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| ckerth | Route Climbed: NE Ridge From Dicks Pass Date Climbed: August 13, 2005  | |
| (August 2, 2008) Climbed along with Mount Tallac and Jacks Peak. Lots of butterflies on the summit. (August 13, 2005) Climbed to the summit with our backpacks and spent the night on top. The wind got pretty intense during the night but there was a good wind shelter on top. There was a meteor shower occuring the night we were up there so we had a great view. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2005 2:20 am | ||
| Eric L | Route Climbed: North East Ridge from Dicks Pass Date Climbed: 24 July 2005 | |
| I did this climb with my friend Asher and my dog Ginger. Ginger made it up most of the way until we hit a short section of class III off the use trail. So one of us had to summit while the other stayed with my dog then come down and switch. It was a fun climb. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 10:46 pm | ||
| derbilly | Route Climbed: NE ridge from Dicks pass, decend on NW ridge to Dicks Lake Date Climbed: October 9, 2004 | |
| Enjoyed great views on the way up on this cloudy day, but our views ended at the summit which poked its head into a cloud. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2004 6:53 pm | ||
| tahoeberne | Route Climbed: Eagle Lake Trailhead and Lily Lake Date Climbed: Circa 1986 and 1988 | |
| I made summer hikes two ways. From Emerald Bay along the Eagle Lake Trail and on to Dicks Lake to the pass and up the NW ridge. Another way, not noted on the three given routes in from Fallen Leaf Lake at the trailhead of Lily Lake. See my description of this route that I have added. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2004 9:32 pm | ||
| josephgdawson | Route Climbed: NE Ridge from Dicks Pass Date Climbed: June 15, 2004 | |
| I came from Cathedral Lake, tagged the top of Tallac, descended the back side of Tallac to the PCT, and then hung a left at Dicks Pass and followed the ridge. The last 60 or so vertical feet are not class 2, I would say they are class 3. Near the summit another group of people turned around because they were worried someone could take a nasty spill. Indeed, that worried me as well, but I continued on to the top. I then followed the saddle between Dicks Peak and Jacks Peak and tagged the top of Jacks Peak as well. I followed the ridge pretty closely, but I dropped down on the right side of it to make things easier after a little while. I dropped down a vertical hundred feet or so as I neared the end of the saddle between Jacks Peak and Dicks Peak to avoid a snow field and aim for what looked like an easier route to the summit of Jack's Peak compared to following the ridge religiously. I dont know the ratings system that well, but I would guess the route I took up to the summit of Jacks Peak was hard 3 or class 4. Doing it by myself and unroped scared the holy hell out of me, but I did not want to have to come back there to tag it. I followed a pseudo crack system on the hard parts and built little cairns on the way up so I could find my way back down what looked the easiest on the way up. It was too steep to be able to pick out the easier way down when looking down. I had a hell of a time descending this route. It took my time, cuz a slip would have been a major problem. If you tag the top of Dicks Peak, you may as well hit Jack's Peak while you are there. It tooke me about 50 minutes to get from the top of Dicks Peak to the top of Jacks Peak. Someone needs to do a page on Jack's Peak. Maybe I will. I had a good old time on both, although I did not relish downclimbing from either of them. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2004 10:31 pm | ||
| Jonodo | Route Climbed: NE Ridge from Dicks Pass Date Climbed: June 11, 2004 | |
| Great hike and climb. There was still a good amount of snow on the way up to Dicks Pass. The easy routes on the North side of the ridge were also covered, as was the class 3 chute on the ridge. Took some route finding, but was able to summit after some moderate class 3. Weather was cool and the skies were clear. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2004 1:08 am | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: NW Ridge (ascent) / NE Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2004 | |
| I highly recommend the NW Ridge over the NE Ridge as an ascent route--the former was an easy hike on fairly solid snow/scree/talus, the latter was miserably loose and not a lot of fun. It was cold and windy up at the summit. I hiked out of Bayview Campground, returning via Tallac; I didn't use my snowshoes all day. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2004 9:13 pm | ||
| thenunz | Route Climbed: NE Ridge from Dick's Pass Date Climbed: September 1998 | |
| Good choice to avoid the crowds on Tallac. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2003 5:52 pm | ||
| TDRoberts | Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 16 '03 | |
| Nice day hike from Lake Tahoe. While it was crowded down by the lake, I only saw a few people once back a few miles into Desolation Wilderness. Great views of Desolation backcountry. | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2003 8:45 am | ||
| steeleman | Route Climbed: Traverse from Jacks Peak Date Climbed: August 2002 | |
| Nice traverse from Jacks Peak, then continued on to Tallac, Ralston, then the car. Loooooong day! See the trip reports page for photos. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2003 5:16 pm | ||
| steeleman | Route Climbed: NE Ridge via High Saddle Date Climbed: Jaunary 17, 2003 | |
| The most beautiful warm January day I've ever experienced in the mountains. So clear you could see Trinity Alps and Sutter Buttes. Corn snow on south face!!! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2003 5:15 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: May 12, 2000 | |
| It took two tries to reach it, but it was well worth it! Added Tallac since it was on the way back. :) Trip Report. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2003 5:59 pm | ||
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