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| ridgeard3230 | North Ridge  Date Climbed: May 24, 2013 | |
| Drove up the Paved road past the prison 9.5 miles as directed.The dirt road I took there is marked "570". Drove the dirt road the 5.2 miles and parked. Hiked down the road and across the burn out area entering the forest. kept the outcrop in view and stayed to the left as described. Got up on the ridge and proceeded to the summit. There were several areas where we lost elevation and climbed back up to stay on the ridge. | ||
| Posted May 27, 2013 7:45 pm | ||
| jdmorehouse | Three Tries, Two Hits Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2012 | |
| The first time up was from the Bonanza Trail route. About 10,200' or so a thunderstorm rolled in and was showering lightning in my vicinity, so I bailed and went back. This time I went with a small LVMC group up the North Ridgeline. Great class 3 climbing on good limestone, and then down the drainage. I took Lorraine up there a week later by the drainage. | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2013 1:22 pm | ||
| K9H2OBearer | Twice from Bonanza Trail Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011 | |
| and July 11, 2009. This is a tough one for me as a solo hiker (with dog) because the chute is at the edge of what I'm comfortable handling alone. First time was with Rusty and Abby and was the time that Rusty first showed his age and gave out on the return (we had to be rescued off the Bristlecone when he could not walk any more). I disagree with other posters regarding the Bonanza approach. It may be long but it is outstandingly beautiful and remote. I very rarely see anyone else on it. But it is important to note that, contrary to most Spring Mountain hikes, this one will require a fair amount of climbing on the return trip...it is not all downhill after the summit. Also, I'd like to note that I was grateful for the description to pay attention to where the chute meets the ridge; when returning, it is not easy to identify the chute top unless you have made a note of it (in my case, it was the "brick wall" look of the formation at the head of the chute). | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2012 12:07 am | ||
| weeds19 | Trail run Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011 | |
| Great spot to get out of the August heat. The trail is very runnable up to the chute. The chute is not so runnable, though the steepness definitely kept my heart rate up. Great views from the top. My RT from the lower Bristlecone trail parking was 5 hrs which included all of my breaks. | ||
| Posted Aug 24, 2011 12:07 am | ||
| Vasler | From the ski area Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2010 | |
| Shin led us up a defunct trail that met up again with the Bonanza Trail. A wash or two is easy to find to get to the ridge. Gusts got really strong up there too, so watch the weather. | |
| Posted Dec 13, 2010 4:57 pm | ||
| jspeigl | First Nevada Peak Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Long approach, especially if driving from SoCal. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2009 1:31 pm | ||
| BranchWhitney | McFarland Peak Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1997 | |
| I believe this was the first Charleston route I found. I remember Lee Schultz was trying to find a route, but couldn't find one. Not real fond of the long approach. Not real fond of the long drive if doing the northern route. | ||
| Posted Jul 24, 2009 1:34 am | ||
| recast | Long approach but a great mountain! Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2009 | |
| I did an out and back from the Bonanza Trail starting in Lee Canyon. Got on the trail at 11:30am and the heavens opened up with a downpour but thankfully it stopped by the time I reached the Bonanza Trail turnoff. Got up the mountain and back to my car at 6:30pm so seven hours round trip. Wish I would have slowed it up a bit but I wanted to beat the sunset. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2009 12:42 am | ||
| EKassan | via Blistlecone-Bonanza Trail Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| On the way up, we went off-trail at the pass on the Bonanza trail just before hitting the base of the peak. We went Northwest through a pass and then down to the main chute. From there it was steep and tough, but very rewarding. On the way back, we decided to take the main chute all the way to the Bonanza trail. Boy were we surprised to see about 400 feet higher than it is portrayed on the map! Evidently the trail was rebuilt. With this knowledge, the best way is definitely to take the trail to/from the main chute. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2009 9:02 pm | ||
| ShinLV | via Blistlecone-Bonanza Trail Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2008 | |
| 10/31/2008 It was little cold and snowing at the peak. It was 41F at there. Climbed with another 2 hikers and took 3hours 20minutes up, 6hours 50minutes total. McFarland Peak from Lee Canyon 5/2/2009 Again, from Blistlecone-Bonanza Trail. This time, I climed up Bonanza Peak first then climed up McFarland Peak. 21.5 mile and 6,300 ft total elevation gain. Took about 11 hours. Bonanza & McFarland Peak from Lee Canyon | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2008 9:46 pm | ||
| jimegan | MCFARLAND PK Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2003 | |
| CLIMBED W/ED and MIKE FROM N CYN | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 7:28 am | ||
| MoapaPk | 6 times, 3 routes Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2003 | |
| 1st time was an interesting loop from Cold Creek, over Bonanza, and then sraight E on ridge to McFarland, then down north gully, and back to CC, following Nick N. Most fun: in late May 2005, the Siberian, the Canadian and I cramponed up the N slides from 8000' to the top. Standing glissades for 2000' vert on descent -- while wearing shorts, of course! What a wonderful snow year. I repeated the snow climb with Li'l Kim in 2009. | |
| Posted May 15, 2007 12:05 am | ||
| Anya Jingle | Many times Via North Canyon, twice via Bonanza Trail Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2008 | |
| Here are my slideshows from the routes I have done: McFarland Peak via North Canyon in 2005 and McFarland Peak via North Canyon in 2007 McFarland Peak via Bristlecone Pine Trail, Bonanza Trail and the Gully McFarland Peak from Cold Creek over Bonanza Peak I enjoy North Canyon route more because it is much steeper and I like to go say "hi" to the wild horses. Bristlecone/Bonanza trail is a bit of a bore unless apsens are in color. The ridge traverse one from Bonanza Peak was a lot of fun once off the trail. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 8:33 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Via Bristlecone / Spring Mtn Divide trails Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006 | |
| Fresh snow the day before--the gully had quite a bit of snow when I went by in the morning, so I went to Bonanza first to give it a chance to melt off before heading to McFarland in the afternoon. McFarland was by far the better of the two peaks. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2006 5:34 am | ||
| redsplashman23 | McFarland Peak Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Long tough hike. Went with the LVMC. Did it round trip in just under 8 hours. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2006 1:14 am | ||
| SusanM | Route Climbed: Via North Canyon Date Climbed: October 2, 2005 | |
| A very tough, challenging climb, about eight hours round trip. A great time with great partners! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 8:57 am | ||
| alpspitze | Route Climbed: Bonanza Trail Date Climbed: April 11, 2003 | |
| This was a tough but enjoyable hike. After flying in from R.I., i drove to the trailhead and started hiking around 1pm. Lots of snow, windy and colder than I thought, I made it back around 8pm with my headlamp. My water bottles had long since frozen solid. I was the first signing the register since the past fall | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2005 3:17 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: Bonanza Trail from the resort Date Climbed: summer 2003 | |
| Solo'd this very enjoyable route. I didn't see a single person. The 5th class screw-up was the best part of the climb. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2005 1:36 pm | ||
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