Alta Mountain Climber's Log
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| sgiles | fun hike  Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2012 | |
| fun hike, make sure to check out Lake Lila | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2012 9:15 pm | ||
| Jeb | Above the clouds, but in thick wildfire smoke Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2012 | |
| I was lucky to be one of very few people in western Washington to bask in the sunshine that day. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2012 2:38 am | ||
| LuminousAphid | Long day Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2007 | |
| Did it a few years back with someone from the UW climbing club, long day from the Rachel Lake trailhead | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2012 12:20 am | ||
| bikejr | Alta Mountain Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2011 | |
| Very nice mountain. Plenty of views. If not for the bugs would have been a perfect day. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2011 10:55 pm | ||
| Josh Lewis | Misty Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2011 | |
| This was a decent trail to the top, it was a fun day up. Unfortunately the views were covered by mist and clouds. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2011 12:27 am | ||
| belowfellow | nice day Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2009 | |
| massive summit cairn | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 6:09 pm | ||
| breauxtrahn | 3rd false the first time Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| In '05 it was so cloudy I thought I was on the summit. Going back in the sun three years later revealed it was the last of a long string of false summits. So my summit date is '08. | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2010 8:03 pm | ||
| magellan | Great Labor Day Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Hike with my buds. A cool summit for sure. I have never seen so much broken glass as in the parking lot for Rachel Lake trailhead. Take your beater car, and leave the doors unlocked. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2010 1:24 am | ||
| lidijagrazulis | South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Beat the weather on an iffy weekend and enjoyed the great views! Definitely a fun ridge hike/scramble to the summit. Picked lots of wild blueberries along the way! | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2010 1:14 am | ||
| WeatherMan | S Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2009 | |
| Went with a group to the lake... soloed up to the summit. The cairn was huge. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2010 12:41 pm | ||
| Arkitekt | Unsuccesso! Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2009 | |
| This is one of the few hikes I failed to make the summit. I started at the Lake Lillian fisherman's path and hiked through the Rampart Lakes on my way. Without a map its a bit of a surprise I got as far as I did. In the Rampart's the trails get a little jumbled with routes going all over the place. The downfall for me was missing the last little left turn the trail made to ascend the to the summit. I kept thinking it has to be here somewhere as we hiked along the mountain. We ended up at the base of what i've seen on some maps labeled as Little Alta to the ESE of the summit and even considered climbing that. Running out of daylight and realizing i'd been beaten I made my long way back to the car and had a lightening storm rip through the area. One hitting a tree about 500 yards up a ridge from me even. I'll be back Alta Mountain! | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2010 5:49 am | ||
| gimpilator | Solo Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2010 | |
| The narrower parts of the ridge were a little tricky due to a few cornices. I camped the night before about a half mile in and woke up early this morning. Rachel Lake is still frozen over. Didn't see another soul on the trail. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2010 8:34 pm | ||
| TheMaintenanceMan | Guys hike Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| WE had great weather yet again and we enjoyed views for miles and miles. EastKing, Magellan, Brent, Questzal and I made it up. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:47 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Trail in the fog Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1996 | |
| Made it up but all fogged in. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2009 12:21 am | ||
| Cascade Scrambler | Couldn't ask for a better day Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2009 | |
| You just can't ask for a better day in the Cascades. The weather was cool and crisp, fall colors were in full swing, and I had the summit all to myself. The summit cairn is a beast of a structure. Two hours 58 minutes to the summit, two hours 14 minutes to the car. Good times! | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2009 1:30 am | ||
| Doehle | Via Rachel lake Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2009 | |
| Nice day out, clouds farther west, but the views were great in most directions | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 2:47 pm | ||
| Curtissimo | with EastKing, Magellan & Hiker Brian Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| fun trip with a dip in cold rachel lake | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2008 2:59 pm | ||
| lneher | Via Rampart Lakes Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2008 | |
| Came in via the Rocky Run trail to Lake Lillian. We climbed Alta, and then the Rampart Ridge highpoint. | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2008 2:02 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005 | |
| A fun hike with great views. | |
| Posted May 1, 2008 9:30 pm | ||
| EastKing | South Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Great views on this peak. Hundreds of mountains with Rainier, Glacier and Adams in the distance. I will have a trip report and pictures up very soon. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:34 am | ||
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