
Starting up the Columbus Basin dirt road.

Turn off the dirt road and bashwhack up a grassy slope.

It gets steep, but not too bad.

Looking down the grassy slope.

Reached the ridgeline. Lewis Mountain is hidden behind the ridge.

Looking back along the ridgeline as I continue toward Lewis Mountain.


Looking across the basin toward Snowstorm Peak (left) and that ridgeline leading up to it. Columbus Mine far right.

Looking back the way I came.

Lewis Mountain center right. You can see the Columbus Basin Road on the bottom left.

iPhone pano (womp). Babcock/Spiller visible on the far left. Ridgeline I just came up center, Snowstorm Peak far right.

Continuing up to Lewis Mountain.

Some fun Class 3 scrambling to gain the Lewis Mountain summit.

Lewis Mountain false summit ahead.

Lewis Mountain false summit looking back along the ridge.

Continuing to the true Lewis Mountain summit.

Lewis Mountain summit looking back.

Heading down from Lewis Mountain, Snowstorm Peak on the left.

Rocky ridge toward Snowstorm Peak.

Looking back toward Lewis Mountain.



Nearing the saddle of Lewis Mountain and Snowstorm Peak, where a trail appears that I took to get down after summitting Snowstorm.

Looking back toward Lewis Mountain, almost at Snowstorm Peak.

Snowstorm Peak ahead, Cumberland Mountain far right.

Snowstorm Peak summit looking northeast to Cumberland Mountain. You'll probably see people down there at the pass who drove up.

Snowstorm Peak summit looking back toward Lewis Mountain. You can see the dirt road on the right that you take back to complete the loop.

Heading down from the saddle along a social trail.

Looking down the Columbus Basin from the social trail.

Approaching Columbus Mine.

Columbus Mine.

Columbus Mine, looking up toward the saddle I came down from.

Follow the dirt road back.
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