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| BethS | From the Snowbowl  Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008 | |
| Nice morning, got some light rain coming back down. I would like to climb this again in the winter to tack on Agassiz Peak. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2009 12:54 am | ||
| mrchad9 | snowbowl route Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009 | |
| Left Flagstaff at 5:00 AM- just early enough to beat the crowds. Cool and windy, but plenty of places to bask in the sun. Lots of lightning scars visible on the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2009 7:49 pm | ||
| TheRootster | Group dynamics | |
| Did this one with Penny and her young son Joe. It was the first time I'd met Joe, and he wasn't too sure about me. We didn't get a particularly early start, and on the long hike up, Joe got increasingly grouchygrumbly. I think i was holding out for reaching the saddle and camping there--he wanted to stop...anywhere. It was cold and twilight by the time we reached the saddle. I immediately got the tent set up and the bags in, then fired up the stove. I wasn't paying much attention to what Joe was doing. I got Penny some hot drink and then finally turned to find Joe. There he was, tending an already burning campfire that he had built himself with no input from either Penny or me. Impressive kid, and I must have expressed that thought to him. After that he warmed up to me. Next day we did the peak and no grousing or grumbling was heard from any quarter. A beautiful peak! Great views from the summit. Hey Joe...if you're out there...Happy Trails! | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 1:41 pm | ||
| noaz1 | Unbelievable winds Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2009 | |
| Climbed Humphreys the same day as the previous poster and the winds were indeed tremendous. I would agree with the estimate of 85-95 mph as it was completely impossible for us to stand up on the final 100-yard climb to the top. I have never experienced anything close to it my lifetime. Our group reached the top at about 10:30 and the winds got noticibly worse in the 20 minutes or so we were up there, I can't even imagine what they were like later in the day. Little bit of snow along the trail before timberline. Other than the wind, weather was nice. Reasonably warm (50-60 degrees) and no signs of thunderstorms. | ||
| Posted Jun 12, 2009 11:50 am | ||
| dcsolorunner | Windy day Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2009 | |
| Got to the summit in 2hrs 15min, met alot of people who had turned back due to wind, which was around 85-95mph at the summit, enough to knock someone down. Pretty wild weather, partly cloudy, wind was definatley the most memorable thing tough. Great hike, great 360 views. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2009 10:38 pm | ||
| Bombchaser | Third peak climbed that day Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| I started at Lockett Meadow and climbed straight up the south slope of Rees Peak. I then headed to Aubineau Peak and summit it via the east slope. After that I summitted Humphreys via it's east slope. All three of these ascents were steep, and difficult. After Humpreys Peak I headed down the trail on the west side to near the saddle between Humphreys and Agassiz and descend striaght down the scree and snow covered slope into the valley. | |
| Posted May 31, 2009 6:33 pm | ||
| adventurebug | Whew! Date Climbed: May 16, 2009 | |
| Good hike! Snow on about 1/2 the trail below tree line, several downed trees. Being a Florida girl this was definitely the highest elevation I've hiked by far! No idea how people do this in 5 hours roundtrip, took us 3.5 hours to come down at a quick pace and only 1 short stop. | ||
| Posted May 17, 2009 6:12 pm | ||
| ericnoel | Humphreys Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2009 | |
| Icy hard snow covered some N facing slopes but the S slopes were surprisingly snow free. I made up a little bit of a potpourri route but it worked out just fine. Not my first time on this mtn and perhaps not the last. | |
| Posted May 5, 2009 12:43 am | ||
| Don Nelsen | snowless Date Climbed: Dec 19, 2005 | |
| A surprisingly snowless climb on a relatively balmy day. 3 hours 40 minutes up and 27 degrees on top with great views. Early winter '05 had the lightest snowfalls on record. | |
| Posted May 2, 2009 12:38 pm | ||
| Hotoven | First time I got AMS Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1999 | |
| This was a fun hike. A storm was rolling up quickly, so we hiked down at a very fast pace. This resulted in me getting AMS. Which was just a splitting headache. But bad enough to keeps me down for the rest of the day. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 1:26 pm | ||
| Doehle | Spring climb Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2009 | |
| Nice day out, snow most of the way. Clear skies and some wind at the top. Met two others that were coming down, no one else on the mountain. | |
| Posted Apr 9, 2009 2:42 pm | ||
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| darufa | Re: Spring climb | |
| Did you need crampons or snow shoes/ice axe? I'm looking to climb it tommorrow. Best Shawn | ||
| Posted Apr 21, 2009 8:49 pm | ||
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| darufa | Re: Spring climb | |
| Did you need crampons or snow shoes/ice axe? I'm looking to climb it tommorrow. Best Shawn | ||
| Posted Apr 21, 2009 8:52 pm | ||
| scottmitch | great practice mountain Date Climbed: Jan 21, 2009 | |
| be ready for high winds at summit | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2009 9:23 pm | ||
| I like it on top | Humphreys Trail Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2009 | |
| Good hike, winds were high and cold. Awesome view from the top. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 12:16 pm | ||
| deungsan | nice hike Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2008 | |
| stayed in a tent halfway up and summitted the next morning. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2009 6:29 pm | ||
| davis2001r6 | Lots of snow Date Climbed: May 8, 2004 | |
| Climber Mt. Humphrey's trail right after hiking Rim 2 River and back in the canyon that morning. | ||
| Posted Feb 23, 2009 12:21 am | ||
| Fireman79 | No more false summits! Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| Snow bowl route was nice. It was a long hike and t- shirt weather on top. False summits got a bit old but enjoyed it. Arizona gave us an A+ sunset that evening. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2009 5:08 pm | ||
| Rockscaler | Only in the winter dude! | |
| BEST time to go! | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2009 6:04 pm | ||
| 96avs01 | Perfect Winter Ascent Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2009 | |
| Ascended Humphreys with Mike, Mark and Rick. Three of us had splitboards and one slowshoer. Weather on top was amazing, low 40s with very minimal wind. Had the summit all to ourselves with great views of the GC North Rim. Splitboard descent was very challenging in highly variable conditions. A phenomenal trip to the top of AZ! | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2009 3:32 pm | ||
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