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| eyeonsky | Alta Peak Trail  Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2005 | |
| Sporadic snow past Mehrten Meadow. The final 500 feet had about 1 foot of snow. Fantastic views of the Great Western Divide on a clear day. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2010 12:29 am | ||
| Scott Fulton | Alta Peak Trail Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010 | |
| Took the standard trail from Wolverton. My friend's GPS registered around 8 miles each way. I loved the scenery at the top. Decided that the roundtrip to "Winter Alta" seemed way longer than we wanted to bother with. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2010 7:52 pm | ||
| mengbo | Summit Date Climbed: May 24, 2009 | |
| lots of snow on the last 500 ft to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2010 4:41 pm | ||
| mdostby | Pretty mellow Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2010 | |
| Hiked this on a beautiful day via Panther Gap, Alta Peak Trail. No bugs at all. Saw one deer and a bear. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2010 8:19 pm | ||
| cbuelow | Alta Peak Trail Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010 | |
| Knocked this out as a relatively easy dayhike with Jason and Jon. Great views from the trail and the summit... | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2010 7:23 pm | ||
| biz | 2x Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2008 | |
| Very fun and enjoyable winter ascents. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2010 1:54 pm | ||
| jonhersh | From Wolverton via Panther Gap Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2010 | |
| Nice dayhike. Incredible views. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2010 1:09 pm | ||
| Ze | nice hike Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010 | |
| added in Panther Peak and got to 12' overhang on Tharp's Rock | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 4:54 pm | ||
| boyblue | From Woverton Date Climbed: Mar 20, 1988 | |
| Camped at Mehrton(spelling?) Meadow where my new stove exploded! Awesome view! | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2010 11:54 pm | ||
| JimWallace | First West Peak Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2010 | |
| We hit this one NewYork style.There was much virgin snow all over so we had to blaze our own path to the summit.After reaching the wrong peak we had to double back and reclimb making our day an 8000ft day with over 18 miles of hiking.According to the logbook,we were the first there in almost a months time.It was a great hike and an exceptional summit | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2010 11:15 pm | ||
| rhyang | via Pear Lake Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2010 | |
| Snowcamped at Pear Lake. Beautiful day, good snow conditions. Short but fun third class scrambling in crampons. -- Also did it in Jan 2007 via Pear Lake, and Dec 2004 via Tharpe Rock gully. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2010 9:49 am | ||
| SkyPilot84 | winter alta peak Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2010 | |
| Summited as part of an overnight backcountry ski/snowboard trip. There's a sweet 3-person snow cave at 36.60315N, 118.66838W. Might last until the next storm. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2010 6:49 pm | ||
| Kapelmuur | Still the highest, for now. Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2005 | |
| Fun day and still the highest peak I've climbed, thus I post. Compelled to shatter that record this year, barring unforeseen circumstances! | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2010 3:55 pm | ||
| missymtngirl | First 11,000 foot peak!...yeah...yeah....yeah | |
| After our road trip we were on a high (or at least I was), and we decided to up the ante by climbing our first 11,000 ft peak. We were greeted by the usual suspects...those cute, furry, somewhat annoying marmots. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2009 5:40 am | ||
| hikinedd | Peak on a Loop Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Part of a loop trip to visit Alta Meadow and Peak, Moose and Pear Lakes. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2009 3:08 pm | ||
| KVHiker | Alta Watchtower Loop Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Our trail led us up to through Panther Pass and then around Tharps Rock to the summit. We continued down from Alta Peak to Pear Lake, Aster Lake, Emerald Lake, Heather Lake, the Watchtower, and then down to Wolverton which is where we parked. The trip was between 15-17 miles with an elevation gain between 4000 and 5000 feet, and it took us about 11 hours to complete the loop trip. Photos | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 1:26 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | Winter backpack Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2009 | |
| Great way to start 2009 backpacking and summit the next day. Trail sometimes hard to follow from Panther Gap to camp at Mehrteh Meadow with the snow- and very enjoyable trip. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:04 pm | ||
| bechtt | Wolverton Trail Date Climbed: May 22, 2009 | |
| Nice easy climb with Gordon after driving up from LA. About 7 hours round trip with lunch. Amazing snow capped view up top. | |
| Posted May 28, 2009 11:52 pm | ||
| Bascuela | What a view! | |
| Got to love the view from Alta Peak! | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 4:01 am | ||
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