Trip
Hiking – Captain Mountain Trail
This will be a brisk OB trip on the trail ending with a bushwhack summit of Captain Mountain (9869'), USFS Trail #46.
Contacts
- Thu, Sep 21, 2023
- Bobcats Section
- Scrambling, Hiking
- Adults
- Challenging
- Challenging
- Mileage: 14.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,000 ft
- High Point Elevation: 10,643 ft
- Pace: 2.1
- 5 (11 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet at Wooly Mammoth BB across from the Exxon Station at 6:00 am to arrange carpools and equipment. We'll proceed to the Echo Lake campground parking lot and hike from there. There are restrooms at the parking area.
This trip is notoriously difficult for some people because the TH is the high point and the three miles going down from or returning to the TH are a constant, steep, switchbacking slope.
For the leaders, the off-trail portion of the trip summiting Captain Mountain is exploratory. The mountain is about a 200' scramble from a big meadow on its south side to the top.
I will write you a day or two before trip day with weather and route updates.
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Required Equipment
Ten essentials, layered clothing appropriate for the weather, hiking poles if you use them.