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| Moogie737 | Segment of Triple Traverse  Date Climbed: May 7, 2010 | |
| 5-29-07 3rd time on summit, via Ferguson Canyon. On May 12th this year we touched both East and West summits as a part of the Triple Traverse, and my 1st time up was via the Broads Fork trail several years ago. If you like scrambling and sweeping views mixed in with sloughing quartzite along steep ridges, you'll love this climb along the ridge above and east of Ferguson Canyon. Plan for all day. Still enough snow to allow us to glissade down Broads Fork for at least 1,300'. Fun, fun, fun. #4 was 9/18/07 as the first peak of the entire Cottonwood Ridge run. Nice but windy. #5 (both east and west) as part of my 2nd Triple Traverse on 5-6-08. Much snow this year! 6th time 7-15-08 (both peaks) from Ferguson Canyon via Ferguson and Stairs Peaks and then the latter part of the so-called Robinson Variation. Still glissading opportunities in upper Broads Fork basin. #7 7-19-08 As part of 2nd Cottonwood Ridge run. #8 4-30-09 All snow above the bridge. Tough, tough going over and through the avalanche debris; 5" of new snow had not quite bonded with the older stuff. Took new route - very steep and NOT recommended to anyone! 5+00 up 2+42 down #9 on 5-16-09 (both summits) w/ Dave & Christine as part of Triple Traverse. #10 5-7-10 W/ Joe Bullough-part of TT; both peaks; mucho trailbreaking on cornice-packed dicey ridges. Therefore, much fun! :) #11 7-3-10 As part of Cottonwood Ridge run. #12 7-13-10 W/ Dave & Anne - Ferguson Canyon route over Ferguson & Stairs Peaks. | |
| Posted May 30, 2007 12:26 pm | ||
| apachedino | Route Climbed: Deaf Smith Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2000 | |
| One of my first hikes was up the beautiful and long Deaf Smith south drainage back in 2000. Recently went up via Broads Fork Robinson Variation Sept 1 2007. Very fun and definitely preferred to the talus slog of the standard route. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2006 3:59 pm | ||
| renogurt | Triple Traverse | |
| Hands down my favorite climb, maybe ever. Got both in. I've done it in the summer, but the traverse is so much cooler. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 1:53 am | ||
| J Anderson | Various Ascents Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| 09/15/2005 Traditional Broads Fork Trail with Matt. 09/04/2006 Robinson Variation with Matt. 08/11/2007 Robinson Variation with my homies Dan, Nick and Mike. We started at midnight and arrived at the summit with plenty of time to watch the sunrise. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 10:18 am | ||
| Jeremy Franchow | Route Climbed: Broads Fork Standard and Robinson Route | |
| --June 28, 2007 Ferguson Canyon-->Mt. Superior, Cottonwood Ridge Traverse --July 2002 Robinson Route/Triple Traverse --July 2001 Standard Route | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2006 7:59 pm | ||
| Alontop | Route Climbed: Stairs Gulch up and Broads Fork down. Date Climbed: Sept 24 '05 Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2005 | |
| I climbed the Peaks via Stairs Gulch and made the mistake of climbing Stairs Gulch on the right side rather than sticking to the left side as recommended on this site. Lotsa fun and not too difficult over there......maybe a little scary. The peak was not near as tough as expected. | ||
| Posted Sep 27, 2005 6:41 pm | ||
| nebben | Route Climbed: Broads Fork normal Date Climbed: September 5, 2005 | |
| A very rewarding hike/scramble. It was very busy, considering it was Labor Day. I saw some bypassing difficult sections on the ridge by dropping a hundred feet or so into the Big Cottonwood side, and others taking the main ridge itself. I saw a fire flare up down Deaf Smith canyon while sitting on the West summit. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 9:43 am | ||
| madsjim | Route Climbed: Broads Fork Date Climbed: August 2005 | |
| Climbed with Madjohnbo, the summit is quite rewarding considering the huge talus slope and very exposed scrambling to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 10:47 pm | ||
| madjohnbo | Route Climbed: Main route up Broad's Fork Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| Tough climb up through the talus. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2005 9:13 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: Traverse From Storm Mtn - Quasi-Ride Variation - Triple Traverse Date Climbed: July 23rd, 2005 | |
| Joe Bullough and I bagged both summits early in the morning on our way to the Cottonwood Ridge, which turned out to be a day with 9,000 ft of elevation gain! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 12:43 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: June 25th, 2005 | |
| After several mediocre attempts, I finally did the complete North Ridge route. It was a fun and easy half-day with mountainTrails.com | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 12:42 pm | ||
| mountainTRIALS.com | Route Climbed: Standard Broads Fork Date Climbed: July 9, 2005 | |
