Wahpenayo/Chutla/Eagle Peaks
It made for a full day with 11.3 miles and 6600’ of climb, but these 3 peaks are clustered together with access from the Eagle Peak trail so it made sense to get them all in in one day. I departed the Eagle Peak trail according to a description: leave the trail at 5000’ where it joins an open meadow and head east to the saddle between Wahpenayo and Chutla at 5800’”. After summiting Wahpenayo (6231’), I made my way back to the saddle and descended, contouring around until I spotted a possible way to the saddle between Chutla and Eagle. Some steep climbing here and lots of huffing and puffing. After summiting Chutla (6000’) I scrambled back to the end of the maintained trail, the saddle between Eagle and Chutla. Some mild exposed scrambling led to the summit of Eagle (5958’), where I returned to the trail and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon stroll back to my parked vehicle. The blog post for these peaks can be found here.