Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop

Lone Peak Wilderness, UT

Info

Distance
12.9 mi
Elevation gain
4,700 ft
Route type
Loop
Duration
6.5 hr
Crux
Class 3
Quality
8/10
Vehicle type
Car

Peaks bagged

1
Pfeifferhorn
UtWHP
11,326 ft / Rise 766 ft
2
White Baldy11,321 ft / Rise 641 ft

Trip report

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White Pine Trailhead.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Crossing Little Cottonwood Creek
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back toward Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back from the White Pine Fork crossing near the junction of the White Pine Trail and the Red Pine Trail. To the right, a spur trail leads to Gloria Falls.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Aspen trees along the Red Pine Trail.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Entering the Lone Peak Wilderness.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View west along Little Cottonwood Canyon. Alpenglow on O'Sullivan Peak on the top right.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Maybird Gulch Trail junction. Continue straight along the Red Pine Trail.
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Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Red Pine Lake.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back as the trail skirts around the east side of Red Pine Lake.
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Joining the unmaintained Pfeifferhorn Trail.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Climbing a talus slope to gain the Pfeifferhorn ridgeline.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back toward Red Pine Lake.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Class 2.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back from just below the ridge. Upper Red Pine Lake is on the right.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Gaining the ridge. View south toward Box Elder Peak (center) and Mount Timpanogos (left of center).
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Headed west toward Pfeifferhorn (left).
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
The trail contours the south side of the ridge.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back. White Baldy, my next destination, is on the right.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Class 2 along the ridge crest.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View northeast.
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Approaching the base of Pfeifferhorn.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Steep chute.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Approaching a slabby section just below the summit.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Pfeifferhorn summit. View east toward White Baldy (right).
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View north toward Twin Peaks (left).
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View west toward Lone Peak.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View south toward Mount Timpanogos.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Back on the ridge, headed east toward White Baldy.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Class 2 along the ridge crest.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back toward Pfeifferhorn.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Fun knife's edge section. My route bypasses the pinnacle ahead to the climber's left.
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Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Keeping to the north side of the ridge.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back toward Pfeiffhorn (left) and Twin Peaks (right).
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Crossing over to the south side of the ridge.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Tricky Class 3 section.
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Approaching a false summit.
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White Baldy summit comes into view (left of center).
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White Baldy summit. View northeast toward White Pine Lake.
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View north toward Twin Peaks.
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View west toward Pfeifferhorn.
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Continuing southwest along the ridge.
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View south.
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View back toward White Baldy.
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Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Leaving the ridge, dropping into a bowl to the north.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Tedious talus descent.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
View back.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Joining the White Pine Trail.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
The trail zigzags down this boulder field.
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Entering a meadow.
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Trip report photo for Pfeifferhorn and White Baldy Loop
Nice views along the White Pine Trail.
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Almost back at the Red Pine Trail junction.

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