Route: Black Peak/East Ridge Climbed: Aug, 1995 Approach from Lake Ann. Take spur trail at Heather pass past Lewis and Wing lakes. From the N side of Wing lake look up at the S face of Black Peak. The East ridge is the obvious ridge on the skyline. It is reached by scrambling up the S face. The NE ridge can be reached by hiking up the talus below the cliffs east of the east ridge. The basic route description describes a black band. We never found that. We ascended the east side S face, climbing straight up, staying off the ridge until about 500 ft below the summit. There we gained the ridge by climbing up a chossy face (small blocks, some loose), and up a wet section of rock. This is unprotectable low 5th class climbing and there is probably a better way. Once above the loose wet mossy rock we were back to 3rd and 4th class scrambling on solid rock and well packed dirt. Route ascends gully just N of the ridge towers. There is one 5.0 section which we roped up for. Further up, stay on the ridge crest (3rd class or easier). The summit is reached by a 4th class gully on the E. Descend from the summit in the eastern 4th class gully, then traverse west directly south of the summit block. Near the west end of the summit ridge find a broad gully descending to the S. Follow this until it ends then descend 300 ft on the S ridge crest to the col. Descend snow or talus back to Wing lake. Our time from wing lake to summit was 2:45 [Route description written by Tom Unger]