Cone Peak Scramble 14 Feb 2014

Four of us scrambled Cone Peak - the very attractive mountain one sees from the meadows on the way to Iron Mountain via the Cone Peak trail.  I have wanted to get up there ever since I first saw it in 2011.  We approached the mountain by angling up the side to the right.  We only hit one iffy spot on the way up, mostly we found a way around obstacles and were able to avoid slipping or going back.  The view from the top was beautiful - 360 degrees and clear.  The way down was a little trickier because we went lower than we should have to start and ended up in a much more steep area.  Ann got us back on track and we eventually spied the meadow trail and headed for it.  Beautiful day - grateful for God keeping us safe.  :-)
Cone Peak Map

heading up

Iron Mtn in background

yikes steep!

views of the Cascade volcanoes open up

South peak, Echo Mtn and not sure...

Jefferson and Hood

went around this section...too steep

from the top, Iron Mtn and Diamond peak in distance

Washington, the Sisters

Hood and Jeff

not particularly safe - we were too low

out of the worst of it

back to the meadow

Cone Peak!