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| westtex | Nice and Hot  Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2012 | |
| Nice little climb | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2012 12:40 am | ||
| bechtt | Left side ascent Date Climbed: Mar 10, 2012 | |
| Crosscounty up left side. Descended via main trail. With my wife Caren, Erin, Laura Molnar, Jim, and Ruth. | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2012 11:43 pm | ||
| labgloves | 2nd Times a charm Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2011 | |
| Following the use trail up the meandering ridge. Awesome views! Happy New Year! | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2011 10:47 pm | ||
| robot one | From the road Date Climbed: Nov 18, 2010 | |
| A fine peak | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2010 9:25 pm | ||
| asmrz | Good Hike Date Climbed: Dec 6, 2010 | |
| Penelope May and I hiked more or less the DPS route starting from the "Corkscrew sign" on the highway on December 6th, 2010. We by-passed the initial hill to the right and followed the wash all the way to the 2 dry waterfalls. Above this we continued toward the "hole in the black rock", above which we turned first left then up aiming at the right side of the "Gunsight" pinnacle which is left of the large red tower on the skyline. Once at the saddle, we found the trail to the summit. Came down the SE facing rib, the one on which the DPS variation (going up) is located. Good hike, nice views. | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2010 6:42 pm | ||
| Day Hiker | From the Road Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2010 | |
| 2010 November 27: Great morning hike. 2010 December 31: One last peak before the new year. Up in 1:42. Got on top just in time to watch the sunset. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2010 10:11 pm | ||
| missymtngirl | Hiked at Night Date Climbed: May 29, 2010 | |
| We started our hike at 6:00pm. I didn't think we were even going to start our hike at all given that it was getting so late. We made it to the really steep craggly part of the hike by 8:00pm, and hiked back mostly in the dark. We made it to our car by 10:30pm with a full moon on our side. Definitely the craziest night hike we've ever done. The trail was difficult to find at first; just really keep your eyes open for the carins along the way. Awesome & memorable experience. Next time I'd like to make it to the summit. Looking forward to it! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2010 9:19 pm | ||
| blmcclain | Daylight Pass Route Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2010 | |
| Wow, tough day. Did this with Rob Egan in a total time of 6 hours. I very much disagree with the Class 2 rating. It's more Class 3 with a touch of Class 4 when the wash runs out. Trail gets a bit tough to follow below the saddle, look for the ducks along the way. Also, when you head up the wash and hit the first dry fall, track back about 50 ft. and look for the skirt trail on the west side of the wash. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2010 7:22 pm | ||
| DougHemken | Perkin's "Beacon" Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2010 | |
| Nice hike. Great views. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2010 3:56 pm | ||
| MooseTracks | Nice scramble. Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2008 | |
| Nice walk after a big traverse over Towne/Panamint Butte. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 11:09 pm | ||
| SummitJunkie | 2nd DPS peak Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2009 | |
| 2nd DPS | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 6:26 am | ||
| Noondueler | First Desert Peak Date Climbed: Mar 18, 1998 | |
| A hike that is a good way to learn desert terrain. Had the company of 3 others on the summit. | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2008 11:55 pm | ||
| TripoliRick | Day Off as a Ranger | |
| Just one of the many peaks I climbed while a seasonal ranger in Death Valley. As a geologist by education, I love looking at the rocks and structural forms of desert peaks since the lack of vegetation exposes all. Stopped to do it on the trip to Beatty to buy food (cost too much at the stores in Death Valley). | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2008 3:55 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | From Daylight Pass Rd Date Climbed: Dec 7, 2007 | |
| Easy morning hike from the pavement. Some fun scrambling, too. Continued on the ridge north several miles to the area highpoint. Trip Report | |
| Posted Feb 29, 2008 11:43 pm | ||
| jimegan | CORKSCREW PK Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2002 | |
| CLIMBED WITH ED | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 8:19 am | ||
| alpspitze | Ridge up and wash down Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2004 | |
| Very windy but still had good views. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2007 11:20 am | ||
| Vagabond Manifesto | Death Valley days Date Climbed: Feb 8, 2007 | |
| I climbed this on the second day of a monthlong solo trip to Death Valley. I thoroughly enjoyed the hike--ridge-top traverses most of the way. Saw a group of chukars in the wash just before the route climbs out up onto the low ridges. | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2007 3:26 am | ||
| MoapaPk | ridge from Daylight Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2007 | |
| Corkscrew I took the ridge route up (close to eastern trace on Wingding's map, will post exact trace later), and the wash down. I much preferred the ridge route. 1h45m up, 1h15m down, but I jogged part of the way back. Passed some mystery hikers, apparently going to the peak; never saw them again, even after 40 min on top and lots of scanning the lower slopes. Their car was still at the "trailhead" when I came back This is a fairly fast drive from Vegas via us95; on a good day, takes just a bit over 2 hrs, and is about 140 miles. Thimble looks much nicer. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 12:26 am | ||
| slogger | From Daylight Pass Rd Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2005 | |
| I solo scrambled up this one on New Year's Eve, 2005. Lots of fun trying to find my way up. There were less than a dozen names in the summit log for 2005. Snow/Rain in the Panamints, but just wind and brooding clouds overhead for me. Took me a few hours round trip. Good fun! | ||
| Posted Dec 19, 2006 11:56 am | ||
| rhyang | Feb 2003 | |
| Dayhiked up with some folks while enjoying another Death Valley trip. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 2:31 pm | ||
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