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Decided to finally hike Eagle Peak after looking at it from Highway 50 for years and doing the Cottonwood Peak to Lakes Peak ridge at the end of August. Thanks to Mtnman200 for his 8/6/2022 trip report regarding the trail that is accessible from the southeast corner of Rainbow Lake. My main reason for filing this mini report is to attach the GPX Track of the trail from Rainbow Lake to the upper tundra of Eagle Peak. From the Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp, which can be reached via County Road 198 (Billy Humble Road), off of Highway 69 near Hillside, it is a 7 mile hike to the summit of Eagle Peak using FS-198. As Mtnman200 noted in his report, the road becomes a high clearance 4WD road after the Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp. Overall, it is a 14 mile hike up and down from the Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp.
Eagle Peak from FS-198 with a view of the upper, easy class 2 ridge and summit on the left.Eagle Peak from FS-198.
The start of the approximately 0.8 mile trail from the southeast corner of Rainbow lake to the tundra ridge of Eagle Peak. Note the large rock just left of center in the trees. The trail has some short steep and somewhat eroded sections, but leads you right to the open tundra with minimal obstacles.
On the tundra ridge of Eagle Peak looking back towards the trees with Rainbow Lake to the left.
Looking up the tundra toward the upper talus portion of Eagle Peak. A leisurely hike along a wide tundra ridge that allows you to pick your line to the upper talus of Eagle Peak.
Looking down from the talus portion of Eagle Peak to the tundra ridge and Rainbow Lake.
Looking down from the talus portion of Eagle Peak to the tundra ridge.
From the summit of Eagle Peak looking back on the easy class 2 ridge of Eagle Peak and the visible ridge trail. Note Wulsten Baldy is visible to the left and the tundra ridge of Eagle Peak is on the right.
From the Eagle Peak summit looking along the ridge to Thirsty Peak.
From the summit of Eagle Peak viewing Thirsty, PT13123, Cottonwood Peak, and a portion of the Cloverdale Basin.
My GPS Tracks on Google Maps (made from a .GPX file upload):
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