This is for Piegan, Pollock, and Bishops Cap, car to car, any route. Often called the Trifecta or the Garden Wall Trifecta, these are 3 somewhat centrally located peaks in Glacier National Park. The views are incredible, the terrain is fun to move fast on, and it’s popular enough that times could get competitive. The shortest route would be parking at Lunch Creek and going up the 3 peaks and back to Lunch Creek. From lunch creek it is possible to go straight up Piegan, then traverse to Pollock, Pollock has 2 main routes for its summit block, both involve what is often called class 4 terrain, the chimney route on pollock is not exposed and more awkward than difficult. Most people would consider it 3rd class, but be mindful the rock is fairly weak. From Pollock, it’s a pretty short trot over to the base of Bishops Cap. The top section of Bishops Cap can be scrambled up fairly easily, and if the best route is followed the exposure is not too bad. After Bishops Cap it is possible to go back to the saddle between it and Pollock and descend to the highline trail and take that back to Logan Pass, from Logan Pass it is less than a mile of downhill road running to Lunch Creek. This is a fun way to do these peaks, and maybe some people would find this faster than going back over Pollock and down to Lunch Creek. Some people might also descend from the saddle between Piegan and Pollock and drop to Piegan Pass, where it’s about 4.5 miles back to the road and then another 1.5 to the car. I highly doubt that would be the fastest way for anyone to do it, but that is also a fun alternative. If one is round tripping from Lunch Creek keep in mind the whole route is technically off trail, it does involve route finding and scrambling, and there’s endless micro route finding choices that will vary distance and elevation gain. Round Trip from Lunch Creek will generally be around 6 miles and 4000 feet of gain, could be slightly shorter if the shortest lines are taken, or slightly longer if one prefers better footing over the straightest lines. One should also be aware that rock fall is common in this area and if climbing with a group, helmets might be good equipment to have.
