Freedom Peak Input Needed

[DiscGo]

Have any of you hiked Freedom Peak? I am participating in "On Target" with the BSA, and my troop has been assigned Freedom Peak. I have seen it a million times. In fact I have a pretty good view of it up Rock Canyon from my house, but I have never hiked it. I don't know the best way to get there, how long it should take, how hard it will be, etc.

I found these links:
http://www.summitpost.org/parent/154...edom-peak.html

http://www.mountainzone.com/mountain...sp?fid=3294856

But I was hoping some of you might have some personal experience, to share with me.

[CarpeyBiggs]

yep, it's an easy hike up from the road above rock canyon campground. as soon as the road opens up (usually after memorial day.)

[CarpeyBiggs]

oops, i confused shingle mill and freedom on my last post. after looking at my map, you cut underneath shingle mill and then you have to do some scrambling up a ridge to the summit. not terribly difficult, from what i recall. would be adventurous for the scouts i imagine. good views up there.

[asdf]

Had my waypoints shown up on the embedded map you would of seen this pic from the cascade saddle looking at Freedom.
ANYWAYS ... Last two times I have been up to the Saddle I have eye balled this scramble that I have highlighted in red.... would not be too bad and definitely shorter then hiking the terraces then ridge line over.

[Iceaxe]

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Hey Summit.... I accidently deleted your first post while deleting your double post.... sorry about that, I'm still trying to figure out all the new controls.

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[accadacca]

[asdf]

Hey Summit.... I accidently deleted your first post while deleting your double post.... sorry about that

its all good
re-posting it so beech can tell me what I did wrong.

DiscgoDan... The hike up to Cascade Saddle is not bad at all.. but snow can linger in the Cirque well into summer. This shot of Freedom and Provo Peaks was taken from the Cascade Saddle on the 4th of July 2008


Direct link - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...,0.045447&z=15

[accadacca]

I just typed "freedom peak" and put the map tags around it.

[Sombeech]

re-posting it so beech can tell me what I did wrong.

There is a way we can embed SAVED maps, such as uploading kmz's, certain routes and such... But it would be a separate function from the regular map button, we're trying to figure out how to join the two. So for now, sorry, no saved maps are embeddable. If you guys would like two separate buttons, sure, we could get it going.

[asdf]

There is a way we can embed SAVED maps, such as uploading kmz's, certain routes and such... But it would be a separate function from the regular map button, we're trying to figure out how to join the two. So for now, sorry, no saved maps are embeddable. If you guys would like two separate buttons, sure, we could get it going.

separate works for me

[DiscGo]

I am going to go up there on Friday with my scouts.

Does anyone have the waypoint for where to start?

How long should I expect the hike to take?

Any final bits of advise?

Thanks.

[asdf]

I am sticking with the route marked in red, you will save a few miles of hiking buy adding a few hundred step yards of route finding... but that's me.

See how to embed Google Maps in your posts

Viewing on a mobile device? Click this link to open the map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Provo,+Utah&t=p&msa=0&ll=40.26931,-111.559639&spn=0.019647,0.045447&z=15&msid=116464634257947976353.00048b6429efce7caee62

This photo was taken from the point labeled "photo" on the above map.
I used paint to draw in the routes in the matching colors on the google map.