"Peak F"

Route: From Upper Piney via Peak F/G Col
Posted On: 9/3/2023, By: Laxer04
Info: I set up camp at a small pond below Upper Piney Lake. The Upper Piney trail is in really rough shape. Countless downed trees and it's very easy to lose the trail. I climbed the peak via the Peak F - Peak G Col from Upper Piney basin. Steep bushwhack from Piney River to treeline. I couldn't find any sort of a trail. The col is snow fee and just some scree/loose rock here and there. Gorgeous views and a ton of wildflowers below the Col. I went up G first and then over to F. It's pretty straight forward and easily to navigate. Really good rock, solid class 3 scrambling. I dropped left from the top of the col and it was protected, easy class 3 to the summit of F. No snow whatsoever, however there is still a good amount of snow on the east side of the peaks down to Bubble Lakes. 

Route: from E
Posted On: 9/8/2022, By: SnowAlien
Info: Pk F is an awesome unranked peak and there are couple different ways to tackle it, depending on your ambition and energy level. We skirted the first ridge bump to the right (initially trying to stay relatively level, but quickly got into some harder terrain). By dropping down further 20-50 feet, one can traverse on very reasonable grassy ledges. I skirted the next difficulties to the right and went back up to the ridge just below the true summit, but my partner stayed ridge proper. He had to execute an interesting looking downclimb to get back on track. Descent towards G is well cairned and obvious at class 3-4. 

Route: The Spider, actually
Posted On: 7/5/2016, By: Grover
Info: ....uuuummmm, well actually, this a conditions report for The Spider and The Fly, as I have just returned from an outing in the Upper Piney River basin. I realize I am breaking the 1st rule of the Gore Range, which is: You do not talk about the Gore Range. But an update about The Spider is needed - it is such a great peak. I guess I will need to buy beers and pizza at Vendetta's to make amends with hardened Gore guardians like 'gore galore', 'd_baker' and 'jbchalk'. Sorry guys. Reached the summit of The Spider from west side gullies in the upper basin. The trail AFTER the falls at the Lower Piney River (2.8 miles in) is in good shape, but it can be obscure at times. It reminded me of the Ruby Creek Approach for Pigeon Peak - downed trees, sometimes faint and obscure, low branches, no other humans around, etc. There is mud on the trail and several bogs/marshes to deal with all the way up into the upper basin. I highly suggest wearing gaiters. The west gully I used to climb up between The Spider and The Fly does have some snow to deal with. You could avoid it if you really wanted to, but I had microspikes so I used them to make quick work going up. The ridge between The Spider and The Fly is clear of snow.