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| SarahThompson | 2x  Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005 | |
| 10/1/05 - Standard loop over Crystal, Pacific & Atlantic from Mayflower Gulch. 5/30/09 - Intended on climbing Pacific's North Couloir from Mohawk Lakes but found unstable snow conditions. Posthole city and fresh point releases everywhere. Climbed Crystal's south slopes as a consolation prize. Planned on running ridge to Father Dyer and Helen but dark clouds at 9am put a stop to that too. A horrible day. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2009 10:58 am | ||
| mattpayne11 | Date Climbed: June 5, 1988 Date Climbed: Jun 5, 1988 | |
| Great views. Very memorable trip. Lots of snow in early June. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 2:28 am | ||
| slowpoke | via East Ridge of Father Dyer Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008 | |
| Combined with Father Dyer and Peak 10. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2008 5:35 pm | ||
| Woodie Hopper | SW ridge Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2008 | |
| Climbed from Mayflower Gulch en route to Pacific and Atlantic. I had to bushwhack a little while crossing Mayflower Creek. I had all three to myself today. Great weather too. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2008 11:08 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | With Fr. D from Crystal Lakes, out via Mohawk Lakes Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| Approached via the lovely Crystal Lake route. Summitted Crystal (three parties from three approaches converged on the summmit at almost the same time). Continued onto Father Dyer. Descended down north slope between Dyer and Helen into Mohawk Lakes. Slope was painfully steep, I don't recommend that return route. Partners: Carol & Deb. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2008 11:05 pm | ||
| big_g | via Father Dyer Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2008 | |
| yep | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2008 10:33 pm | ||
| heather14 | Via Mayflower Gulch Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2008 | |
| Crystal clear day on Crystal. A lot more snow on the ridge than I anticipated, but it made for a fun climb. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2008 11:07 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | with Peak 10 Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1993 | |
| I climbed Crystal along with Peak 10 via the Crystal Lakes route. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2008 10:50 pm | ||
| DharmaBum1984 | From Spruce Creek Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2007 | |
| Climbed Crystal with a couple of friends. Two of us continued on to Peak 10 and then 9, where the other guy picked us up. A great link-up if you have a friend with a Jeep who doesn't mind driving it. | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2008 4:26 am | ||
| Mots010 | From Mayflower Creek Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2007 | |
| Started in Mayflower Creek, although took the mining road over to Humbug Creek. Snowshoes a very good idea. | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2007 10:47 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Keeping on after Father Dyer Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2007 | |
| A lot of fun to get back on some early season snow. Great views all around, smoke included. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2007 5:52 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | Nice hike after Father Dyer Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2007 | |
| With Eric Holle. Great views. A bit smokey from CA fires, could even smell it. Fun steep descent direct to lower lake. Beautiful day. | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2007 7:12 pm | ||
| volda2000 | SW Ridge (Crystal-Pacific-Atlantic) Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| The first of three peaks for the day. Started from Mayflower Gulch. Combining these three peaks makes for a great tour. Still a fair amount of snow in the area. Besides the wind is was a perfect day! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 2:04 pm | ||
| TorstenW | After Peak 10 Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2004 | |
| Climbed Peak 10 and saw this peak and the Crystal lakes below. Did the ridge from Peak 10 and decided to descend to the lakes cause it was just getting plain too late to summit and make it back at a decent hour. That means 10pm, not 2-3am the next day. I had gotten to the top of Peak 10 around 4pm, but the beauty of the area was just too captivating to leave right away. Still had to find my way back to town on foot, didn't have a map. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2007 11:50 pm | ||
| doumall | Winter Summit: SW Ridge over Mayflower Hill Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2007 | |
| Avoiding avalanche was the main thought of the day with a considerable to high danger, 6 inches of new snow falling and heavy SW winds. Very deep unconsolidated snow below treeline, ridge running over Mayflower Hill and climbing above all the avy chutes in route made this a long 10 hour day. At one point below treeline, my buddie sank up to his shoulders straight into the snow. The last 1/2 mile of trailbreaking was possibly the most difficult hiking ever for me, and it was downhill!!! | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2007 12:20 am | ||
| shanahan96 | winter climb Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2007 | |
| climbed with mike and my baby. it was a nice, calm day until the winds came at the crystal-pacific saddle. very nice climb, it's highly recommended for a winter outing. jamie | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2007 4:50 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | SW Ridge in Winter Date Climbed: Jan 27, 2007 | |
| Climbed the SW Ridge route from Mayflower Gulch with shanahan96 and jamienellis. Beautiful day in the mountains, but as usual in January cold and windy on the ridge. Snow conditions were good, there is a nice trench in place now if you want to get this one before the next storms! The ridge was pretty much all talus, no need for snowshoes above the saddle. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 3:42 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | From Father Dyer Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2006 | |
| Summited on the East Ridge via Helen and Father Dyer. The scramble took a lot out of me, so getting up this guy was a struggle. After sitting on the summit for a while and contemplating the extra 400 ft of climbing to get Pk 10, decided to go for it. 4 13ers in one pass, not bad. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2006 7:14 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Solitude on Crystal Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006 | |
| My friend Jake and I summited via the amazing Spruce Creek basin. Lots of nice lakes and running water. The views of Pacific Peak convinced us to summit it as well. We saw no one until we descended Pacific into Spruce Creek basin and returned to the lower lakes. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2006 4:58 pm | ||
| belexes | Crystal Creek Road and Crystal Trail Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| I started from Spruce Creek Trailhead and hiked up Crystal Creek Road and the Crystal Trail to the top. I considered going over to Father Dyer Peak, but it looked like it might rain (it didn't). Great scenery, and not too difficult. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2006 9:25 pm | ||
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