Colchuck Peak  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Elevation:  8,705' Lat, Long:  47.4765, -120.8472 Map Page Views:  1,015. Good page?    Administrators:  Peter Franzen, Kristine Hoffman, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Tom Bath on Dec 4, 2009 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 66° | 39° 59° | 37° 66° | 36° 72° | 37° 73° | 39°

Lots of bugs down by Colchuck lake!

Description 

A spectacular granitic peak flanked on the north side with a small glacier above Colchuck Lake. There are numerous routes that run the gamut from a moderate glacier walk up/scramble, to rock and moderate snow and ice.

Getting There 

From Leavenworth Drive up Icicle Road to the Bridge Creek Campground and take a left. Follow the bridge over Icicle Creek and continue to the end of Mountaineer Creek Road (parking pass required). From the trailhead head up the trail for about 2.5 miles to a fork in the trail. Take the left fork (the right side leads to Stuart lake) and cross the bridge over Mountaineer Creek. From here the trail veers right for a hundred yards or so before switchbacking up through the trees to Colchuck Lake. The trail circumnavigates the lake on the right (west) side.

-Approximately 5 miles and 2200ft from TH to lake.

In the winter Mountaineer Creek road is closed adding 3 miles and nearly 1000ft to the approach.

The Classics

Featured Route For Colchuck Peak

Colchuck Glacier 3rd Easy Snow  WA : Leavenworth : ... : Colchuck Peak

From the base of the glacier ascend easy snow on the left (east) lobe of the glacier past the base of Dragontail's Serpentine and Backbone Ridge. The glacier steepens just before the Dragontail-Colchuck Saddle with about 100 ft of 40 degree snow. Scramble 3rd class sandy steps to the summit plateau at about 8,500 ft. Continue west and north to the true summit (8,705 ft) which provides awesome views of Stuart and Dragontail.3,100 feet, grade II is from Colchuck Lake. The route could easily be...[more]   Browse More Classics in WA