Ahern Peak Summit 8,749'

Ahern Peak 8,749'

Heaven's Peak from Highline Trail

Big Horn Sheep on Cliffs

Small Stream

Waterfalls thundering down from Ahern Glacier

Big Horn Sheep with East Face of Ahern Peak

Big Horn Sheep

Big Horn Sheep with East Face of Ahern Peak

Big Horn Sheep with Ahern Glacier Backdrop

Helen Lake from Summit 3,500' below!

Ahern Glacier and Ipasha Peak


View South to Many Glacier Mountains	Iceberg Peak and Mount Wilbur	Chief Mountain in Distance	Heaven's Peak from Summit	North View, see all the way to Waterton Lakes National Park


Enjoying a snack on the Summit	View North	View South to Mountains around Logans Pass	Me with Ahern Glacier and Ipasha Peak	View North to Mount Cleveland in center


View North	View South Many Glacier Mountains and Logan Pass Mountains	View North	View South Swiftcurrent Peak and Mount Gould	Sliding Down Scree


View back to Ahern Peak	Emaciated looking Deer	Mountain Goat	Mount Gould	Mountain Goat Kid


Mountain Goat with Northern Sunset	Mountain Goat with Mount Cannon backdrop	Sunset over Peaks

Panorama Showing Mount Reynolds, Oberlin, Clements, and Cannon

Panorama of Helen Lake down the 3,500' East Face of Ahern

Panorama taken along the Highline Trail showing the Livingston Range

Panorama of the Mountains to the North, including Mount Cleveland, Ipasha Peak, and a bit of Mount Merritt

Trail Stats

Highline Trail Trailhead

Climbs 1,700' feet from Ahern Pass. About 25 miles round trip from Logan's Pass

Description

Ahern Peak is a Relatively Easy climb. It's just that the approach is SO LONG. We started from the Highline Cutoff at the Weeping Wall to save some mileage. From there follow the Highline Trail all the way till you see a sign that says Ahern Pass. Ahern Pass is a off-trail pass used by mountaineers to save time. A well worn trail from the Highline Trail leads to the Pass. From there a well worn Climbers/Game trail follows the ridge all the way to the summit. Nothing worse than Class 3 but mostly easy Class 2 hiking. The views are extraordinary, this little Peak is tucked away in the thick of the Park. Most of the view to the North is blocked by Ipasha Peak, but almost everywhere else is a unblocked panorama of the Park.