NoCo ASC - Optional Scrambling Trip – RMNP - Glacier Gorge TH - Arrowhead via South Ramp

This is an elective scrambling trip for the NoCo Alpine Scrambling Course.  Students must complete three elective scrambling trips in order to graduate and earn the appropriate Badge.

NOTE: Email the leader before registering. Priority is given to CMC ASC students. If you are not a student you will be waitlisted and added to the roster if there is space available prior to the trip. 

Arrowhead is a beautiful rock rampart that towers above Black Lake in RMNP. It is the end of a ridge that runs northeast to McHenry Peak but makes a very worthy goal in itself. From the Glacier Gorge trailhead we’ll hike the trail to Black Lake. From there we will head west off-trail with some moderate scrambling up to the beginning of the South Ramp. The start of the South Ramp has about 100 feet of class 4 scrambling where we’ll set up a fixed line. Then we have about 800 more feet of class 2-3 scrambling to the summit. Descent will be via the Northwest Face (class 3+) to Solitude Lake and back to the Glacier Gorge trail.

Carpool location in Fort Collins. Drive to Glacier Gorge trailhead. Details emailed to participants a few days before the trip. If we are unable to secure timed entry permits, we will need to leave Fort Collins by 3:30 am.