should be made at the Lamoille Ranger Station and from the Indians at Lee, Nevada. A good advance reconnaissance of the approach is advisable. Echo Canyon. After crossing Welch Creek at road end, follow the Echo Canyon trail about two miles to the creek which comes in from the north and east; thence generally along the creek to the saddle east of the Dome; then westerly along the East Ridge to the summit. Class 2. Southwest Ridge. About a half mile after crossing Welch Creek, leave the Echo Canyon trail and take an unmarked trail northeasterly to the ridge between Welch Creek and Echo Canyon. In August, 1968, Bill Clifton followed the ridge nearly to the Dome, then dropped down about 200 feet, passing below the Dome on the South side to a creek or gully leading to the saddle on the East Ridge; thence westerly along the ridge to the Summit Class 2-3. In July, 1970, Bill and a D.P.S. party left the southwest ridge where it narrows at a steep rock at about 9,500 feet and followed a game trail to the right off the ridge. They crossed the drainage from the basin southwest of the Dome at about 10,000 feet, climbed just to the left of a second class buttress with alpine trees, and on up the ridge to the Dome. Class 2. Hennen Canyon*. Two-and-a-half miles west of Lamoille take the paved road due south three miles to where it turns southwest Previous permission is required from the ranch owner to cross the sage-covered cattle land. Walk to the aspen trees along Butterfield Creek and follow along the left bank. The creek ends in alpine country at Griswold Lake. From the east shore of the lake, Jack Grauer's Mazama party ascended scree and ledges to the pass overlooking the west fork of Rabbit Creek, gained the summit ridge, and proceeded left to the summit. Class 3. North Cirque. Turn off the Lamoille Creek Road about three-quarters of a mile northwest of the. Lamoiile Creek crossing at the Lower Lamoille Recreation Area. A road leads southwesterly to the Ruby Dome Ranch near the beginning of the Seitz Canyon trail. This is private property and permission should be obtained at the ranch house. Leave the trail after a couple of miles in favor of the west fork of Rabbit Creek staying on the west side of Peak 10,182. Alvin McLane, Bill Martin and Keith Howard camped near this scenic spot when they made this climb in early July, 1963. It may be necessary to stay on the left side of Rabbit Creek a few hundred yards past the juncture with the west fork in order to find a dry creek crossing. McLane, Martin and Howard

went up the cirque to the west of Ruby Dome and enjoyed a few hundred feet of scrambling in climbing a small nubbin, about 11,000 feet, ascending the Dome from the west. They descended to the saddle on the east and glissaded back to the canyon. Class 3. Gilbert Ridge. In late May, 1968, George Barnes led a Sierra Club group to Ruby Dome from Camp Lamoille. They headed southwest fairly directly to Seitz Lake, crossing the ridge which extends north from Mt. Gilbert. They then climbed to the south ridge of Peak 11,054 and thence to the east ridge of Ruby Dome and to the summit. Class 3. Seitz Canyon. By starting as in the North Cirque route, one can stay on the trail to Seitz Lake and proceed as on the Gilbert Ridge Route. Class 3. LEE PEAK (11,025). We have no information on this Peak. See map and Ruby Dome routes. Consider a Brennon Creek approach and possible climbing west of Lee Peak. MT. SILLIMAN (11,200+). Between Peak 11,330 and Mazama Peak, from which it appears to be a worthy objective. Possible approaches: Seitz Canyon (see Ruby Dome, Gilbert Ridge and Seitz Canyon) or Echo Lake (see Ruby Dome, Echo Canyon). Possibly better: Jack Grauer suggested climbing a number of peaks in this area by use of Right Fork and crossing to Echo Lake north of Peak 10,882. MAZAMA PEAK (11,040+). East Cirque*. Heading for Mt. Gilbert via the Right Fork Trail, we went well beyond Mt. Gilbert before we found a stream crossing to our liking. Since we had come that far, we changed destinations and headed for the peak which lies about midway between Mt. Gilbert and Echo Lake. In the cirque east of our new objective we spotted several mountain goats. At the head of the cirque we left the snow for some Class 3 rock and continued to the base of our peak. The final east face offered two choices of routes. We chose the more direct route rather than the crack to the right standing on a flake, I drove the only piton of the Mazama outing; it protected a Class 5 move up and another one to the left. We were mildly disappointed to find a cairn on the summit. South Side Route. Mazama Peak can be climbed easily (probably Class 2) from Echo Lake which would make a good camp for a number of interesting climbs. (See Ruby Dome, Echo Canyon Route; and Mt. Silliman.) MT. GILBERT (MT. McIGHTERSON) (11,120+). This is the peak, 2-1/2 miles south of Camp Lamoille and west of Right Fork, which

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