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| mnpalerm | Winter Ascent  Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2013 | |
| Great ass kicker in the snow! Made it about halfway up the road to the trailhead before a drift stopped us. Consistent snow pack started at about 5700'. Incredible views. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2013 4:26 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | From Granite Peak Trailhead Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2012 | |
| The gate to reach the Stoney Ridge Trailhead closes for the winter snow and rain season at the end of October, so I headed a bit farther north on highway 3 to the turn off for the Granite Peak Trailhead, which was easily accessible (some big ruts near the end of the 2.5 miles were avoidable or one could park in the previous clearing without adding significant mileage). The beginning of the hike was more fun than expected with calm, cool, sunny conditions, fog filling the Trinity River basins down below, and peaks to gaze at in every direction, rewarding the effort to hike all the lower switchbacks. I would not opt for this route on a warm, dusty, summer day. The adventure started when the snow began to deepen with about 2000 feet of gain left. The cross country travel with some postholing, scrambling, and sliding was rewarded with grand views of the Trinity Alps peaks covered in snow as well as clear views of the rest of the Northstate. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2012 9:01 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | Stoney Ridge-Granite-Red Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2009 | |
| Hiked up Stoney Ridge Trail and took the use trail over to Granite Peak. I considered following the ridge over to Middle Peak, but opted to backtrack to the Stoney Ridge trail and walk up to Stonewall Pass. Then I headed back toward the trailhead a bit and cut cross country to tag the summit of Red Mountain, before finishing the hike. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 5:25 pm | ||
| Bubba Suess | Trifecta Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2007 | |
| Part one of a peak trifecta on the way to the Four Lakes Loop. | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2008 11:27 am | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Warm-up for Shasta Date Climbed: May 25, 2005 | |
| Hiked up here as the first of two warm-up days before Shasta. Nice views of Sawtooth, Gibson, and Caesar. Continuous snow cover for the last thousand feet or two. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 11:10 pm | ||
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