Les Cornes Rock Climbing

From the clearing/old parking area, duck low and hike through the slide alder tunnel/overgrown road 610. Within ~10 mins, come to a stream bed below a large slab and talus to your left. Two options fork here, both will get you there.

Option A, recommended by Cascade Rock, is to go straight, staying on road 610 until directly across from the prow of Steinbok Peak. Schwack down the stream, cross it, and follow a tongue of old growth forest up into the talus below the peaks.

Option B, which we took, forks down and right and crosses the stream via a good bridge before turning due south down the valley. The slide alder is at times horrendous, but always passable. Signs of alder trimming exist. In a marshy clearing, a fork heads behind you to the right and begins climbing steeply. Supposedly, this can be taken to the talus field, though we didn't follow it. If ignoring that fork like we did, continue straight, and at whatever point you just can't handle the alder anymore, move right uphill and follow your nose through the open forest. If you get lucky, you'll intersect the old growth, allowing for easy travel up into the talus below the peaks.

From the talus field, the orange, chossy ramp that is the original start to Springbok Arete is straight ahead and obvious. Most routes start uphill and to the left. Water and bivy sites are available.

Allow at least four hours from the parking at the major washout at 12.1 miles (see parent group) to the base of Les Cornes. Roughly 2 hours from the old trailhead and clearing.