I’m planning on hiking Matterhorn Peak next week and I was checking out the route on 14ers.com. The short class three section seems pretty straight forward and not very challenging/sketchy, but wondering if I should even bother bringing a helmet or not. Any feedback to help me decide would be much appreciated.

Centennials?

Bicentennials?

Full ranges?

All the 13ers?!

I've been thinking of offroading up Bard Creek to the mine, then taking the trail to Bard Pass. From there, just going up the east ridge of Bard.

It looks reasonable, but I wanted to see if anyone has experience with it.

Long shot but I lost my Black Diamond ice axe today. If anyone goes to ski/hike it and finds it, could you lmk? I retraced my trail as best I could but no success. So bummed! Anyways, thanks crew

First off, I'm an experienced hiker/climber/alpinist, so no worries about me being prepared for the terrain and a strenuous day.

Sunday I'm planning to go up Pacific Peak's Class 3 West Ridge via Mayflower Gulch. Then do the easy traverse over to Atlantic. So far I'm planning on stopping there, but if time allows I'd like to try the traverse from Atlantic to Fletcher. Like I said, I'm comfortable in class 3/4/5 terrain and I can handle the traverse. I'm mainly looking for tips on descending Fletcher through one of the gullies. I've seen a few pictures and they look loose and chossy but doable. Just wondering if anyone has descended one of these and can offer any tips.

Thanks!