Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Cirque Peak > Climber's Log
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| krrt2000 | SW Slope  Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2007 | |
| With Jim, Scott and Mike, nice trip | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:25 am | ||
| hightinerary | Old Favorite Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2011 | |
| An old favorite. I have climbed it six times, sometimes from New Army Pass, sometimes from Cottonwood Pass. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2011 4:26 pm | ||
| GigaMike | North Slope Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2010 | |
| Hiked Cirque via the North Slope from Horseshoe Meadows with my friends Hudie and Brooke. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2011 2:35 am | ||
| onramp36 | East Face from Long Lake Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009 | |
| Backpacked to Long Lake, stashed packs, then scrambled up the East Face. | ||
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 2:27 pm | ||
| DanSD | Change in Plan Date Climbed: May 26, 2007 | |
| Carrying a 50 pound pack up this hill from Chicken Spring Lake, on what was supposed to be a 4 day trip taught me how quickly I can get out of shape. Looking up at Langley, across New Army Pass, then down at High Lake, the nearest source of water, I knew it was time to bail. I'll be back. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2010 10:28 pm | ||
| tarol | Nice Peak Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2010 | |
| Went up via Old Army and came down via New Army. I stopped just shy of the summit - was feeling the altitude! Friends Greg and Albert made it all the way to the top. Loved the views from up here - outstanding. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2010 11:00 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | NE Ridge First Recorded Ascent? Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010 | |
| Deb and I took a day off from our FA pursuits and decided to stroll out to Cirque Peak from Golden Trout Camp area. We were going to scramble up the north slope but the sight of the ridge coming down the NE side looked enticing. Deb mentioned to me that she had seen nothing about it in Secor's book (only the East Ridge and the standard New Army Pass way). We left the trail between Long Lake and High Lake and set out sights on a subtle ramp-like weakness that headed SW and up to the ridgeline itself. Once on the ridge, we followed mainly the left side of the ridge, skirting mid height on most of the towers and genedarmes encountered (mostly 4th class with a few low 5th class spots in between). Mid way up the southern side of the ridge, we moved into a steep recess, again, encountering exciting exposed 4th/5th class climbing on steep cracks and knobs. The ridge backed off to 3rd class and eventually gained the upper part of the north slope and bending slightly south to the summit. I've checked the archives of the SPS TR's, Bob Burd's TR's and the recent edition of Secor's High Sierra guidebook. Nothing. We even looked for signs of passage and found nothing (ie ducks, cairns, bail gear, etc). Perhaps its been done but never recorded. And I supposed that could be said for alot of other ridges and such. We'll call it an FA unless someone can otherwise prove its been done before. See photos for the Cirque Peak page. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2010 11:51 pm | ||
| ScottHanson | from Cottonwood Pass and PCT Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010 | |
| Did Cirque on ninth day of SC2010. My sixth SPS peak in 2010. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2010 11:41 am | ||
| CWessels | North Slope/Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2010 | |
| Totally worth it if you're headed to Langley and have extra time. Lots of (big) loose stuff on the way up, but it's still fun. You can find class 3 sections if you look for them...more if you stick to the edge of the ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2010 11:28 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Cirque Peak Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010 | |
| With DB. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2010 10:31 am | ||
| MooseTracks | Acclimatization Weekend Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| Packed into the South Fork Lakes, then headed up the north face. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 9:48 pm | ||
| cab | Climbed with Langley Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Made the long walk over after summiting Langley. Kind of fun to do a peak that is usually ignored. Didn't see anybody after leaving the top of New Army Pass. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 11:06 am | ||
| KVHiker | The Four 12r's Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| After descending from Trailmaster we traversed around Peak 12417 & Peak 12525. There was a lot of sand, scree, and boulder scrambling for 1.50 miles to the summit of Cirque Peak with an elevation gain was 900’. The views were majestic, and some of the landmarks are: the Cottonwood Lakes, Trail Peak, Muah Mountain, Olancha Peak, Wonoga Peak, Woolly Back, Owens Point, Muir Lake, Whitney Meadow, Mount Langley, Joe Devil Peak, Mount Pickering, The Western Divide, Mineral King, Mount Newcomb, Mount McAdie, The Great Western Divide, The Miter, Mount Muir, Mount Russell, Mount Whitney, and many more. Photos | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 7:15 pm | ||
| dabendschein | East face Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Hiked to Long Lake, set up camp, bagged Cirque via east face. Good way to go if you get a late start. Class 2 and 3 all the way up, a fun climb. Did Langley following day. | ||
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 5:37 pm | ||
| dshoshone | East face Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| The East face cl.2 with a few cl.3 moves..fun route | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 6:54 pm | ||
| ridgeline | 3 peak day hike Date Climbed: May 24, 2009 | |
| Slept at Horseshoe Meadows, hiked to peak 12369, then Cirque and hit Trailmaster Pk on the way back. All with my closest peak bagger friends. | |
| Posted May 28, 2009 9:15 am | ||
| thholder | Returning from Langley Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2008 | |
| Perfect day/no wind | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 3:27 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Cirque Peak via Cottonwood Pass Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2001 | |
| We reached the Summit Cirque on the fourth day of a short backpack trip doing the Horseshoe loop starting over Cottonwood Pass. Over the course of the trip, we camped out at Chicken Spring Lake, two nights at Soldier Lake and the last night at Long Lake under the stars after the Cirque ascent. In doing Cirque we dropped packs at New Army Pass and day hiked the summit. The summit provided a beautiful view over the Cottonwood Lakes on a perfect August afternoon. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2009 6:05 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Southwest slope Date Climbed: Sep 24, 1997 | |
| 2 peak weekend | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 8:37 pm | ||
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