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| Redwic | Finally!  Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2011 | |
| Using advice from a friend's recent successful summit, I bypassed much of the road sections by heading straight up the hillside. I even bypassed the infamous knife-edge rocky ridge section, by side-traversing ~200' below its cliffs on its west side. This "Bypass Route" will be described on the main page, soon. This was my fifth time visiting Cleveland Mountain, and fourth time making a serious summit attempt. No timing-out or poor conditions this time! The last 200' elevation gain had several very steep sections, which were fortunately covered with snow but required a little extra caution. I do not plan to visit this mountain again; I have seen all I need to see. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2011 8:56 pm | ||
| don frazier | Good on Good Friday Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2011 | |
| With all the failed attempts listed here I figured on trying out a fresh route. Nice enjoyable route, shorter than the standard way and no roads to walk. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2011 12:30 pm | ||
| Josh Lewis | No luck | |
| Wow, almost no one here made the summit including myself. Makes me laugh a bit. After all it's only Mount Cleveland. ;-) | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2011 10:24 pm | ||
| Jimbopo | Didn't make it... yet | |
| Went up with EastKing, Redwic and friends. Super snowy season made it difficult. We tagged Temple Mountain but the summit ridge was way too narrow and loaded for Cleveland. I tried to ice-axe belay up a ways but realized that it wouldn't be feasible within our time restraints (nor safe). Summer hike or different approach should allow for success next time. We had a blast though. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2010 8:51 pm | ||
| fzte | Slippery Slope Date Climbed: May 23, 2010 | |
| Turned around at the knife ridge due to very poor snow conditions. Went to Cleveland Lake as an alternate endpoint. Some parts of the lake were melted out and others had 10-15 feet of snow on them which made for quite a view. | |
| Posted May 25, 2010 11:28 am | ||
| ericwillhite | New Years Day Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2002 | |
| Did this on the annual New Years Day climb with friends. Tough snowshoe. Pictures and map at http://www.willhiteweb.com/alpine_lakes_wilderness/cleveland_mountain/temple_road_200.htm | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2009 1:33 pm | ||
| EastKing | Heading back in July! Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| No luck today nere but I got nearby Temple Mountain!! | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2009 1:27 am | ||
| Redwic | Taken By Surprise!!! Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| This hike is definitely a lot more than just a road-walk followed by a forest-hike. The short knife-edge section took our hiking group by surprise. It wasn't a long section, but it was so steep and iced-over on each side that it was not safe to try without each of us having at least an ice axe (which my hiking partners did not have). Ascending the steep slopes to the ridgetop from the road-end is also a greatly underestimated option, much steeper than we anticipated. We'll go back in the near future, after the ice on the upper rocky sections has likely melted-out. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2009 2:11 am | ||
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