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| SeanReedy | Drive up? Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2011 | |
| I was in a hurry to reach places farther west and spent a night up high just off one of the forest routes, unaware that a drive up may have been an option. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2013 4:15 am | ||
| Alex Wood | Winter Ski  Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2013 | |
| Started at the old Blue Mtn Ski resort. Skinned up the runs and took the ridge to the peak. Lots of false summits!! The skiing was so soo on the ridge and super slushy when we got down to the old resort! It was practically water skiing. It was a five and a half hour affair. The views can't be beat! Monument Valley, the La Sals, Henry Mtns, San Juans and all of the Moab and Indian Creek!! | |
| Posted Mar 26, 2013 2:43 am | ||
| x4wheeling | saddle to east face Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2011 | |
| Parked at the pass on the mountain road to the north west at 10,320Ft. Then hiked the trail on the west face among wildflowers till it met the road a few feet from the summit .superb views of diverse South east Utah! | |
| Posted May 28, 2012 8:45 pm | ||
| rharris | Easy Drive Up Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010 | |
| Took the drive up from Monticello. Road good all the way up. Views are amazing from the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2010 2:33 pm | ||
| Dartmouth Hiker | My first Utah peak... Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010 | |
| This was effectively a drive-up due to a rapidly-approaching thunderstorm...we drove up to within 150' vertical of the summit and more-or-less ran up a steep two-track to the very top. I had time to tag the highest few candidates, continue a short distance down the other side for a view of the La Sals, and turn around to run back down to the Faraday cage awaiting us below. Saw one tiny patch of snow near a saddle. We limped back to Monticello with a flat in a torrential downpour. I hear that this is an "average" sort of Utah peak. If this is average, I can't wait to see what counts as extraordinary! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2010 4:49 pm | ||
| surgent | Mean-looking clouds Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010 | |
| Part of a three-peak day in the Four Corners. Granted, this is kind of distant from the Four Corners, but we raced on up to Monticello, drove to top, ran the last bit to beat some very serious-looking storms, then got our butts back down. Lightning and rain came momentarily. Got a flat, too. It was fun! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2010 3:20 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Drive up Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2009 | |
| Nice easy drive from Monticello | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2009 1:58 pm | ||
| Dean | Still hot even at 11K Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2008 | |
| Thanks to the near 100 degree heat near Monticello, we elected to drive up the road (shame on me) rather than hike it but ironically we were stopped by a snowdrift in July so we hoofed it to the summit which is totally covered by attennas/communication buildings. Sad that the peak is so marred and violated. Too bad it had a road to tempt me as the trail would be the perfect way to do this one. Choose cooler weather to do it in. Haze marred the potential grandiose views. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2008 7:14 am | ||
| jhiker | Route Climbed: Don't recall Date Climbed: Summer, 1978 | |
| A wonderful easy dayhike from long ago. This page brought back memories of a beautiful day spent in good company. | ||
| Posted Mar 14, 2005 6:29 pm | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: North Creek Pass, Summit Road, Blue Mountain Ski Resort Date Climbed: June 12, 1999 | |
| First time was several years ago via the now non-operating Blue Mountain Ski Resort. Last time was on June 12, 1999, the day before my birthday. Participants were my cousin Bronwyn Adams, wife Kimberly, brother Richard, and my brother in law Rusty Northrup. First we drove to North Creek Pass and summitted Horsehead Mountain. Then back to vehicle and Abajo Peak via the same pass. Later that day, we drove to Monticello, then up the summit road to check it out. We got our new Pathfinder (only a few days old) stuck in a big snowdrift, so after digging it out, we walked to the summit. Abajo Peak has a road to the top and radio towers, but is perhaps saved by the fact that the road is only open for a few months a year. To my knowlege, this is the second highest road in Utah, after the one crossing the Tushars. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2005 12:10 am | ||
| streeyyr | Abajo Peak Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2004 | |
| A gentle peak rising above the Utah desert. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2005 11:25 pm | ||
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