NoCo ASC - Optional Scrambling Trip – RMNP Glacier Gorge TH - Pagoda Mountain

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: 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.

Pagoda Mountain lies at the southern end of Glacier Gorge in the Rocky Mountain National Park. The summit provides spectacular views back down Glacier Gorge, Longs Peak, Mount Meeker, Chiefs Head Peak, and into the Wild Basin area of the park.

We'll start from the Glacier Gorge trailhead and hike on trail to the upper shelf of the gorge above Black Lake, towards the gulley between Pagoda Mountain and Keyboard of the Winds. The route up the gulley is off trail, steep, with a lot of loose rock. There are some moderate class 3 moves near the top. From the top of the gulley follow the ridge (class 2) to the summit. We'll return the same way.

Meeting time and place details will be emailed to participants.

Note that this trip requires an early start. We'll need to be in the RMNP before 5AM, and will leave Fort Collins no later than 3:30AM.