Donaldson Peak Climber's Log
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| mjholmes | Scree-fest  Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012 | |
| Accessed from Jones Creek drainage. Gear of the Day was double-seat pants for the intentional and unintentional butt slides down the scree slope below the saddle. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2012 7:49 pm | ||
| Mlasky | Blown Away Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2001 | |
| Was a planned two-fer with Church in the quest for the Idaho 12s, but a gust of wind at the saddle while we were traversing from Donaldson to Church made me hit the deck. The wind was clearly picking up beyond safe so we headed down. As we passed the lower small waterfall, we could see the water being blown "upwards" because of the wind. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2011 2:21 pm | ||
| merrill | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2011 | |
| Fun climb until the descent. One climber in our group tanked and after going down Jones creek several hours in the dark with only my headlamp, I built a fire and let her sleep while I went to the truck and got more flashlights. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2011 9:04 pm | ||
| Scarp172 | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| Extremely windy day, but a lot of fun. We're lucky we didn't get blown off the ridge! | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2011 12:53 am | ||
| montanaboy | N. Fork Jones Creek Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010 | |
| Certainly the better drainage to take as the three guys I ran in to who came up Jones Creek voiced their displeasure with all the dead fall. Should have felt worse sharing my easy trek up on game trails. If you lost your trekking poles, I dug them out from under a log and propped them up so you can see them next time you are in the area. Sorry, they aren't looking that great. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2010 11:25 pm | ||
| jamesmc2 | First Lost River Peak Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| The talus filled chute of death between the lake and the ridge was interesting. Some decent exposure and lots of 3rd class keep things exciting. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 11:27 pm | ||
| boisedoc | great weather, horrible rocks Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| the canyon to the north of Jones creek was quite pleasant and even has a trail. Above treeline, the scree was horrible even by Lost River standards. Neither Church or Donaldson have summit registers right now | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 2:36 am | ||
| mtybumpo | 12er #7 Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| What a great climb! The scree was awful and the route finding hard. What else is to be expected in the Lost Rivers. After Donaldson I of course went over and did Mt. Church. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 12:51 am | ||
| somiaj | Climbed with Mount Church Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Started at Jones creek and climbed up to Mount Church by almost reaching the summit of Donaldson where the cairn marked route goes. After climbing Church first I came back to the top of Donaldson before heading down. 10 hour day, noon - 10pm trip. Did not find a summit register on either Church or Donaldson. I looked for a bit inside the cairns on the top of each peak but nothing was there. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2009 2:51 pm | ||
| mfox79 | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Climbed this with Church made for a long but fun day. we traveled up the gully to the left of jones creek | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2008 12:42 pm | ||
| Super Dave | Donaldson Delight Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| Traversed the ridge from Church to Donaldson across a few cornices after climbing the north face of Church from Lake 9682'. Finished off with a slushy glissade back down to the lake. Here’s a trip-report and some photos. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 1:57 pm | ||
| zoink | I'll be glad I did it in a week or two. Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2007 | |
| Climbed after Church. Your nalgene is still there, nickkarl. Also there is a flag up there. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 9:38 pm | ||
| nickkarl | Number 4 Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007 | |
| Climbed the drainage to the north of Jones creek. Had a great climb to Donaldson. The Summit register box was gone, so I donated my nalgene bottle to try and protect all of our notes. 4 out of 9 12,000ft peaks. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2007 10:02 am | ||
| bhobbs | Yea this one too... Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2007 | |
| Jones Creek! $#*& you to _&%$! Actually one of the greatest days of my life. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2007 4:54 am | ||
| skunk ape | Gotta love the creek | |
| Jones Creek is the crux of this big boy. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2007 12:21 am | ||
| patascent | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2000 | |
| Linked this to a snow climb on Mount Church. Descent from Donaldson on steep snow back to Lake 9682 was sketchy at times. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2007 3:56 am | ||
| splattski | Somewhere off route... Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2002 | |
| We had a grand time getting up off-route: only a little 5th class. Fortunately, found the cairns for a much more relaxed descent. | |
| Posted May 12, 2006 6:35 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 14, 2002 | |
| Done with Church- loose rock; fun ridge. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 9:49 pm | ||
| punk_rocker333 | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Did this with Church. Good scramble on lots of loose rock. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 8:42 pm | ||
| brendon | Route Climbed: The pond to the scree to the ridge route Date Climbed: Aug 2001 | |
| Climbed in conjunction with church, lost on the way to Brietenbach. It was summitdawg's fault. | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2004 10:53 pm | ||
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