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| QuackFiend | Snowshoe to the summit  Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2013 | |
| Went with my cousin. Road 2160 still had snow so we hiked in from the intersection @ 2149. Hit continuous snow at about 5200' and used snowshoes from there on up. | ||
| Posted May 4, 2013 7:43 pm | ||
| JoelSkok | Fun, airy, expansive views Date Climbed: Aug 16, 1980 | |
| Our party of 5 included a dog. Excellent hike and scramble, seldom visited. Little evidence of even a climbers' path. Loved it | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2012 10:18 pm | ||
| paulm | Hot and Humid Hike Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2011 | |
| Drove FSR 6010 and 380 from the east. Hiked the Diamond Peak and Rockpile trails to Rockpile Lake, then on to Marie Lake. Bushwacked up the South Ridge route. It was a hot and humid day with intense mosquitoes near Marie Lake. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2012 1:08 am | ||
| Nick Turtura | 10 Aniversery Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2011 | |
| Proposed 10 years ago on top of Diamond, the return trip was just as nice. I love you Abby. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2012 11:30 pm | ||
| nicozone | Started Too Late to Route Find Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2012 | |
| On the advise of the Middle Fork Rangers, we decided to forgo attempting to get to Summit Lake (5600') to start from the PCT trailhead due to snow levels at 4500' and the road likely being blocked. We instead on Road 21 to 3556 to 4484 and started on trail 3632 at the 4950' elevation. We didn't start on the trail until noon, and turned back at 3:30pm when we realized we would be summiting and hiking back in the dark. No fresh tracks in the snow, so we were not very confident we could track back to the car via headlamps and using only our own tracks. A peak for another day. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2012 9:34 pm | ||
| Dzul | Great climb, long day Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011 | |
| Started from the PCT after camping at Marie Lake (yeah, bugs were bad). Hike/climb was great and the view was terrific. No snow crossing required. Be prepared for lots of false summits. Lost the trail on the way down, used a map/compass to find out way back to the PCT. After the climb, the hike out to Trapper Creek trail head made for a long day. | ||
| Posted Sep 8, 2011 3:02 pm | ||
| DigityDan | Great | |
| False summit after false summit. Stayed at Marie lake and was treated to mosquito factory. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2011 12:41 pm | ||
| cdog | summer hike Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2004 | |
| fun hike up Diamond Peak with my girlfriend Amy | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2011 2:01 am | ||
| kraymes | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011 | |
| From a still mostly frozen Divide Lake gained the ridge and skirted to the top. The trail from Notch Lake to Divide Lake was mostly covered in snow. The mosquitos were horrendous in the trees. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:57 am | ||
| RetroGear | Diamond Peak - SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2010 | |
| Took advantage of a favorable break in weather to climb the SW Ridge. Time up from Pioneer Gulch trailhead was 4 hrs 20 minutes. Clear overnight skies and low temps in the upper 30s gave up us firm snow. Snow level is currently about 5500' We took snowshoes but stashed them at the junction with the Diamond Peak Trail (#3669) on the way in. The snow on the SW Ridge was pretty solid, so we put on crampons somewhere around 6000'. Blue sky day, it was great. Did not see anyone else. Snow softened up in afternoon and we used the snowshoes for the last part of the snow. Great trip! Bob J. / Eugene, OR | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2010 1:01 am | ||
| Derv | Diamond Peak: Pioneer Gulch Date Climbed: May 23, 2010 | |
| Drove to the Pioneer Gulch trailhead with no problems...minimal snow on the road from earlier snow fall during the week. Started the hike about 7:30 AM and after about a half mile had to put on snowshoes...which remained on the rest of the day. Lots and lots of fresh snow which had not yet consolidated so the going was slow. Only one icy area on the way up the false peak where the slope was windswept and we could have used crampons. Weather conditions had deteriorated by the time we got to the top of the false peak and we could not see the summit proper nor much of the ridge that separates the two due to fog/clouds. Since Mother Nature was no longer cooperating the decision was made to head back down and try again another day. | |
| Posted May 25, 2010 8:01 pm | ||
| JGHarrison | Bluebird Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2010 | |
| Amazing weather. Drove to within 200 yards of the trail head (Pioneer Gulch) with a saturn (road obviously in good shape). Wonderful, easy snow climb. Beautiful hike up with lots of Nuthatches and Chickadees. Definitely pack some snowshoes or skis for the hike down in the afternoon. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2010 10:49 pm | ||
| Holk | South Ridge Youngin' Date Climbed: Aug 19, 1993 | |
| I climbed this with my dad, cousin and two older brothers when I was 8 years old. That pretty much started it for me I think and I really look forward to heading back that way in a little while for a multi-day climb. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2010 2:48 am | ||
| alpinedon | 1st-8th times | |
| I have climbed DP more than any other mountain, seven times successfully and one time to the south summit in an escalating storm. I have climbed it with the Obsidians, with friends and solo. I have done both the Summit Lake/PCT route and the Pioneer Gulch. My last time was with my friend Mike and when we were back on the trail, a 200'+ tree fell and landed about one hundred feet away. Scary! | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2009 4:12 pm | ||
| rmick25 | First snow of year Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| Great conditions on mountain. Nice and cool and the usually loose cinder was somewhat frozen allowing nice passage. Second try of Diamond after an ill-fated attempt the year before in the winter. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2009 3:51 pm | ||
| vancouver islander | Diamond in the rough Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| The "normal" S Ridge route sounded a bit on the long side so we made our own way up a (so far) undocumented direct route from Corrigan Lake. Once on it, we could see that it was previously travelled however. Pretty straightfoward route finding from inside our head nets as we sheltered from the hordes of voracious mozzies. Route took us, more or less, direct to the summit from the south west from where we could look down on all those additional mozzie infested miles on the standard route that we'd missed. Excellent day! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 12:02 am | ||
| cascadetraveler | Spring fling on Diamond Date Climbed: May 9, 2009 | |
| Hi to all you summitposters out there. Wanted to share this mountain with you. It has been a great snow season and Diamond peak is consolidated and epic for 3,000+ feet of freeheeelin fun. I must Digress, I led a basic mountaineering class graduation climb this day. It was a great day with sun and clouds enough to keep the snow semi firm for good kick stepping. We had a strong group and were having enough fun we climbed all day. We were certainly spectators during the launch of at least ten backcountry teli skiers off the summit, good times. | |
| Posted May 10, 2009 11:01 am | ||
| RyanTaro76 | Off-Trail Fun Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2000 | |
| Four of us climbed it from a trailhead on a FS road from the Oakridge side. Following the PCT we went off trail near a lake whose name escapes me and went up the ridgelines of basaltic boulders, scree and snowfields. Needless to say the lack of trail gave us a full day of hiking all to ourselves. The most Ive used maps and compasses on any Cascade outing. | ||
| Posted Mar 5, 2008 1:54 pm | ||
| mkpatrick | PCT/South Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| Summited via the PCT/Marie Lake/South Ridge Route. The route was relatively snow free, mostly just a scree slog up. We had great weather and decided to stay the night at Marie Lake. The celabratory whiskey tasted great on this cold night. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2007 12:10 am | ||
| KMM | did this one with my brother | |
| a great slog up. Did this with my older bro. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2007 2:18 am | ||
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