Some friends and I are planning on the Highland/Silver Peak combo hike this summer. I noticed that your two links in the description aren't working. I was hoping to take a look at the maps, and find a route down Silver Peak that doesn't add too much mileage. What would you say adding Silver Peak to Highland Peak does to distance? Adds 1 1/2 hours maybe? 2 1/2 miles?
Thanks - I fixed the links.
If you do the hike starting from Noble Canyon east of Ebbetts Pass, then Silver is pretty much free. Still not to bad if you're heading back to Ebbetts. It took me 1h20m to got between the two summits. A most enjoyable outing, as I recall.
Thanks. It seems to me though, isn't a safer route, just to swing around the south side of Highland, and back on the PCT to make it back to Ebbett's Pass? Seems like about 13.5 miles rt to bag both summits.
Not sure what you are referring to with "safer". If you do Highland first, the fastest way back from Silver is down the west side, whether you go up Noble Canyon (to the PCT and Ebbetts Pass) or down the canyon to the highway. "Swing around the south side of Highland" - does mean around the east and south sides? If so, that is a much longer route. It's class 2 whether you go down the east or west side of Silver.
Do you have a good sense of where you are going when descending the west side? I assume the objective is to return to the PCT. But wouldn't we back to bushwhack through the forest on the way down?
Very little bushwhacking, if any. The west side has wide open views during the entire descent. Travel through Sierra forests is usually easy - very little undergrowth to whack through, mostly just fallen trees and branches.
hgrapid - Apr 23, 2012 3:18 pm - Hasn't voted
Broken links?Bob,
Some friends and I are planning on the Highland/Silver Peak combo hike this summer. I noticed that your two links in the description aren't working. I was hoping to take a look at the maps, and find a route down Silver Peak that doesn't add too much mileage. What would you say adding Silver Peak to Highland Peak does to distance? Adds 1 1/2 hours maybe? 2 1/2 miles?
Bob Burd - Apr 24, 2012 10:39 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Broken links?Thanks - I fixed the links.
If you do the hike starting from Noble Canyon east of Ebbetts Pass, then Silver is pretty much free. Still not to bad if you're heading back to Ebbetts. It took me 1h20m to got between the two summits. A most enjoyable outing, as I recall.
hgrapid - Apr 25, 2012 11:22 am - Hasn't voted
Thanks BobThanks. It seems to me though, isn't a safer route, just to swing around the south side of Highland, and back on the PCT to make it back to Ebbett's Pass? Seems like about 13.5 miles rt to bag both summits.
Bob Burd - Apr 25, 2012 5:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Thanks BobNot sure what you are referring to with "safer". If you do Highland first, the fastest way back from Silver is down the west side, whether you go up Noble Canyon (to the PCT and Ebbetts Pass) or down the canyon to the highway. "Swing around the south side of Highland" - does mean around the east and south sides? If so, that is a much longer route. It's class 2 whether you go down the east or west side of Silver.
hgrapid - Apr 25, 2012 11:48 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Thanks BobDo you have a good sense of where you are going when descending the west side? I assume the objective is to return to the PCT. But wouldn't we back to bushwhack through the forest on the way down?
Bob Burd - Apr 26, 2012 2:24 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Thanks BobVery little bushwhacking, if any. The west side has wide open views during the entire descent. Travel through Sierra forests is usually easy - very little undergrowth to whack through, mostly just fallen trees and branches.