Thanks to some tips from Sunvalley and with a little checking on my own I was able to come up with a great place to take the family backpacking over the 4th.

We packed in to a sweet little lake that hadn't seen a lot of traffic this season and I decided that the peak was one the whole family could do. Little did I know just how tough our little 9 year old had gotten. She did almost 3/4 mile vertical -one way- in an afternoon.

We had the lake all to ourselves for the weekend except for elk, coyotes and a few birds and squirrels. We were watching the coyotes howl and bark to each other from about 60 feet away and they never even knew we were there because we were down wind.

The peak is right above Miranda's head


Did I mention how steep it was?


A very narrow ridge on the way up


The view from the top


The whole gang at the top