Aug 03, 2018 — This is not the standard Ferguson Canyon Trail up to Storm Mountain. We used that as our descent route. This is a description of the route up the unmarked north ridge of Storm Mountain. Starting from a historical sign on the side of the road, find a steep gully to gain the ridge and follow a social trail for as long as you can until it disappears, and class 2 and 3 fun stuff starts. Eventually, you'll get to what appears to be an extremely steep rock face, which is what it is. This is the only section where route-finding is important. We found ourselves backtracking on exposed Class 4 after leaving the ridge accidentally. It's hard to give beta here, but my suggestion would be that if you find yourself on scary Class 4 and you are off of the ridgeline, you'll likely get cliffed out, so stick to the ridge.
The entire route up the north ridge of Storm Mountain is littered with dirty Class 2/3 gullies, but the sections of blocky and mostly solid rock scrambles make it worth the effort. Once you make it to the Storm Mountain summit, you could head back the way you came, which I wouldn't recommend, or head down the standard Ferguson Canyon route, which is cairned until you get to a social trail, which widens into a real trail. Shuttle required.
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