Midnight Peak via Baldy Pass Off-Trail hike on 18-Oct-2025

Kinda cold and quite a bit of snow on the OT5 portion, but mainly sunny. We had a fine day on Midnight Peak.
We set out around 9 and made our way up to Baldy Pass, occasionally having to take care on some icy spots. At the pass a little after 10.

Break at Baldy Pass

From there is was clear that the route to South Baldy was completely dry. But the planned destination was Midnight and it didn't look like there was too much snow. In that we weren't quite right and we frequently were a bit challenged to find the best route.

Searching for the "trail" up to Midnight Peak

A little higher up there was a little less snow and a more discernible trail.

Trudging through the snow to Midnight Peak - photo from Jozef

Looking down at the bare ridge to South Baldy = photo from Tina

We made the summit a little after 11:30.

On the summit of Midnight Peak

The view west from Midnight Peak (Wind and Lougheed mtns in centre horizon) - photo from Deb

It was not terribly windy or cold, but not inviting enough to spend a "Wally Hour" (or anything near that) at the summit. We did discuss following the ridge west and then descending to the trail, but decided that the devil we know was better than the one we don't. Most donned traction devices for the descent.

Descent towards Baldy Pass

We stopped for a lunch break around 12:30.

Well deserved lunch break out of the wind on the way back - photo from Jozef

And were back at the cars without incident around 2:15-30.
11 km, 950 m ascent, a little over 5 hours.
Many thanks to participants: Gary, Susan, Cordula, Nardi, Ingrid, Krystyna, Deb, Jozef, Tina, Nathalie, and Jenny for joining me, Carl (C/S)

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