The 2000-foot Prominence Peaks of New Mexico > Cookes Peak > Climber's LogCookes Peak Climber's Log
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| eric-griz | Impressive summit  Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2012 | |
| Parked near a sign for Cooke's Town and hiked up a rough road for a bit. Then I hike up a ridge to the summit. Found a cairned trail on the summit ridge that turned into an engineered trail complete with waterbars. Hiked this trail down to the mouth of a canyon then hiked cross-country past an old mining shack and back to the road to my car. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2012 9:37 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2012 | |
| Direct ascent of NE Ridge after a good snowstorm. Parked 0.5 miles below "TH", hiked to the end of the abandoned 4WD road and climbed to the top of the ridge directly passing the old mine. There was 1/2 to 1 foot of snow on the ridge and in the canyon. Nice hike/climb, beautiful weather, great views. Click here to see the Cookes Peak picture album. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2012 6:15 pm | ||
| gregoryhuey | East Route Date Climbed: Nov 28, 2011 | |
| Perfect time of year for it. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2011 1:39 pm | ||
| Farmdog | East Approach Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2010 | |
| Followed CR A019 to Cookes Town road. Parked on BLM property and hiked in from the east side. | ||
| Posted Mar 20, 2010 6:43 pm | ||
| Vinegaroon | Great Views Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| Nice views, tough hike... Fought my way up, but found better route coming down... | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 3:26 am | ||
| weeds19 | Every ounce Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 | |
| I drank every ounce of water ( ~130) that I had with me and could have easily consumed 100 more. The views were great and the sparrows were flying low. A nice climb with lizrdboy. | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2007 12:37 am | ||
| markhyams | SE Approach Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2007 | |
| Good climb, and following Gerry Roach's directions proved useful. There was even a stream flowing! | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2007 6:11 pm | ||
| lizrdboy | Hot...need water Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 | |
| We took 7 hours to make the 12 mile roundtrip to the lonely summit. The hot weather and scant trails were the main obstacles. Take more that 4 liters if hiking in the summer. The summit was quite satisfying: small and airy with vertical cliffs dropping off on three sides. We were repeatedly buzzed by swallows practicing their dog fighting skills - impressive. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2007 1:57 am | ||
| surgent | Route Climbed: Northeast Approach Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2004 Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2004 | |
| We did fine despite inclement weather. Unfortunately I never actually 'saw' the mountain during the hike. Would like to go back some day for a go in better weather. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2005 4:36 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: northeast(from ghost town) Date Climbed: Sept 1993 | |
| We obtained permission from the ghost town landowner to camp there and climb the mountain from the NE. To reach the summit we climbed the prominent gully on the east side of the summit block. It was a difficult class 3+ with much loose rock. I don't think it had been climbed as there are several easier routes. The Apaches used this mountain as a lookout post as you can see forever in any direction. It is well worth the effort! | ||
| Posted Apr 2, 2005 1:02 am | ||
| wbass | Date Climbed: December 2003 | |
| Spectacular 360 deg. view. Register pens were out of ink. | |
| Posted May 26, 2004 11:10 am | ||
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