A hike with friends

I haven't been on a good hike in quite a while and I was getting restless. I called Adam and Dane and we headed out to Putrid Pete's Peak off I-90. The trail is not maintained but does get quite a bit of use. Most refer to it as a boot path. The route was snow free and straight forward. We made it to the summit in good time and safely.



From there we traversed the ridge connecting to Mt Defiance to our east.



WE encountered a bit of snow but managed quite well and didn't fall at all. The last bit of the ridge was a bit tricky and through some thick trees but we were soon rewarded with the open summit and more views to gaze our eyes upon, complete with thawing lakes far below.





We headed down after about 30 minutes on the summit and had a somewhat tricky descent through some snow in the trees. We made it down to the main trail safely and headed down to Mason Lake which sits below Bandera Peak.



I don't know the stats for this trip, but it was long but a lot of fun with close to 4000' of elevation gain I believe.