Mount Chesmill

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Note: My GPS track is incomplete as I run out of battery, but most of the way is recorded.

After Read’s Tower from last weekend, I had better idea how much snow in K. Country. So this week, I went for little bit harder one. So I picked unnamed peak at GR239274. Yes it’s that peak between Chester and North Kent. So I nicknamed Mount Chesmill.

I wasn’t sure which approach would be better so I decided to take familiar approach from Sawmill Parking. Followed trail R/Y/G which became Y/G. I don’t remember seeing a cairn but from previous trip here there should be a cairn after 1.9 km from the parking to indicate a trail to James Walker. Turn right on this trail. Comparing ascent and descent route (descent route is not recorded at this point), I suggest following this trail to James Walker until the first drainage from Kent Outlier. This is where you should go off-trail and go across James Walker Creek. Because two drainages meet roughly the same spot, bushwhacking is minimized here. Once at north side of the creek, I took south ridge to the waypoint “Sub Peak” (page 4). This ridge had similar feature as its neighbor Kent Outlier (page 7). I had to lose maybe 50 m from sub peak to col. From col it was rubble slog to the summit. It was just like North Kent!!

For descent, I chose to take drainage from the col then went back to James Walker trail. The drainage can be alternate ascent route I think. In fact the drainage was about steady 15-20 degrees unlike south ridge route which was steep at bottom.

I won’t recommend this once avalanche becomes real concern.