards a small saddle, then turned left and scree-surfed south. ![]() This route brought me back to the Lake Hope Trail. ![]() ![]() Here’s looking up at the route I scree-surfed down ![]() Back on the Lake Hope trail, I followed it east back to Bandora Mine ![]() ![]() ![]() I made it back to Bandora Mine at 11:45am, making this a 6.87 mile hike with 2945’ of elevation gain in 5 hours, 15 minutes. ![]() On to the next trailhead! |
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