 Due to its relatively high summit and modest elevation gain from Highwood Pass, Mount Rae is a very popular scrambling objective.The scramble starts at the Highwood Pass parking lot on Highway 40 () and proceeds to the back of the Ptarmigan Cirque.Two options from this point are either ascending a steep snow field or climbing progressively steeper slabs to the col. Once on the col (connecting the main summit of Rae with an unnamed peak), the route ascends on the northern side to the narrow summit ridge.