Iron Peak

We drove out to the Teanaway to hike up to Iron Peak and had to wait for this flock of turkeys to cross the road.

The Iron Peak trailhead is on FS 9737. The hike was 7 miles round trip with 2,500 ft of gain.

The trail goes up to a saddle in a series of switchbacks. We had views of Esmeralda Peaks here.

There was a little bit of fall color,

a small stream,

lots of lovely trees,

and some interesting rock formations.

















Pano to the east from the saddle by Iron Peak. The Iron Peak trail goes down the other side of the saddle and joins the Beverly Creek Trail. The boot track up to Iron Peak goes off to the right of the saddle. There was some snow patches on the way up above the saddle.

View of Mt Rainier and Mt Adams from the saddle to the southwest.

To the north we could see Mt Daniel.

As we climbed above the saddle we began to see Mount Stuart and some of the peaks in the Enchantments.

ridge heading up to Iron Peak












Pano from along the trail.

Continuing up Iron Peak

summit register on Iron Peak

Mt Rainier and Mt Adams from Iron Peak

clouds moving in between Iron Peak and Mt Rainier











Pano from Iron Peak to the west

Pano from Iron Peak to the north and east

more clouds moving in













Iron Peak in the clouds as we hiked back out