[ragman and rodman]

A gorgeous day in JimK Country... We started from the Stafford Creek trailhead (3100') at 7:30 a.m. and stayed on the main trail for 3 miles until we reached a stream crossing at 4800' feet... here we left the main trail and headed up on fairly easy terrain, gaining the ridge between Navaho Peak and Little Navaho at 6600'... giving back 500 feet of elevation, we worked our way over to the pass that separates the Falls Creek and Negro Creek drainages... then up the southwest ridge to the west summit of Three Brothers (7303'). Large snow patches start 2 miles up the Stafford Creek trail where horse camps are located; however, there has been enough foot traffic to make it easy to follow the trail. Ice axes were very useful. A very long day... 12 miles roundtrip, gaining 5300 feet of elevation... got back to the car at 6:15 p.m. GPS route and pictures of our Three Brothers trip. ..

[wildernessed]

Looks great !, How is the ridge that runs above The Stafford Creek trail from the pass. Runnable back towards the TH and then dropping down ? How does Middle Brother look as an extension from West Brother ? Awesome looking trip.

[ragman and rodman]

wildernessed... we were so consumed by looking at the Stuart Range that we didn't give any consideration to the ridge from Little Navaho back towards the trailhead... the map makes it look feasible, but we've all been misled by maps... As far as the middle Brother is concerned... we didn't get a very good look at it... I did walk over to the end of the west summit and took a photo of the middle and east summits... and from what I could see, it looked pretty rugged... much more so than the west or east summits... Based on the summit register, the west summit doesn't get much activity... we were the first to sign the register this year... and I bet that the middle Brother gets much less activity than the west summit... We did note that JimK had signed the register in 2003 and 2004...

[wildernessed]

So little Navaho is the 6000' highpoint S of the pass and NNE of the off trail ascent. I never knew that. Looked awesome though. Thanks for filling in some details.

[ragman and rodman]

I'm pretty sure that Little Navaho is Point 6442... just south of the 6000' pass... also, the best look I've had of middle Brother is from Miller Peak... Point 6460

[Sadie's Driver]

R/R - you're correct about Little Navaho. An easy run-up from the 6000' saddle - worth it. (even a decent glissade back down!) We camped at the saddle - windy little spot!!! s.d.

[dicey]

R&R, You guys had some very nice clouds in your photos! I'm jealous

[Gil]

really nice photos, guys! loved annapurna