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| PanamaRed | West Ridge  | |
| Climbed Crazy Peak in September of 2012 via the west ridge route. It was extremely windy the day we went up, and snow covered everything above 10,000 feet. Near the top there was a lot of ice and things got a little sketchy. All in all a great climb! Took us a good part of a day to do. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2012 1:40 am | ||
| MTfred19 | West ridge Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2012 | |
| Climbed alone (with my dogs) on a Wednesday and felt like I had the whole range to myself. Big Timber Creek is gorgeous and so are the upper lakes. I went a little further west than most, I think, and cut quite a few verts off of the climb up the steep loose stuff to gain the ridgeline. Wow! What an amazing view! Absolutely insane (crazy)!! Very cold and windy heading up the ridge to the false summit where I decided to leave the dogs with my pack and sticks. A very interesting route leads down the chute and over and up to the main summit. A great feeling of acomplishment! One of my favorite hikes - the only downfall being the amount of steep loose rock (very tedious and tough on dog feet). Can't wait to come back to the Crazys! | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2012 4:25 pm | ||
| JLuthanen | Helluva hike Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| Stayed overnight and camped at the TH. Early start in the AM, attained a saddle (the one closer to the highway I believe - had some difficulty triangulating). Buddy's dog was wimpering up high and his pads were cut up, and ridge to the top looked like a sufferfest. Definitely on the to-do list ... | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2012 10:32 pm | ||
| droot | Nice weather Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2011 | |
| Climbed via the west ridge. Camped out at Blue Lake the night before, started early. Attained the false summit quite easily, with a few class 3 moves on the way up. From the false summit we went down the infamous chute, and scrambled our way to the true summit. Great day on top, with blue skies all around. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2012 11:37 am | ||
| nickL | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011 | |
| Stellar views climbing the west ridge waaaay above the cloud cover. Fun glissading back down to Blue Lake. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2011 12:53 am | ||
| cookedfish | The Crazies are Crazy Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008 | |
| My friend and I being the newbies that we were decided to head straight up a couloir on the NW face instead of the standard route. It being late in the season, that meant about two thousand vertical feet of shifting talus. Not fun. We stopped at the false summit and headed down the standard route. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2011 3:51 pm | ||
| ianc82 | second attempt, success Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2010 | |
| An awesome day. Started from TH around 8. Had to tie my dog up when it started to get sketchy for him below the false summit. I accidently went down the wrong "chimney" which became treacherous class 4 with large rocks dislodging. I realized my mistake on the way back and was relieved to find the main chimney relatively free of loose rock. A memorable solo ascent. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2010 9:59 pm | ||
| DBachen | crazy peak Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2009 | |
| beautiful day, summited via the west ridge and descended via the north coulier lots of loose rock. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 12:04 am | ||
| alpine climber | six in six Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2008 | |
| Climbed six peaks over 10,000 ft in six days in the Crazies, did the west ridge of Crazy Peak on day two. First time in these mountains...beautiful range. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2008 12:39 pm | ||
| wyomtman | Crazy Coulior Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| Soloed the Crazy Couloir, the route described in Alpine ice & rock guide to Southwest & Central Montana. Great route! Had planned on doing it in two days but an evening of hail in a leaky bivy sack forced me to do it in one long day. Important lessons learned to say the least. Great mountain and amazing range! | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2007 12:35 pm | ||
| lonewolf2401 | Crazy Peak Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1991 | |
| Great solo trip. Camped at Blue Lake and then hiked straight to the mountain, gaining the west ridge. From there a simple ridge walk to the split summit, where a little scrambling is required down into the cleft and then back up to the actual summit. Beautiful weather, awesome place! | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2007 12:09 pm | ||
| Tie-Dye Mike | Kicked Ass Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Made the "true" summit after about an hour and a half from the false summit. Gorgeous views and only about 5 other hikers during the whole trip considering it was Labor Day weekend. Tough hike, especially during the summer months. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:46 am | ||
| wmolland | west ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007 | |
| A fun walk up to the base of the rigde from Blue lake and a nice scramble from there. Nice peak! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2007 6:35 pm | ||
| highice | north ridge climb Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2006 | |
| climbed with my dog the north ridge from granite lake b.c. class 3, maybe harder if doing the true arete. time 1-1/2 hrs up, due to lightning storm approaching! decended west ridge in the storm...not a good situation, but I lived. | ||
| Posted Jan 30, 2007 4:29 pm | ||
| HedUp | Second Summit Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Two for two...started at Granite Lake and headed up the west ridge - standard route. Forest fire smoke obscured the distant views, but the short range views were superb. My buddies dog almost made it! Wonder if there's ever been a pup up there before? | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2007 1:03 am | ||
| Bob Bolton | West Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| Ascended one of the gullies west of the summit to the west ridge, climbed that ridge to the summit. Descended the north ridge, following others who had climbed that route. We lost track of the folks leading the way down, so improvised a way down off the cliffs on the west side of the north ridge. It was getting rather late by then, so we were very glad to find a good way down while it was still daylight. Nice peak, beautiful area, and fun summit scramble. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 12:46 am | ||
| CBakwin | Smokey Day Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006 | |
| I did this on a smokey day due to forest fires South of Big Timber. The morning was pretty clear but the winds brought smoke in the afternoon. Left the TH at 9:18, later than planned. granite Lake at 12:18, about 3 mi, 2000'vert. The next two mi is about 3000'vert, up the stream from Blue Lake, turn left (eastish). In the bowl I climbed a nasty loose rock gully to the ridge, and followed it to the summit. Right before the summit you have to decend about 50' vert and then climb steep, nasty loose rock to the true summit, I didn't do this as my friend was waiting for me at Granite Lake and had to leave by 6pm, so I didn't actually summit. I was up at 2:45, back to Granite at 4:30, out at 6:18. Trip is 5mi one way, 5000' vertical. Probably 10 hrs RT. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2006 2:43 pm | ||
| gato | Crazy Train Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2006 | |
| Hit this one with b. and sqwirll. Excellent car-to-car trip with some nice turns thrown in for good measure. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2006 10:48 pm | ||
| bakcast | Crazy Views | |
| First tried climbing Crazy Peak in June 2003 - turned away by zero visibility conditions. Successfully reached the top in July 2006. Great hike, no one around except down by the lakes. | |
| Posted May 10, 2006 2:28 pm | ||
| Scott | Nice peak, wish there wasn't so much private land in the area | |
| Via Big Timber Creek on a three day trip in July 1992. | |
| Posted May 1, 2006 1:40 pm | ||
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