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Stony Pass Peak – 13,172

RT Length: 1.5 miles

Elevation Gain: 618’

I had just gotten back from summiting PT 13076, and I wasn’t feeling it today.  I was tired and achy and sore, and just wanted to rest.  I had some lunch, and about 2 hours later decided to do some scouting on Stony Pass Peak, to figure out how I wanted to summit it the next day.  Well, suddenly I had a burst of energy, because instead of scouting it, I just summited the peak.

I could see Stony Pass Peak from my parking spot at Stony Pass. 

I headed towards Stoney Pass Peak around 2pm.  This is the overall route I took to get to the summit.

First, I headed southwest on the tundra towards the ridge

The terrain became rocky, but there were various social trails in the area, making navigation easy. I just kept heading southwest and up, following the social trails to the summit.  There was talus, and it became rocky, but this was all class 2.

I summited Stony Pass Peak at 2:35am

Stony Pass Peak:

From the summit I could see the road and my truck parked below.

I made my way back down towards the road.

Then followed the road to my truck

I made it back to my truck at 3pm, making this a 1.5 mile hike with 618’ of elevation gain in 45 minutes.