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cascadetraveler - Mar 18, 2006 7:25 am - Voted 10/10
summit routes.It is true the south route up diamond peak is the most used. The west ridge(corrigan lake) and the southwest ridge(pioneer gulch)are however the shortest roundtrip access to the summit of diamond peak. Both of these bieng eight miles round trip from there respective traiheads.