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| Noondueler | Took trail from Wolverton  Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1996 | |
| Fine views of the Great Western D.! | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2009 1:55 am | ||
| justing | Alta trail Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| Camped at the edge of the beautiful Alta meadow. Summited with great visibility -- could see Whitney. The views from the top makes me want to visit the Kaweahs. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2009 3:27 pm | ||
| selinunte01 | Alta Peak Trail and Lakes Trail Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2008 | |
| Great dayhike, starting from Wolverton via Panther Gap and Alta Peak Trail. Cloudy day with some thunderstorms in the High Sierra which - thank god - did not affect us. Descent from the summit via northeast ridge and down to Pear Lake with some class 2 / 3 scramble. We used the Lakes Trail from Pear Lake back to Wolverton. | |
| Posted Dec 10, 2008 7:07 am | ||
| dpsiebert | Alta Peak Trail | |
| Fun backpacking trip with a good group. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:05 am | ||
| Nefsek | Winter attempt Date Climbed: Dec 28, 2007 | |
| Attempted with basic mountaineering course back in December 07. Avalanche conditions were iffy, so we ended up summiting the peaklet right next to it. Still had some great views. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2008 1:17 am | ||
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| itpimps | Re: Winter attempt | |
| I went with you on that trip in December. My roommate and I are heading back up toward Alta Peak Thanksgiving weekend for a few days. We're getting ready for a Rainier trip that we scheduled through RMI in March. Let me know if you are around that weekend... | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2008 6:09 pm | ||
| Michael Graupe | From Wolverton via Panther Gap Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2008 | |
| Easy half day walk. Saw two bear cubs climbing around on a tree. I did wonder where mama bear was though. Views weren't great since it was so smokey. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2008 12:07 am | ||
| WyoNative | Perfect Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| weather, although the last mile or so sucked--it seemed like it was straight up......Really nice hike overall, though. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 1:59 am | ||
| Dunedain | Round trip to Pear Lake Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2006 | |
| Three of us did Alta Peak from the the alta peak trail and then down the scree to Pear Lake. Took a dip in the lake and hiked back out via the Lakes trail. Long day, but really worth it! | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2008 8:42 pm | ||
| mdougherty | Via Alta Meadow Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Fun backpack to Alta Meadow with a Sierra Club group, then straight up to the peak. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 2:24 am | ||
| Bonesaw | Got Engaged On Alta Peak Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Told Emy that we were just going out for a day hike to Alta Peak. By the time we topped out, all that she could think about was food. I knealed down and stuck my hand in my pack. She thought I was getting our lunch, but instead my hand emerged from the pack with an engagement ring. She was totally surprised, but quickly said YES! | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2008 10:27 am | ||
| lcarreau | Alta vista Peak view Date Climbed: May 20, 1996 | |
| Lots of snow on the trail in May. Requires route-finding skills , especially if you continue to Moose Lake. I would recommend a person to continue on to Moose Lake. Allow plenty of time, and you won't be disappointed. If the marmots find your sandwich, they won't be disappointed, either!!! | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2007 9:17 pm | ||
| catullus | turkey day on alta peak Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2007 | |
| Led group of five (peter, pi-chuan, amanda, brad, and me) via pear lake with Stanford's Redwood Outdoors Club. Had thanksgiving dinner at pear lake (including freeze-dried turkey meals!). Just enough snow to make punching through in between boulders annoying. | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2007 10:30 pm | ||
| kommish | What a view Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Solo hike, ran into mountain lion on trail about 20 min into hike....he let me slide past him. Then about 2 miles later black bear sitting in ferns, just keeping on treking. Rest of hike was great. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2007 3:52 pm | ||
| Twills | Ski it! | |
| I was skiing the Sierra High Route and we couldn't resist taking some time off and skiing off the summit of Alta... Fun. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 7:14 pm | ||
| EastcoastMike | Nice walk! Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006 | |
| The trail was a little crowded, but nice. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 11:04 pm | ||
| HikingBoots | Had to turn around Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2004 | |
| Started off as a solo hike, then had to turn around with the top of the peak in near sight due to thunderstorm approaching. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2007 2:02 am | ||
| justinjohnsen | Chute up from the NE Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Continued a two-day cross-country trek from Mount Silliman, by way of the lower Tablelands, where there was a horde of miniature grasshoppers. After dropping down into the Kaweah valley to camp, it was up by lake-hopping to a ridge east of Pear Lake. We followed the standard route southwest past the cliffs above Pear, then took a "shortcut" up a slippery class 2, maybe easy 3, chute on the north face of Alta's nearest northeast neighbor. Another stunning set of views, although a pack of persistent bumblebees drove us off the summit after lunch. An option we scouted, but didn't try, was the ridge traverse from "Winter Alta" to Alta itself. On the west side of the col from Winter Alta south to an unnamed peak, my climbing buddy spied an easy green (grassy) chute leading up. Looking back from Alta's summit, the ridge traverse looked like a straightforward boulder scramble. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:37 am | ||
| CookieMonster | My Once Per Year Group Climb Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| Late start + big sea level group = 8:30PM exit. Had fun camping at Lodgepole the prior night but nearly froze when the temperature dropped into the 20s. We started around 11AM and reached the summit at 4:30PM. Amazing view! This is one of the best day hikes in the area. I came back for the Hump Trail to Pear Lake in July, 2007. Lots of backpackers (including a guy carrying a dufflebag in his arms) underestimated "The Hump," so be prepared. Will be back for an ascent of Alta from Pear Lake. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2007 1:04 am | ||
| kwag | What a view! Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007 | |
| Camped overnight at Muhrten(spelling?) Meadow. Next morning we climbed up to the top, the first people in our group saw a black bear. Great views, good trail. Lots of little annoying bugs and such on the top. Great views, fun summer trip. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2007 11:34 pm | ||
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