I’ve done this route before back in 2007, although this time we started a bit further north. We parked at the road’s end, at the east end of Breitenbush Mountain. From there thrashed our way along the ridge till we found a good place to drop down to the Bench of The Lakes. We ended up touching 8-lakes, two of which clothes were definitely not required (Slideout and Bear). After cooling off in Bear Lake we headed up to the summit of Dinah-Mo Peak. The new summit register is packed with all sorts of interesting reading material…including the small piece of paper I signed back in 2005. After a long break on Dinah-Mo we headed back down, then up to Adventure Ridge…taking the ridge to Bear Point. Between the heat and the cross country thrash down below, we were zapped! From Bear Point we took the NW ridge back to the car. This was a fun tour of a very remote secluded place. Dinah-Mo Peak has some incredible views…
Another fun adventure with Deb…Keep em comin!
First shot of Mount Jefferson from the car…
On the ridge, looking down at the Bench of The Lakes…
Park Ridge, Dinah-Mo, and the tip of Jefferson in the distance…
Sedum for Ada…
First lake out of 8-lakes we visited today…
Slideout Lake…first of two swimmers…
Swindle Lake…
Bear Lake…the largest one….and a great swim! Dinah-Mo Peak and Adventure Ridge in the distance…
Bear Lake on our way up to the summit of Dinah-Mo Peak…
An exploded view of the summit register on top of Dinah-Mo Peak…
A view down at the Bench of The Lakes…you can see Bear Lake, Slideout, and Mildred Lake. All the other lakes are hidden by the trees…
The NW end of Adventure Ridge including Bear Point and the Bench of The Lakes below…
Park Ridge and Mount Jefferson…and the SFNF Breitenbush watershed…
Drainages that also serve the SFNF Breitenbush River…
Dinah-Mo Peak from Adventure Ridge…
Mount Jefferson from Bear Point…
Olallie Butte, Rudy Hill, Pyramid Butte, Dinah-Mo Peak, and Park Ridge…
Walking through the burned section of the ridge back to the car…This burn was from 2017…
Last look at Mount Jefferson and the ridge we took back from Bear Point…
Today’s cross-country route…
Whew, long day! That is beautiful country.
SUCH a long day…very hot too. Next time we’ll bring a water filter. The ridge from Bear Point back to the car was such a long hot slog…
I agree, beautiful area…