KayCees - Aug 14, 2010 9:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010
Cache Peak
We hiked in from the Independence Lakes trailhead and up to the peak. Loved the lakes and the views of City of rocks was great.
mvidahoclimber - Oct 16, 2009 4:43 pm Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2009
My first Solo on southwest route
Very fun climb. I was a little timid to go by myself, but everything worked out okay. My best advice is that if you are going to do the Southwest ridge, go in the middle of the summer when the dirt roads are dry. There were several places where I almost got stuck. I decided not to get Independence.......time was a concern, but I will be back.
boisedoc - Aug 11, 2009 9:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
nice quick hike
good way to spend a couple of hours. Climbed it from the west. Good views of City of Rocks
Very nice but mosquito infested walk up. Got up and down just ahead of the thunderclouds. Great views of City of Rocks from the top. Dan's right: you should grab Independence while you're this close. Of course I didn't.
I have proof you did a couple months later with a couple friends...One of the stronger climbers I know. :-)
Kadee - Nov 12, 2008 12:24 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008
Prominence
Another weekend for ID prominence peaks. Also did Independence with this one. City of Rocks area was very cool.
Dennis Poulin - Aug 28, 2006 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2006
Western Ridge
This is another nice hike to an Idaho County Highpoint. A long drive to the TH for the western ridge.
mountaingazelle - Jul 10, 2006 3:56 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006
West Ridge
I started from the Independence Lakes trailhead. Nice trail that was also popular with cows. The lakes are in a very scenic canyon. I climbed up to the saddle between Cache and Independence and then followed the ridge to the summit.
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: October 2004
Climbed this on a great Fall day. Drove through the City of Rocks on some road (we didn't know exactly where we were going) and ended up really close to the summit. Just walked up from there.
Route Climbed: West slopes and ridge Date Climbed: June 26, 2004
See Dean's report below. One adjustment - we camped on the west side of the peak along the road at between 8400 and 8600 feet. Very enjoyable hike with nice views.
Route Climbed: Trail / xc route from FS raod on SW Date Climbed: June 26, 2004
Bob Bolton and I decided to go after Hyndman and Diamond Peaks in Idaho but thunderstorm activity kept us off of those two 12K peaks. So we dodged thunderstorms and found a couple of decent peaks to bag anyway, one of which was this nice one, Cache Peak.
We camped at the 8600 foot level and made an early start in order to get up and down before the daily activity started. A nice hike really, not much of any kind of a climb with a spot or two of scrambling. We did encounter snow on the upper portions but it was a blessing as it made hiking easier, not harder.
We had great views in all directions but we didn't linger very long on the summit as thundercells began forming right and left of us. The summit of Independence Peak was tempting but we left that for another day. The City of Rocks area was fascinating, I could spend several days just exploring that area,
KayCees - Aug 14, 2010 9:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010
Cache PeakWe hiked in from the Independence Lakes trailhead and up to the peak. Loved the lakes and the views of City of rocks was great.
mvidahoclimber - Oct 16, 2009 4:43 pm Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2009
My first Solo on southwest routeVery fun climb. I was a little timid to go by myself, but everything worked out okay. My best advice is that if you are going to do the Southwest ridge, go in the middle of the summer when the dirt roads are dry. There were several places where I almost got stuck. I decided not to get Independence.......time was a concern, but I will be back.
boisedoc - Aug 11, 2009 9:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2009
nice quick hikegood way to spend a couple of hours. Climbed it from the west. Good views of City of Rocks
toddschwarz - Jul 25, 2009 4:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2009
Morning hikeVery nice but mosquito infested walk up. Got up and down just ahead of the thunderclouds. Great views of City of Rocks from the top. Dan's right: you should grab Independence while you're this close. Of course I didn't.
Mlasky - Aug 13, 2011 2:14 pm
Re: Morning hikeI have proof you did a couple months later with a couple friends...One of the stronger climbers I know. :-)
Kadee - Nov 12, 2008 12:24 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008
ProminenceAnother weekend for ID prominence peaks. Also did Independence with this one. City of Rocks area was very cool.
Dennis Poulin - Aug 28, 2006 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2006
Western RidgeThis is another nice hike to an Idaho County Highpoint. A long drive to the TH for the western ridge.
mountaingazelle - Jul 10, 2006 3:56 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006
West RidgeI started from the Independence Lakes trailhead. Nice trail that was also popular with cows. The lakes are in a very scenic canyon. I climbed up to the saddle between Cache and Independence and then followed the ridge to the summit.
travisgollaher - Oct 24, 2005 1:25 pm
Route Climbed: Date Climbed: Aug 1994Ended up on top during a special earley season deer hunt.
punk_rocker333 - May 1, 2005 8:28 pm
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: October 2004Climbed this on a great Fall day. Drove through the City of Rocks on some road (we didn't know exactly where we were going) and ended up really close to the summit. Just walked up from there.
Bob Bolton - Aug 19, 2004 10:29 am
Route Climbed: West slopes and ridge Date Climbed: June 26, 2004See Dean's report below. One adjustment - we camped on the west side of the peak along the road at between 8400 and 8600 feet. Very enjoyable hike with nice views.
Dean - Aug 17, 2004 6:57 pm
Route Climbed: Trail / xc route from FS raod on SW Date Climbed: June 26, 2004Bob Bolton and I decided to go after Hyndman and Diamond Peaks in Idaho but thunderstorm activity kept us off of those two 12K peaks. So we dodged thunderstorms and found a couple of decent peaks to bag anyway, one of which was this nice one, Cache Peak.
We camped at the 8600 foot level and made an early start in order to get up and down before the daily activity started. A nice hike really, not much of any kind of a climb with a spot or two of scrambling. We did encounter snow on the upper portions but it was a blessing as it made hiking easier, not harder.
We had great views in all directions but we didn't linger very long on the summit as thundercells began forming right and left of us. The summit of Independence Peak was tempting but we left that for another day. The City of Rocks area was fascinating, I could spend several days just exploring that area,