Route
Day One
- Gale River Trail to Garfield Ridge Trail - 4.0 miles
- Garfield Ridge Trail to Galehead Hut - 0.6 miles
- Frost Trail from Galehead Hut to Mt. Galehead summit - 0.5 miles
- Frost Trail back to Galehead Hut - 0.5 miles
- Twinway from Galehead Hut to South Twin summit - 0.8 miles
- Twinway back to Galehead Hut - 0.8 miles
- Garfield Ridge Trail from Galehead Hut to Mt. Garfield summit - 3.1 miles
- Garfield Ridge Trail back to Garfield Campsite - 0.4 miles
- Total Day One: 10.7 miles
Day Two
- Garfield Ridge Trail from Garfield Campsite to Mt. Garfield summit - 0.4 miles
- Mt. Garfield Trail from Mt. Garfield summit to Gale River Loop Road - 5.0 miles
- Gale River Loop Road back to the car - 1.6 miles
- Total Day Two: 7.0 miles
Total distance: 17.7 miles
Visualization
Pictures
Full gallery here.
Notes
- This hike corresponded to the Flags on the 48 event
- We summitted Garfield twice, once on Saturday evening and once on Sunday morning. Since Saturday’s summit was a bust, we decided we might as well hit it again Sunday morning since the weather was real clear.