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| JonathanHeywood | Great Loop  Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2012 | |
| Took the Shirley Canyon Trail to Shirley Lake and then bushwacked to the summit. Descended via the Granite Chief Trail. | ||
| Posted Aug 22, 2012 8:53 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Unbeatable! Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2012 | |
| Took the tram up with Cedar to save wear and tear on my injured knee. A perfect day! Warm temps., clear views, hardly any wind, snowy Desolation peaks to the south and wild flowers. Tagged a fun class 3 crag at the pass on the way back then killer smoked pizza at Fireside in the village after the hike. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2012 2:52 am | ||
| GlennD | Where's the snow?! Date Climbed: Jan 12, 2012 | |
| Not enough snow at squaw to make skiing worthwhile, so hiked up Granite Chief instead. Some snow cover along the PCT but trail was easy to follow. Great weather and views at the top. | ||
| Posted Jan 15, 2012 7:30 pm | ||
| scoob | x-country from west Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| we didn't take the easy way. parking at talbot campground on the west side, we hiked several miles into granite chief wilderness. after which we went x-country following the middle fork drainage to the back of squaw valley. the pacific crest trail took us to base of peak, we continued to summit setting up a bivy there. we spent a good night watching fireworks from the summit. nice... | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2011 5:14 am | ||
| mengbo | Granite Chief to Squaw Valley Resort Date Climbed: May 14, 2011 | |
| Full trial without snowshoes or crampons. Ice axe was used on last 100 feet. After summit, we hiked to Squaw valley ski resort and followed one of the ski lift down hill. About 1/2 miles to the village, Bo magically survived from a big drop off. It was very cool to ride on a patrol's snowmobile for the last 1/2 mile. | |
| Posted May 15, 2011 1:14 am | ||
| SKI | Skied Squaw Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2010 | |
| Boot Packed up from the lift. Tough runs! | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2011 9:01 am | ||
| soslaw | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| Another check on the list | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2010 12:26 am | ||
| Miroslava | From Olympic Village Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010 | |
| Summitted on the second attempt. On our first trip two weeks prior there was too much snow on trail. I really enjoyed being there and did not want to leave. My mother kept saying that it was getting late and we needed to go back. I did not understand why we had to go back so soon. Took the gondola on the way down. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2010 5:15 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | From OVI Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2005 | |
| Was staying at the Olympic Village Inn and hiked straight from there via Shirley Lake and up to the summit. Near the ridge had to cross some steep snow in our tennis shoes. Didn't have gloves so our hands nearly froze trying to pull ourselves up. Met up with some friends on top who had felt the need to take the gondola up. | |
| Posted May 9, 2010 4:27 am | ||
| WML | Easy way up | |
| via the Granite Chief chair, made the turns look hard by looking silly the whole way down! | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2010 1:57 am | ||
| granjero | tough one from granite chair Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2006 | |
| but the turns were easy! | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2010 9:26 pm | ||
| ckerth | From Squaw Valley Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2009 | |
| Climbed Emigrant Peak and then continued on to Granite Chief. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2009 1:51 am | ||
| A Bit | Granite Chief Trail Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2009 | |
| A sunny and warm November day. Went on to Needle and Lyons Peaks and back to Emigrant Peak. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2009 7:14 pm | ||
| 96avs01 | Great Day! Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2009 | |
| Great morning/early afternoon outing, though the winds were quite strong. Immediately followed by Oktoberfest at Olympic Village and snow flurries in the evening. Keep the white stuff coming! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 1:40 pm | ||
| zplustwo | Climbed in June Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007 | |
| Fun little peak. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2009 1:21 pm | ||
| fedak | Trail from Firehouse Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Hot hot hot summer day. Continued on to Needle/Lyons Peaks Pics are here. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2009 1:36 pm | ||
| emilie | From Squaw Valley Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Beautiful area with amazing views... | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 6:43 pm | ||
| Dave K | From Squaw Valley Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| A three legged dog walking backwards would've climbed it faster than we did. We were pretty lethargic and slowed by the heat. But it was a fine hike and the wildflower displays were among the very best I've seen in the Sierra. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 11:57 am | ||
| biz | North Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009 | |
| Great conditions for snowshoeing, not so great for crampons. Beautiful area despite the resort. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2009 5:44 pm | ||
| hgrapid | Granite Chief Trail Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| I took the long Granite Chief Trail from Squaw Valley. It is quite a beautiful and amazing trail. I had tried to do this hike in April of 2007, but lost the trail in the snow. It is much easier in August. I found that August was a perfect time to do this hike. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2009 1:42 pm | ||
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