La Madre Mountain Climber's Log
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| tbaranski | Great climb  Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2012 | |
| From the northwest off of Harris Spring Road. Once the rough, southbound side road ended, I stuck to the ridges per Bob Burd's route. Lots of fun rock scrambling. Made the mistake of not wearing long pants though -- lots of thorny plants around. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2012 2:15 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Sandstone Quarry Trailhead Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2011 | |
| Not the best trail I've ever been on and cold, but outstanding views! | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2011 4:35 pm | ||
| fedak | From Harris Spring Road Date Climbed: Jan 22, 2011 | |
| Nice cool winter day. Took the ATV road south from Harris Spring Road and then climbed the ridgeline from the end. Still a fair amount of snow on the north facing slopes. Pics and commentary here. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2011 12:20 am | ||
| Bob Burd | From the northwest Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2009 | |
| With Matthew, along with Hayford Peak in the morning. Trip Report | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2009 10:03 pm | ||
| JBRunyan | Calico Basin to La Madre, El Padre Date Climbed: May 9, 2009 | |
| Started out at Calico Basin in the morning and made the trek to the top of La Madre. From La Madre headed over to El Padre. Fun Hike, Cool Views! | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2009 10:56 pm | ||
| N2aktion | La Madre Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2009 | |
| rough hike, 3.5 miles sand wash,and then the hike starts, loose gravel and rocks. hot today 3 quarts of water wasnt enough, 4 hours 9 minutes from sand stone quarry to peak.did not bag La Padre today big mistake. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 3:50 pm | ||
| ShinLV | From Sandstone Quarry Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008 | |
| I went up to the Turtlehead Peak saddle, along the ridge, and then to La Madre. 3 hours up and 2.5 hours down. It was a big mistake to go up to the saddle. Because I had to clime extra 600 ft. I found one dry wash is connected to the Sandstone quarry Parking and took this way on the way down. Its much easier and faster. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2008 6:00 am | ||
| jimegan | La Madre Date Climbed: May 29, 2000 | |
| climbed El Padre first and then went over to La Madre heading east climbed from sandstone quarry parking lot ALSO CLIMBED FROM HOME IN SUMMERLIN 12/27/00 & 4/26/03 CLIMBED FROM WHITE ROCK SPRINGS W/RICHARD 2/8/03 | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2008 7:05 pm | ||
| redsplashman23 | Great Views Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007 | |
| Hiked La Madre from the North. Great views on the summit in all directions. Calm winds and a nice November day. | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2007 2:04 am | ||
| brianhughes | from Sandstone Quarry Trailhead Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2007 | |
| This one was a lot of fun. Hiked up from the Sandstone Quarry parking area in Red Rocks. Followed (more or less) the ascent route provided here by the always helpful SP member MoapaPk: ...http://hwstock.org/mt6/... I didn't do the full loop as shown, but pretty much retraced my steps on the descent. Total of about 9 miles and 3,850 feet vertical. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2007 10:22 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | Loop Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2006 | |
| Started at Sandstone Quarry, went up the wash (same cairns from 15 months ago!), to La Madre, then took the ridge west over El Padre (8093'), west over 7900' point, to just before 7986' point, then south down the class 3/4 canyon to near Key. Thr. trail and over E. About 12 miles total, 5100' accum. elev. gain. Went with Mark B. who complained of weakness from a cold, but still made it to top of Madre in less than 3 hrs. The real adventure was yet to come. The ridge W of La Madre is great. Also went from N side in Jan 2002, from Brownstone Basin Nov 2004, and over the east ridge in June 2007 (2x one day!). Met SusanM on top in 2004. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2006 6:57 am | ||
| Tracy | route climbed: southwest approach from White Rock Spring Date Climbed: May 26, 1984 | |
| Climbed this one with Mark Cichoski. Warm day, but decent temperature on top. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2006 6:13 am | ||
| rlawson | From RRNCA Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2006 | |
| We went up (starting at the Sandstone Quarry) to the Turtlehead Peak saddle, along the ridge, and then to La Madre. 4 hours up and 3 hours down. If you're looking for a shortcut, you can take the wash from the Sandstone Quarry all the way around the Turtlehead Peak ridge. This saves a lot time, needless elevation gain/loss, and is a lot easier. We did this on the way down. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2006 9:16 pm | ||
| cp0915 | From the north | |
| With Susan & company in November 2004. That scar is quite interesting to view up close. Returned with Harlan, DB and company in 2008 (I think). Also bagged El Padre (and another one whose name I forget) while I was back in there. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2005 10:18 am | ||
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| MoapaPk | Re: Route Climbed: northern approach Date Climbed: Nov 04 | |
| The scar is just from a landslide, stripping away the trees. It's pretty much one stratum of limestone -- that's the angle of the bedding in that area. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2006 7:00 am | ||
| SusanM | Route Climbed: Southern Approach Date Climbed: September 11, 2005 | |
| Winds were howling at the summit and it was cold. The last person to sign the summit log did so in May, 2005. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2005 12:40 am | ||
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