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| Redwic | Cranes, Cows, And Roadkill  Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012 | |
| I drove during dark early night hours and my car accidentally clipped one ground squirrel, one rabbit, and one bat. I found the road-hike and trail-hike to be boring, but I really enjoyed the western views from the summit. Goose Lake is so huge, yet you can easily notice that it used to be even larger. I found the summit register and soon located the names of two SP and peakbagging legends: Bob Bolton and Dean Molen. During the drive out, a very large tan/white bird (it looked like a crane) was spotted flying near the road, and my car had to do a fair number of cow dodges. This was the second of seven Top 100 peaks summited in Oregon during a 3-1/2 day timeframe. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2012 6:23 pm | ||
| Swithich | Snow! Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2011 | |
| Stopped at end of maintained road. Started at high noon. 3 to 4 foot snow from about half mile up road to 8000' feet or so. Summit had 6' to 8'. Scrambled snow covered ridge from false north summit to summit. Read all of your register entries. I feel like I know you all personally now. :P. Perfect day for a snow hike. Road was hard to find in spots, but we managed. -Swithich | ||
| Posted Jul 8, 2011 1:42 am | ||
| Troy B | In The Clouds Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2010 | |
| Parked at the end of the maintained road and slept in the car so I could get an early start on the 23rd. Hiked up the remaining couple of miles in the dark to the trail then up the trail and ridge to the summit. Thick fog at the summit so I missed out on the view...next time. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2010 12:09 pm | ||
| Paul McClellan | Solitude Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2009 | |
| Clear and cool hike with my canine Rudi. Saw no other vehicles at the trailhead nor hikers on the route, making for a pleasant summer weekend experience. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 12:59 am | ||
| calebEOC | Kelly Creek Date Climbed: May 16, 2009 | |
| With a lot of snow still on the Warners, I opted to do a westside approach. Kelly Creek gets you pretty close to the summit ridgeline via a poor 4x4 road, from there it was just dealing with the massive amounts of snow remaining up on top. | |
| Posted May 17, 2009 9:29 pm | ||
| derbilly | Snow Date Climbed: May 28, 2007 | |
| With mlarkin2002 | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 6:39 pm | ||
| cjwhat | Death March Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2005 | |
| We (Kyle, Rico, and I) made it to within a mile of the end of the road before I decided the track was unfit even for the Land Cruiser. Took the horse trail south ... the dusty dungy horse trail ... then bushwacked the last couple hundred feet to the top. It was a hot, dry, featureless slog. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 6:24 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Lake Co. HP Date Climbed: May 28, 2007 | |
| Drove as far as we could. About 2mi from the end of the road, a large deadfall tree blocked the way. Continuous snow coverage after about 7000'. Great views from the summit. Also ascended nearby willow point. | ||
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 2:39 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | 34th Oregon county highpoint Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2003 | |
| See Dean's entry below. Very memorable Labor Day weekend swing through some very wild and remote country. The following weekend we (Dean, Dennis, and I) got together in the Wallowas for Red Mountain and Sacajawea Peak, my final two Oregon county highpoints. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2007 6:14 am | ||
| Don Nelsen | Views! Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2006 | |
| On a three-day expedition through the wilds of SE Oregon, I bagged Crane Mountain first and then went on to tag the HP's of Harney, Malhuer and finally Baker county. The great views enticed me to explore all around the summit area. I think I found the highest elevation cattle in Oregon when I encountered a herd at over 8,000'! | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2007 2:06 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Snow in June Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2003 | |
| I hiked this at the end of June 2003. The access road was still snow blocked, so I had to hike a little ways. It was a beautiful clear day. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2007 8:46 pm | ||
| Dean | Lake County highpoint Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2003 | |
| SP'er Bob Bolton and myself were finishing up a three day swing through southern Oregon and southwestern Idaho. We did Steens, Stevenson Point, Hayden Pk in Idaho, Granite Peak in Nevada as well as Crane. Great stuff. We camped at nearby Willow Creek campground and nabbed this prior to the long drive home. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2007 5:14 pm | ||
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