These are two peaks that rise above the Pacific Crest Trail and make good destinations if camping at one of the many lakes in the area. Due to the remoteness of this area, they are climbed much less often than more accessible peaks. Both peaks are half in Mount Rainier National Park and half in the William O. Douglass Wilderness.
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Lakes Divide Peak and Hyas Pishpish
Lakes Divide Peak (320 feet of prominence)
Look for an open slope and just head up. Chances are you will come across game trails that will help. The summit is partly blocked with trees but there are plenty of open spots nearby for views. Just to the north of the summit, the next knob is the corner for three counties, Yakama, Pierce and Lewis Counties.
Lakes Divide Peak: Elevation 6,040 feet
Hyas Pishpish: Elevation 6,406 feet
Access via the PCT between White Pass and Chinook Pass
Hyas Pishpish (486 feet of prominence)
This mountain has a climbers trail from the PCT to the summit. In some places the trail becomes faint and can be lost but the trail is there the majority of the route. It gets steep near the top, bring an ice axe if there is snow. For well over a decade, there have been homemade signs both at the start and end of the trail calling the mountain Humbard Peak.
Hyas Pishpish as you approach on the Pacific Crest Trail going north
Lakes Divide Peak as you approach on the Pacific Crest Trail going north
Climbing up Hyas Pishpish, looking north. Image below is a zoom of tthe peaks.
Peak 6624 and Peak 6400
Craig Mountain
VIew east from Lakes Divide Peak
Looking north from slopes of Hyas Pishpish
Red Rock Creek Valley
Shriner Peak and Double Peak
A tree was on fire on a distant ridgeline
The summit of Hyas Pishpish
South Cascades
Peak 6624
Peak 6400 and Peak 6020
Marker on Hyas Pishpish
View SW