Here are a series of photos related to climbing Utah's Sundial Peak, which is located in the Twin Peaks Wilderness Area of the Wasatch National Forest. The peak is located between BCC and LCC in a basin containing three mountain lakes: Lakes Blanche, Florence, and Lillian. After parking roadside at the s-curves in BCC, I headed up the Mill B South Fork trail. In about 1.5 miles or approximately halfway to Lake Blanche, Sundial Peak first makes its presence known.
Now only a few minutes hike from the shoreline of Lake Blanche.
Sundial Peak as seen from Lake Blanche.
What's a hike/climb in BCC without running across some seemingly ever-present moose.
Once one leaves the lakes, it's all off-trail hiking/climbing with plenty of route finding involved. The objective is to scramble up to or near the low point in the ridge line, then begin ascending the abrasive, knife-edge ridge full of rotting rock to the summit. Alternatively, one can climb most of the way to the summit as a technical four-pitch climb, then scramble the remaining distance.
Lake Blanche on the right, Lake Lillian on the left, Lake Florence blocked from view by a lower part of the mountain, as seen from the summit. Directly above Lake Blanche is the drainage I hiked up from the BCC road to begin this adventure.
Wildcat Ridge from the summit of Sundial Peak. One of the summits of Mt. Olympus is the high point on the far left hand side of the photo.
The two highest points in this photo comprise Monte Cristo. Mt. Superior is the cone-shaped peak in the background.
Kessler Peak is featured in the center of this photo. The deadly avalanche path known as God's Lawnmower is located on the opposite side of Kessler.
Dromedary Peak and East Broad's Fork Twin Peak from the summit of Sundial Peak.
Looking down to the low point of part of the ridge one must ascend and descend when visiting the summit of Sundial Peak.