From the Silver Creek trailhead, hike northeast up a hill and into the forest -
1. Near 11,100', leave the trees and continue on the trail as it parallels Silver Creek on your right. After about 1.5 miles and near 11,300', the trail gets close to the creek
. Continue northeast along Silver Creek and pass several areas where red rock has piled up on the left side of the creek -
2. Near 12,000' the terrain begins to open up to the east -
3. Continue on the trail as it swings right (southeast) and enters the basin northeast of Redcloud -
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This area usually holds snow in early summer. To this point, you've hiked approximately 3 miles and gained 2,000 feet of elevation -
5. Continue south toward the saddle between Point 13,561' (left) and Redcloud (
6) and zigzag up an easy slope to reach the 13,000-foot saddle
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7. Turn right (west) to see the remaining route up Redcloud's northeast ridge -
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9. Follow the trail as it swings right before regaining the ridge crest, at a higher point -
10. Near the top of the ridge, pass over a false summit (
11) to reach 13,900', below the final pitch -
12. Follow the remaining trail up to the summit
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