Vesper Peak —
the last 400 feet

I turned back below the summit in bad weather. So I pulled every geotagged photo of this trail off AllTrails, placed each one by its GPS against a 10 m elevation model, and built a map you can filter by height — to see exactly the part I missed.

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3,487geotagged photos

987in the last 400 ft

846on the summit block

6,221summit elevation, ft

The last 400 feet

Above Vesper Lake the trail ends and the mountain becomes one sheet of low-angle granite — no tread, just cairns and a pick-your-own-line scramble that steepens into boulders. Wet slab in cloud is why this is the stretch you don't push.

Vesper Peak at 6,123 ft, uploaded 2026-07-25 — **6,123 ft** · 3.20 mi in · 2026-07-25 · cate

Vesper Peak at 6,090 ft, uploaded 2026-07-22 — **6,090 ft** · 3.19 mi in · 2026-07-22 · Elliot

Vesper Peak at 6,129 ft, uploaded 2026-07-20 — **6,129 ft** · 3.20 mi in · 2026-07-20 · Bailey Jo

Vesper Peak at 5,840 ft, uploaded 2026-07-19 — **5,840 ft** · 3.09 mi in · 2026-07-19 · James

Vesper Peak at 5,902 ft, uploaded 2026-07-16 — **5,902 ft** · 3.12 mi in · 2026-07-16 · Bethany

Vesper Peak at 5,993 ft, uploaded 2026-07-15 — **5,993 ft** · 3.15 mi in · 2026-07-15 · Daniel

The summit block

6,221 ft. A pile of granite with an 800-foot drop off the north side down the Vesper Glacier toward Copper Lake.

Vesper Peak at 6,124 ft, uploaded 2026-07-26 — **6,124 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2026-07-26 · vidal

Vesper Peak at 6,214 ft, uploaded 2026-07-25 — **6,214 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2026-07-25 · Jack

Vesper Peak at 6,206 ft, uploaded 2026-07-22 — **6,206 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2026-07-22 · Dongli

Vesper Peak at 6,138 ft, uploaded 2026-07-22 — **6,138 ft** · 3.21 mi in · 2026-07-22 · Elliot

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2026-07-21 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2026-07-21 · Ian

Vesper Peak at 6,206 ft, uploaded 2026-07-21 — **6,206 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2026-07-21 · John

The same summit, month by month

The interesting thing 3,487 dated photos can show that a trip report can't: the mountain losing its snow. Same 60 m of summit, ordered by the month the photo went up.

June 106 summit photos

Vesper Peak at 6,214 ft, uploaded 2026-06-30 — **6,214 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2026-06-30 · David

Vesper Peak at 6,216 ft, uploaded 2025-06-17 — **6,216 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2025-06-17 · GREGORY

Vesper Peak at 6,215 ft, uploaded 2024-06-19 — **6,215 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2024-06-19 · Liam

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2023-06-12 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2023-06-12 · Bethany

July 186 summit photos

Vesper Peak at 6,216 ft, uploaded 2025-07-31 — **6,216 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2025-07-31 · Brendan

Vesper Peak at 6,198 ft, uploaded 2024-07-29 — **6,198 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2024-07-29 · Prithvi

Vesper Peak at 6,204 ft, uploaded 2023-07-30 — **6,204 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2023-07-30 · Russell

August 221 summit photos

Vesper Peak at 6,215 ft, uploaded 2025-08-31 — **6,215 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2025-08-31 · Connor

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2024-08-31 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2024-08-31 · Daniel

Vesper Peak at 6,210 ft, uploaded 2023-08-26 — **6,210 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2023-08-26 · Jake

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2022-08-31 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2022-08-31 · Sam

September 228 summit photos

Vesper Peak at 6,215 ft, uploaded 2025-09-29 — **6,215 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2025-09-29 · Adam

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2024-09-30 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2024-09-30 · Thomas

Vesper Peak at 6,213 ft, uploaded 2023-09-23 — **6,213 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2023-09-23 · Salman

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2022-09-25 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2022-09-25 · James

October 60 summit photos

Vesper Peak at 6,217 ft, uploaded 2025-10-26 — **6,217 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2025-10-26 · Erin

Vesper Peak at 6,208 ft, uploaded 2024-10-14 — **6,208 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2024-10-14 · Amanda

Vesper Peak at 6,213 ft, uploaded 2023-10-28 — **6,213 ft** · 3.24 mi in · 2023-10-28 · Bethany

Vesper Peak at 6,177 ft, uploaded 2022-10-16 — **6,177 ft** · 3.25 mi in · 2022-10-16 · Ranju

Getting there

Headlee Pass and the basin below — the 4,300 to 5,800 ft stretch.

Vesper Peak at 5,696 ft, uploaded 2026-07-26 — **5,696 ft** · 3.03 mi in · 2026-07-26 · Brandon

Vesper Peak at 5,667 ft, uploaded 2026-07-26 — **5,667 ft** · 3.01 mi in · 2026-07-26 · M

Vesper Peak at 4,976 ft, uploaded 2026-07-26 — **4,976 ft** · 2.70 mi in · 2026-07-26 · vidal

Vesper Peak at 4,973 ft, uploaded 2026-07-26 — **4,973 ft** · 2.69 mi in · 2026-07-26 · sam

Vesper Peak at 5,722 ft, uploaded 2026-07-25 — **5,722 ft** · 3.04 mi in · 2026-07-25 · cate

Vesper Peak at 5,720 ft, uploaded 2026-07-25 — **5,720 ft** · 3.04 mi in · 2026-07-25 · Jack