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| Hiking | 9.22 Miles |
4,730 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.22 Miles | 12 Hrs 24 Mns | | 0.90 mph |
| 4,730 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 7 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This hike was to the summits of She Devil and He Devil, the co-highpoints of the Seven Devils Mountains in western Idaho. The Seven Devils mountains are a rugged range that is part of the Rocky Mountains and is the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Hells Canyon is the deepest canyon in North America, being even deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Neither peak has had its elevation measured, so there is uncertainty as to the actual elevation. Both are within the 9,400'-9,440' closed contour on topographic maps. Whichever peak is the highest has prominence of 5,200 feet, giving it status as one of 57 ultraprominent peaks in the continental U.S.
We started the hike at the Seven Devils Campground. We took a use trail up to Goat Pass. We gained 950 feet in elevation over the first 0.7 miles, which set the tone for the day. Once at Goat Pass we took the so-called "High Route" over to She Devil. There was no trail, and there was a good bit of sidehilling on steep scree and talus slopes as we made our way over to Ridgeline west of the Tower of Babel, another one of the Seven Devils peaks. There was quite a bit of route finding, but we eventually made our way to She Devil.
She Devil and He Devil aren't far apart, and it is possible to make a traverse directly from She Devil to He Devil. This traverse involves some exposed class 4 climbing, so we decided pass on the exposure and instead we went back to the saddle between She Devil and Mount Baal, and went down a steep slope down to Sheep Lake. This should be called the Devil's Descent, because according to the elevation profile on Route Scout we descended 1,000 feet in just over 0.4 miles!
Once at Sheep Lake, we picked up a use trail that took us part of the way to He Devil. Once the use trail ended, we rock and boulder hopped toward a ridgeline NW of He Devil; once on the ridgeline it was a class 2 climb to the summit.
We reversed course back to Sheep Lake, and then took a use trail back up to Goat Pass, gaining about 700 feet of elevation in the process. Once at Goat Pass, we picked up the use trail that we started out on in the morning, which took us back to our parking spot.
Synopsis
This was a tougher hike than I thought that it would be. It was mostly a class 2 scramble involving a lot of rock and boulder hopping, along with dealing with lots of scree and talus slopes. Views were amazing though, and the geology of the area was very interesting. We saw mountain goats in 2 different places on the hike, which was cool to see! |
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