| Time to summit 2:24:41 hrs. Fun hike! Kahtoola crampons and axe came in handy once again. Still a good sized snow field from the basin up to the ridge. Saw one goat. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 12:22 am | ||
| mountainTRIALS.com | Route Climbed: Twin Peaks- Broads to NE Date Climbed: June 25, 2005 | |
| Pellucidwombat and I started out up Broads Fork for about half an hour, then headed up west cross-country until we gained the NE ridge which we followed to the summit. Conditions were perfect. Practically the entire ridge was free from snow. Fun and interesting variation! | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2005 11:08 am | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: Stairs Gulch, Broads Fork Date Climbed: June 11, 2005 | |
| My first climb of Twin Peaks was made by Stairs Gulch. I enjoyed the rock scrambling and snow hiking very much. The rock in Stairs Gulch was very loose and it was impossible trying not to hit anyone below you. The climb up both Twin Peaks along the ridge was great. It ended up being a long day. We got hit by a snow storm while descending down Broads Fork but the fun glissading made up for this. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2005 9:28 pm | ||
| Bignick | Route Climbed: Robinson Variation Date Climbed: Sept 16, 2001 | |
| I did this peak with a friend of mine who got me into rock and ice climbing. We started at the Broads Fork trailhead and hiked to the meadow. From here we took a faint trail to the West that lead to the ridge some 2000' vertical above. This was a difficult assent due to the steepness thru a long bolder field and up thru dirt and loose rock. Once we attained the ridge the traveling became more interesting and pleasent. We traversed on a ridge heading South with outstanding views in every direction. This ridge was mainly slabby boulders with great exposure on either side and required some route finding skills to find the safest and easiest way to the base of the peak. Once at the base we started climbing up thru more bolders all the way to the summit of the East Twin. Upon reaching the summit we noticed thunder clouds overhead and didn't stay long. We descended the traditional route. A great hike with awsome views. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2005 1:26 am | ||
| Scott Wesemann | Route Climbed: Broads Fork Date Climbed: Many | |
| This is one my my favorites in the Wasatch. Great views and there are a lot of good late spring mountaineering routes up Broads Fork 7/3/2009- Grand plans of doing the Cottonwood Ridge with Matt Van Horn were thwarted by dark clouds moving in over the route. We went up Robinsons variation and hit both the East and West twin before aborting. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2005 1:15 pm | ||
| Nate D | Route Climbed: a few failures Date Climbed: 1985, 87, 95 | |
| I've been thwarted from this summit three stinkin' times. 1st: Broads Fork - father wimped out on the exposed ridge (crack?) 2nd: Deaf Smith/Hounds Tooth -got way off route initially w/miserable bushwacking and gave up. 3rd: Robinson Variation - made it to the ridge when storm clouds swept in from the west. This time, we at least saw several mt. goats clamboring just below us on the cliffs. (Kick myself to this day for not having a camera.) | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2005 7:09 pm | ||
| craghag | Route Climbed: Broads Fork Date Climbed: June 16, 01 & June 7, 03 | |
| Tears on the first ascent! Cheers on the second ascent with Kung Po for dinner! | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2004 12:32 pm | ||
| marauders | Route Climbed: Broads Fork - East Ridge Date Climbed: August 7, 2004 | |
| Incredible mountain. The long haul up the Broads Fork cirque is tedious upon descent. Try this mountain in June when you can glissade rather than hop through the boulders. | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2004 2:07 am | ||
| Nyle Walton | Route Climbed: Broads Fork and Lake Blanche Date Climbed: September 5, 1953 | |
| While a student at the University of Utah, I climbed to the double summit of Twin Peaks over fifty two years ago. Climbing with a classmate, one Jerry DeGettis, It took me almost twelve hours up and down and I remember stumbling along the trail back to my car well after dark. We lunched on the west summit next to the mail box and admired the view that took in the entire Wasatch Range from Mount Ogden to Timpanogos. I was delighted to see Twin Peaks on the cover of Time Magazine just before the 2002 Winter Olympics. The subsequent gold medal winner in figure skating (Hughes) was depicted doing a triple axel in the sky above Twin Peaks' fishtail crown. Since childhood I have considered Twin Peaks which looms above and behind Mount Olympus the most majestic peak in the Wasatch as it is viewed from downtown Salt Lake City. | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2004 11:37 am | ||
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