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From the vehicle park, on the east side of the Snake River, (now just a creek), Geneva Peak is located almost directly east and a little south. Hike east toward a group of trees with a tundra slope above. Head into the trees and hopefully locate an old mining road that does not appear on any maps. Follow the road up as it switchbacks a few times to gain elevation, then comes to an end at the edge of the main trees. More open trees continue above but you'll have to work up a very steep rubble slope for a while to gain these higher trees, sometimes fighting for some footing. Avoid a difficult scree slope more to the north on this flank. Once you gain the higher trees, the slope angle lessens some. Continue up the slope that becomes more of a broad ridge on tundra - scree mix. If you followed this ridge all the way up, you would come out a little south of Sullivan Mountain. To avoid Sullivan, at about 12,400 feet, start angling right toward the Sullivan-Geneva saddle. Once you reach the saddle, it's fairly easy strolling to the summit of Geneva Peak. Of the ridge that connects Geneva, Sullivan and Santa Fe, the only "rough" section will be the NW ridge just below the Geneva summit.
Landslide Peak is not even close to being a ranked summit, but if you want to head over and tag it, it's a simple .4 mile one-way and adds 140 feet of elevation gain or 280 if you return back to Geneva. The terrain is mostly all tundra with some scree/rubble and will go quickly. Once you return to Geneva Peak, either descend as you came or continue on to Santa Fe Peak.
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