[Martin S]

I wanted to squeeze in a trip to this minor summit between Persis and Index before the gate on FR 62 is closed, which will turn it into a far more arduous journey. My initial plan was to start from the big hairpin curve in the Proctor Creek road west of Persis and Persindex, but every trip report I found seemed to indicate there was horrible brush to be found on that route. Besides, a washout made the road nearly impassable just a few hundred yards past the Mt. Persis TH turnoff. So I figured I could just climb Persis and do a high traverse over to Persindex. The road to Mt. Persis was melted out to within about 100 yards of the TH, and is probably completely open by now. I made quick work of the Mt Persis trail, and then descended 600 ft to traverse south from the summit. It was slow going in the glop, taking about an hour to cover the mile to Persindex. There's a cool little basin just NW of the summit. The summit posed no difficulties and I made it to the top without having to take off the snowshoes. I didn't linger long, wanting to be off of any potential avalanche slopes before the heat of the afternoon. I had already started seeing some surface sloughs releasing.

Persindex from Persis

Narrow valley near Persindex summit (at rear)

A few quick glissades and another pleasant hour of traversing back across the open basins, and I was back on top of Persis for a leisurely lunch. Time: A bit over an hour up, 2 hours over to Persindex and back, an hour for lunch and descent, for a total of 4.5 hours car to car.

Traverse back to Persis

Persindex from Persis

Persis is a real gem of a hike because of its easy access; it'll be a shame to lose it.

[Matt]

That's fast work for Persindex. Even the glop doesn't seem to slow you down.

[Opus]

Nice! I was wondering who went out that way. We were following the tracks through my monocular looking to see if it went all the way to the summit. The people on top must have come up from somewhere over by Lake Serene. I thought you looked familiar. Guess it was because you weren't wearing that hat.

[Stefan]

thanks for sharing. what about the other peak you did too?!

[Sabahsboy]

Is this TR the final one to be written about reaching the sky that arches over Persis? Beautiful shots and just plain, "Wow!"

[run4cache]

[Martin S]

The FS is on the verge of gating the road way down by Hwy 2, making it a 5 mile road walk with 2000 ft of elevation gain just to get to the trailhead. There's a whole long thread about it here.

[tigermn]

[Martin S]