Adam, Dane and I headed east to find some dry weather and we found ourselves driving up the N Fork Teanaway Road and parking at the Iron Peak TH. Dane led our way up at a blistering pace and I chose to go at a slower pace, I was still tired from our recent trip to Bedal.
In 90 minutes we made it to the pass between Iron and Teanaway. We looked at both mountains and decided to head up Teanaway first. This was not an original part of the trip but Adam and I had our helmets and we all wanted to head up.
Dane headed up first with his exposed skull and Adam and I were shortly behind. I tried to follow Dane's route as Adam headed up another one to my left. I lost Dane's route and soon found myself in a spot where I was left asking myself "How the heck did I get into this spot?" Dane happened to be just above me on a decent rest spot and looked down to me and gave me a tip on how to get the rest of the way up safely. Reasons like this are why I don't scramble by myself but rather with people who know me and are more experienced.
Regrouped we took a short break before heading to the last tricky spot before the last bit of ridge to the summit.
A look down from Teanaway Peak.
We headed down the east side of the mountain and after a small boot glissade on a snow patch we were soon back at the pass.
Looking south with Iron Peak on the right.
In 20 minutes we were on the summit of Iron looking back at what we just did on Teanaway.
On the summit of Iron Peak.
Looking back at Teanaway Peak.
Thank you Adam and Dane for a great day with the opportunity for me to learn a bit more and to continue to mold a couple of friendships.
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