Hagues Peak Trip Report 08/09/2014

Peak(s):	Hagues Peak - 13,565 feet Mummy Mountain - 13,420 feet
Date Posted:	08/09/2014
Modified:	12/01/2019
Date Climbed:	08/09/2014
Author:	Brian Thomas
Additional Members:	vonmackle, rghorne

Down In The Park
Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park photo credit: Cameron I did this same route in July 2012 and enjoyed it very much, and as I am always up for repeats of trips I like, decided to come back for it again this year. Ryan joined me for the pack in on Friday afternoon, and Cameron packed in later and met us at camp after dark. The pics for this TR are not in chronological order, but should give what I think is a good overview of the trip. Ryan and I left the Lawn Lake trailhead at about 1:30 and took our time packing in to the Tileston Meadows campsite, approximately 6.5 miles from the trailhead. Mummy Mtn as seen from the Lawn Lake trail, just before the Black Mountain trail junction, photo credit: Ryan flood damage and erosion along the Lawn Lake trail, photo credit: Cameron here looking back along the trail toward Longs Peak, photo credit: Cameron life is fragile, photo credit: Cameron and beautiful, photo credit: Cameron Arriving at our campsite at Tileston Meadows, we were attacked by swarms of mosquitoes and hurried to set up our tents before heading off for a bonus 11er twilight summit of Mt Tileston. It was a short and sweet bushwhack to the hikers' right / west of Potts Puddle and up the gentle slopes to the summit. Ryan on the summit of Tileston, with one of the next day's objectives beyond We hiked back to camp just before dark to chill out in our tents and wait for the temperature to drop enough to ward off the mosquitoes, then made dinner as Cameron made it into camp at about 9:00. Saturday morning we were on the trail just after 6:00. Retracing our approach on the Black Mountain trail, we regained and lost some elevation to the Lawn Lake trail junction, close to where the next pic was taken. photo credit: Cameron photo credit: Ryan photo credit: Cameron looking back toward Lawn Lake, photo credit: Ryan turn right here for the Fairchild / Hagues saddle photo credit: Cameron Fairchild Mtn, photo credit: Ryan a closer look at the trail to the saddle, photo credit: Cameron from the broad saddle, the initial approach to Hagues is a grass / talus walkup, photo credit: Cameron looking back at Lawn Lake again, photo credit: Cameron The talus gradually steepens up into class 3 terrain without a defined trail. We aimed to the right of the pinnacles in pic #16 for the most fun part of the day. all smiles 100 feet below Hagues' summit Ryan close to topping out, photo credit: Cameron summit pano from the 4th highest peak in the Park, photo credit: Ryan looking west toward the Never Summers, photo credit: Cameron Crystal Lakes and Fairchild, photo credit: Ryan after a quick break and signing the summit register, onward to Mummy Mtn, photo credit: Cameron looking north toward Rowe Glacier, photo credit: Cameron approaching the Hagues / Mummy saddle, photo credit: Cameron photo credit: Ryan Mummy Mtn is a talus walkup from the saddle, but is the 8th highest peak in the Park. I didn't get the summit in 2012 because thunder and lightning make me paranoid, so it was good to get back and complete all of the peaks in this cirque. We didn't stay on the summit long as the weather was changing. Instead of dropping back to the Hagues / Mummy saddle and down to Lawn Lake, we continued southeast from the summit of Mummy and dropped into the drainage just north of our campsite on the map below, making for a very nice loop. Cameron was happy that our descent was more grass than talus. photo credit: Cameron photo credit: Cameron in the descent drainage, aiming toward Potts Puddle and Mt Tileston We made it back to camp in just under 7-1/2 hours where the mosquitoes were hungrily waiting for us, then packed up and packed out. Total estimated mileage for the trip about 20 miles and 5,000 or so of net gain, none of us were carrying a GPS. This is a long pack in but it is a remote and beautiful part of the Park, and one I'll be sure to visit again. Thanks to Ryan and Cameron for making the trip, and thanks for reading... Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Down In The Park

Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park

I did this same route in July 2012 and enjoyed it very much, and as I am always up for repeats of trips I like, decided to come back for it again this year. Ryan joined me for the pack in on Friday afternoon, and Cameron packed in later and met us at camp after dark. The pics for this TR are not in chronological order, but should give what I think is a good overview of the trip. Ryan and I left the Lawn Lake trailhead at about 1:30 and took our time packing in to the Tileston Meadows campsite, approximately 6.5 miles from the trailhead.

