Snowshoe Giant & Rocky Peak Ridge Loop from 9N
March 2009

818k

556k
Leaving spring behind in Easton
538k
I camp a night
694k
and get to the trailhead early
765k
more light
909k
sunshine
514k
and soon enough to OwlHead Lookout
268k
with it splendid views
882k
no snow on the trail for a bit
1104k
beautiful trailside
875k
I descend trailless to the river crossing the north branch on wet rocks
658k
and the south on an ice bridge
991k
huge lichen
288k
as I ascend toward the Bald-RPR col, I scramble a knob with a view
990k
continue ascending to the trail in the col
962k
a soon a spot with a view: snow melts
669k
and splendid
527k
views
447k
abound
260k
a lookout north
498k
East end of Rocky Peak Ridge beckons
350k
someone did serious postholing
376k
views of Rocky Peak Ridge and Giant
554k
Red tipped goblet lichen
173k
Lake Marie Louise
710k
a view back
685k
delighted to be on Rocky Peak Ridge
297k
spendid views and thunder? (likely was an avalanche)
617k
soon enough climbing Giant
166k
a view east
485k
a lovely summit
184k
the view west
225k
the view north
570k
old man's beard lichen
387k
hey, my crampon sheared off
935k
several lovely miles back
1005k
some without snow
1019k
a pause at High Banks
815k
back to Owlhead Lookout
885k
and lovely ice
827k
and grand pine on the way out

Cumulative Ascent: 6150 feet.

Length 17.2 miles