Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

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Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

Post by hotrod »

There appears to be two ways up Mt. Harvard from Little John's Cabin from the Pine Creek Trail---either heading south on the South Pine Creek Trail from the cabin and then cutting west on the saddle, or else Roach's route heading west from the cabin for a mile on the Pine Creek Trail and then south directly to the summit. Of the two choices, which has better trail, which is the least difficult, and which is the shortest? I will consider your answers in making a choice. Thanks.
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Re: Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

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I have the same question does anyone have an answer to this?
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Re: Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

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I was up in that basin this weekend scoping things out and I did not see a trail 1 mile past the cabin per Roach's guide. There was someone camped at about that milemarker so we did not get close to see if there was a creek crossing. We did go over the creek at the South Pine Creek Trail a bit south of the cabin and it definitely looked like a trail going up past the old mine behind the outhouse. Very well defined.
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Re: Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

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Re: Pine Creek Trail to Mt. Harvard

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Thanks much for the info.
I was looking through the trip reports but missed a couple key ones.
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