Mummy Mtn as seen from the Lawn Lake trail, just before the Black Mountain trail junction, photo credit: Ryan

flood damage and erosion along the Lawn Lake trail, photo credit: Cameron

here looking back along the trail toward Longs Peak, photo credit: Cameron

Arriving at our campsite at Tileston Meadows, we were attacked by swarms of mosquitoes and hurried to set up our tents before heading off for a bonus 11er twilight summit of Mt Tileston. It was a short and sweet bushwhack to the hikers' right / west of Potts Puddle and up the gentle slopes to the summit.

Ryan on the summit of Tileston, with one of the next day's objectives beyond

We hiked back to camp just before dark to chill out in our tents and wait for the temperature to drop enough to ward off the mosquitoes, then made dinner as Cameron made it into camp at about 9:00. Saturday morning we were on the trail just after 6:00. Retracing our approach on the Black Mountain trail, we regained and lost some elevation to the Lawn Lake trail junction, close to where the next pic was taken.

looking back toward Lawn Lake, photo credit: Ryan

turn right here for the Fairchild / Hagues saddle

a closer look at the trail to the saddle, photo credit: Cameron

from the broad saddle, the initial approach to Hagues is a grass / talus walkup, photo credit: Cameron

looking back at Lawn Lake again, photo credit: Cameron

The talus gradually steepens up into class 3 terrain without a defined trail. We aimed to the right of the pinnacles in pic #16 for the most fun part of the day.

all smiles 100 feet below Hagues' summit

Ryan close to topping out, photo credit: Cameron

summit pano from the 4th highest peak in the Park, photo credit: Ryan

looking west toward the Never Summers, photo credit: Cameron

Crystal Lakes and Fairchild, photo credit: Ryan

after a quick break and signing the summit register, onward to Mummy Mtn, photo credit: Cameron

looking north toward Rowe Glacier, photo credit: Cameron

approaching the Hagues / Mummy saddle, photo credit: Cameron

Mummy Mtn is a talus walkup from the saddle, but is the 8th highest peak in the Park. I didn't get the summit in 2012 because thunder and lightning make me paranoid, so it was good to get back and complete all of the peaks in this cirque. We didn't stay on the summit long as the weather was changing. Instead of dropping back to the Hagues / Mummy saddle and down to Lawn Lake, we continued southeast from the summit of Mummy and dropped into the drainage just north of our campsite on the map below, making for a very nice loop. Cameron was happy that our descent was more grass than talus.

in the descent drainage, aiming toward Potts Puddle and Mt Tileston

We made it back to camp in just under 7-1/2 hours where the mosquitoes were hungrily waiting for us, then packed up and packed out. Total estimated mileage for the trip about 20 miles and 5,000 or so of net gain, none of us were carrying a GPS. This is a long pack in but it is a remote and beautiful part of the Park, and one I'll be sure to visit again.

Thanks to Ryan and Cameron for making the trip, and thanks for reading...

Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Comments or Questions

12ersRule	Nice report! 8/13/2014 2:34pm Time to hit the Rowes/Gibraltar, and other interesting stuff from the north!
SurfNTurf	I don't understand 8/13/2014 2:47pm Where are the 14ers?
Jay521	Beautiful 8/13/2014 2:59pm Can't say much more than that...
vonmackle	Great Trip. 8/13/2014 3:56pm Brian-Thanks for making the necessary arrangements so I could meet you guys up there. Your customer service skills are top notch. Ryan- it was great meeting you. Got the bug yet?
JosephG	Really nice. 8/14/2014 2:25am Really nice pics and write-up, Brian. Looks like a pleasant and engaging hike!
DanR	An 11er? What's that?! 8/15/2014 1:17pm I mean, don't tell people. 13ers are getting too crowded these days. Really though, great report of a wonderful part of the Park. Looks like you guys had some neat lighting; some of those pictures do indeed highlight some must-explore areas.

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