The only stretches without trail are very easy cross country travel on friendly granite slabs. Meanwhile, the route via Pine Creek is mostly on trail for the entire approach to the base of Mount Hilgard utilizing the trail through Granite Park and remnants of old trail over Italy Pass. A similar but longer alternative out of the Little Lakes Valley crosses over Cox Col near Bear Creek Spire and will also entail some steep snow and/or ice well into summer. While short, the route involves quite a bit of steep off-trail travel and will require an ice axe and crampons well into summer to negotiate the Hourglass Couloir. A small col at the low point in the crest provides passage into the Lake Italy Basin west of the crest. The shortest route to Mount Hilgard starts at Little Lakes Valley and takes the popular trail to Long Lake and then ascends to Treasure Lakes and the “Hourglass Couloir” beneath Mount Dade. Mount Julius Caesar is a convenient add-on peak in connection with a trip to Mount Hilgard via Italy Pass The wonderful Lake Italy is like a fjord between 13,000+ ft peaks Polemonium, aka Sky Pilots, light up the rocky slopes Both routes have their merits and both are incredibly scenic, but the most efficient route (especially as an adventure run) utilizes Italy Pass via Pine Creek which proves to be a straightforward, rewarding approach that is mostly on trail or use trail. The most efficient routes to reach Mount Hilgard involve crossing over the crest from the eastern Sierra via either Little Lakes Valley or Pine Creek. Located well west of the Sierra crest, the summit of Mount Hilgard affords a grand view of an impressive spread of lakes and peaks in all directions including the Sierra Crest to the east and the expansive Lake Italy below. The Mono Divide stretches from north of Recess Peak to Mount Abbot and is one of the more significant east to west oriented divides in the Sierra. It is positioned to the west of Lake Italy on a southerly spur of the Mono Divide. Mount Hilgard is a remote peak of the High Sierra in the John Muir Wilderness.
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