Olancha Peak Trip Report
October 12, 2002


7:42 - Left Trail Head
8:30 - Reached Hiker Trail / Cow Driveway Sign
10:22 - Reached Olancha Pass
10:36 - Reached Summit Meadow
11:06 - Reached Sign for Gomez Meadow / Monache Meadow (Trail Junction)
1:06 - Olancha Comes Into View
1:30 - Left PCT and Headed Up Olancha
3:11 - Reached Summit
3:47 - Left Summit
4:38 - Returned to PCT
6:39 - Reached Olancha Pass (and darkness)
8:23 - Reached Trail Head

Leave the PCT just before the trail starts to descend.  This is where there are the fewest
boulders and the approach isn't quite as steep.

After going through the cow gate go right!

There's another (perhaps shorter) trail that forks off from the wrangler's camp campground table.  I'm
told there's also a bathtub up this trail where you can get water.



Statistics:

Summit Height: 12,123 Feet
Elevation Gain: 6500?
Distance: 10.5 Miles Approx
Difficulty: Extremely Strenuous

Time to Reach Jump Off Point to Climb Up Olancha (with 2 detours): 
Time to Reach Summit from PCT: 1 hr 41 mins
Time from Trail Head to Pass: 2 hrs 40 mins
Time from Trail Head to Summit: 7 hrs 29 mins
Time on Summit: 36 mins
Time from Summit Back to PCT: 51 mins
Time from Summit Back to Trailhead (last 2 hrs in darkness): 4 hrs 36 mins
Total Hike Time: 12 hrs 41 mins