Iron Peak

We drove out to the Teanaways to the Iron Peak Trailhead (outside of the fire closure area) to hike up to Iron Peak on a beautiful day. We stopped short of the summit, where we had glorious views and avoided the last partly sketchy exposed trail to the top. Our stats 6.5 miles round trip with 2.450 ft of gain. We saw a few wildflowers in bloom and only four other hikers on this trail today. On our drive to the trailhead, a flock of turkeys crossed the road where we also had a lovely view of Mount Stuart

The trail up to El Dorado Pass is mostly forested with some views along the way, here we saw Esmeralda and Fortune Peaks

View of Teanaway Peak above the trees

Views on El Dorado Pass to the east

to the southeast Iron Peak

To the southwest with a distant Mt Rainier and Mt Adams also zooms of Rainier and a hazy Adams

to the northwest a distant Mt Daniel

Heading up Iron Peak and looking back down at El Dorado Pass, Teanaway Peak and partial view of Mount Stuart

Views up on Iron Peak with some close in shots

some of the wildflowrs and fall color we saw along the trail today

a reminder on the trail that we love hiking

Iron Peak

We drove out along the North Fork Teanaway Road to the Iron Peak Trailhead. Along the way we had to wait for a buck to slowly cross the road. We hiked 6.5 miles round trip with about 2,450 ft of gain. We only saw 3 other hikers on the trail.

View of Esmeralda Peaks from the trailhead.

The trail gains steady elevation on the way to El Dorado Pass. View of Kopek Mountain across the road to the west.

There was lots of hoar frost on the lower part of the trail. 

View of Esmeralda Peaks and South Ingalls Peak to the north.

There was snow on the trail starting at 5,000 ft.

View of a distant Mt Rainier to the west

zoom of Mt Rainier

View of Teanaway Peak as we neared El Dorado Pass

We took a short break at El Dorado Pass, view to the east

Then there was a steep ascent heading up to Iron Peak with deeper snow, there was only one hiker in front of us.

View to the northwest as we continued up

zoom of some of the peaks the distance from further up the trail

Up on the ridge near the top of Iron Peak, Mount Stuart to the right.

Wide angle view to the north:

Distant views of Mt Rainier and Mt Adams to the southwest

We stopped about 0.25 mile from the official top of Iron Peak, I was not comfortable with the exposure in the snow.

Small cloud above Mount Stuart on this gorgeous day.

Another view

Near where we turned around on Iron Peak today.

View looking down towards El Dorado Pass and Teanaway Peak on the other side as we hiked down the trail. Glad we now had a broken in trail to follow.

 

Iron Peak

We drove out to the Teanawys today to hike up to Iron Peak, 7 miles round trip with 2,500 ft gain. Good air quality today, great views and only one other hiker on the trail. There were a few asters in bloom near the trailhead.

This trail has a nice steady climb up to Eldorado Pass, views along the trail.

Looking up at Teanaway Peak from Eldorado Pass.

View to the east from Eldorado Pass

View to Iron Peak from Eldorado Pass

As we continued to hike up we began to see some Enchantment Peaks to the north.

Improving views as we continue up from Eldorado Pass

And the views got better and better.

zoom to the northwest of Mt Daniel

Pano to the north from Iron Peak:

Pano to the south from Iron Peak: