Mokelumne Peak Climber's Log

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wmolland

wmolland - Aug 24, 2023 10:54 am

Tanglefoot  Sucess!

A very wet walk after lots of rain the previous couple days. I left the trail a bit too early and bashed through some annoying bush before getting to the nice open stuff. Leaving the trail somewhere near 8,000' is the way to go to avoid any nasty bush bashing. Overall it's a nice walk!

BrianBekker

BrianBekker - Aug 7, 2023 12:32 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2023

Backpacked From Plasse's Resort  Sucess!

We hiked in from Plasse's Resort via Munson Meadows and climbed Mokelumne from the NNE ridge. Camped ~4-500m NW of Munson Meadow junction for a morning hike out.

The ascent itself was mostly talus slopes. Expect to spend 90-150 minutes climbing talus, approx. 10-20% of which was loose. At this time of year, after a historically heavy winter, the only remaining snow on the whole trip was in limited, shaded patches, including in a small handful of gullies on either side of the NNE ridge.

Fortunately, snow runoff from a large patch east of the NNE ridge provided a source of clear water ~900m NNE of the peak (draining into the north fork of the Fourth of July tributary of the North Fork Mokelumne River). While water was present at lakes 350m NW and 800m ENE of the peak, accessibility of these lakes would require very, very significant (and likely sketchy) detours from the NNE route, particularly on the NW side. Otherwise, the last source of water on the approach was Cole Creek Lakes (brown, quasi-stagnant).

Daytime temperatures were up into the 70s, nighttime in the 50s. Bug pressure was medium-high, most prominent near meadows, though not overbearing enough while moving that we donned bug nets.

A good chunk of the trail between Cole Creek Lakes and Munson Meadow (and to the saddle where you depart the trail to begin the ascent) seems very little traveled. Combined with significant treefall NW of Munson Meadow, the trail was very subtle, and at least once we abandoned it and just hiked a compass bearing before finding it again after a few minutes.

kevbauer

kevbauer - Jul 3, 2022 7:52 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2022

Tanglefoot TH Start  Sucess!

Did this one with my dad. Very nice trail for the first half, with a moderate amount of mosquito activity in the morning. For the second half, there are a ton of down trees and route finding could be a bit difficult at times. While ascending onto the ridge, we accidentally climbed too high up a small peak, and had to descend through some thick scrub brush, wasting a bit of time. The weather was awesome, and the views of the rest of the Sierras was amazing! A bit hazy in the Central Valley, so we couldn't see much of that. A fairly long hike, but a good one!

Romain

Romain - Jun 28, 2022 3:32 pm Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2022

From Tanglefoot TH  Sucess!

Trip report.

Hiking Metal Maniac

Hiking Metal Maniac - Dec 20, 2020 7:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2020

Mokelumne (don't folla me)   Sucess!

Via tanglefoot trail

colingregory

colingregory - Jun 22, 2020 10:59 am Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2020

Backpack  Sucess!

Backpacked form Tanglefoot TH to the saddle between Point 8628 and Mokelumne Peak to set up camp. We backpacked this for no other reason than our love for backpacking and sleeping outdoors. This area has little to offer other than remote wilderness and views. Very few lakes and no real opportunity to fish en route but the stargazing was some of the best I've seen yet in California. After setting up camp we finished the hike up to the peak and enjoying the incredible views from this lone peak. The weather was perfect with virtually no wind, an awesome change from recent weekends getting blown off of Lola, Red Lake & Hawkins Peaks. Did not find a register but I bet there is one up there.

davidsanger

davidsanger - Aug 9, 2016 12:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2016

from Tanglefoot  Sucess!

Warm day made the first part of the hike uncomfortable, especially after dropping 600' to the creek below. Once we reach the cross country part, at about 7900', we got a breeze. Last few hundred feet of talus was a surprise.

Great views north to the Yolla Bollys and west to Mount Diablo and Junipero Serra.

bechtt

bechtt - Aug 20, 2015 10:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2015

Tanglefoot  Sucess!

Nice hike after we determined where the trail head was.

seano

seano - May 29, 2014 3:14 pm Date Climbed: May 12, 2014

From Plasse  Sucess!

A long slog from the gated turnoff to Plasse, with nice views of the Mokelumne gorge. Trip report.

mengbo

mengbo - Aug 12, 2013 12:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2013

From Tanglefoot

2-day backpacking trip with Jean. Camped at Moraine Lake.

craig512

craig512 - Aug 3, 2013 1:49 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1994

Birthday Hike  Sucess!

Hiked this with my dad and a bunch of old buddies for a long birthday peak bagging day. I'm thinking of heading up from Salt Springs to Allen Camp on a couple day outing this summer.

trexkerry - Oct 21, 2012 3:02 pm Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012

From Tanglefoot  Sucess!

Somewhat tough trailhead to find, but worth the journey. A little bit of everything - trail hiking through the forest, off-trail for a few miles, and some talus hopping to get to a peak with amazing views.

LincolnB

LincolnB - Jul 22, 2012 11:10 am Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2012

Tanglefoot  Sucess!

From Tanglefoot trailhead -- roads and trail are in decent condition, and even the last bit of off-trail is not bad. This is a nice woodland hike, over a pretty rock canyon and eventually above treeline for a nice view. Tanglefoot creek is mostly dry -- it was a low snow year -- but on the climb out of the canyon the spring was still flowing. Register is scraps of paper in a purple water bottle.

sierramtngoat

sierramtngoat - Jul 2, 2012 12:29 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2012

From Tanglefoot TH  Sucess!

SPS peak #39. Hiked up with my brother Alan in the afternoon. This is an SPS peak because of the view; quite exceptional IMHO. The trail is seldom used and is becoming reclaimed in places; this could become a problem for some if hiking at night w/o a GPS. The trail has been moved by the park service in many places as well, so it is a bit shorter in the right places; however, it is 8 miles to the summit. There was no summit register, only a couple of plastic bottle with some scraps of paper in it.

fedak

fedak - Jun 30, 2012 5:04 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2012

Tanglefoot  Sucess!

The approach from Tanglefoot was mostly a uninteresting forested affair. The offtrail stuff was easy if you stay just south of Peak 8628. Skeeters were out but not headnet worthy.

Pics and commentary here

soslaw

soslaw - Aug 28, 2011 3:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011

Tanglefoot  Sucess!

Volcanic rock overlaying granite was interesting. 6.5 hours c2c.

tc0016

tc0016 - Aug 17, 2011 8:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2011

Summit Register?  Sucess!

Good hike and climb for a one day ascent, turning off the trail a little bit late but we made the summit in time for a great summit session. Around 6 hours up from Tanglefoot and just over 4 hours down. The disappointment was no summit register that we could find. So we made one and covered the plastic bottle it was in. Please bring up a proper register is you go up after us!

tc0016

tc0016 - Aug 17, 2011 8:13 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011

Too early

Trying for a one day ascent and the logs across the trail, snowpacks over the meadows, and slow pace of our group kept us from summiting. 7:40 trailhead, 10am Moraine Lake, then our pace slowed and we turned around about 1:30 after turning off the trail. Poor trail conditions and slow pace kept us from summiting this time, we will return!

ShandaSherpa

ShandaSherpa - Nov 13, 2010 5:52 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009

From Plasse's Trading Post

The jeep ride in from Hwy 88 took us 1.5 hours. We could've hiked it in less than that. Parked at Squaw Ridge and followed the trail toward Cole Lakes. Then the trails petered out and we hoofed it x-country up the north ridge. LOTS of bear scat. Halfway there, saw a rattlesnake coiled about 3 feet from my foot. I nearly stepped on it but it never rattled. What creeped me out is that we'd hiked in for hours, so getting help would have been, well, a difficult & lengthy process. Nice day hike, but bummed that there was no register on the summit. We looked for 15 minutes under rocks and in crevices.

ckerth

ckerth - Jul 7, 2010 2:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2010

From Tragedy Springs  Sucess!

Started from Tragedy Springs along Highway 88 and followed the Mud Lake Jeep Trail to Plasse Trading Post (1853 - 1862). From there I followed the Munson Meadows Trail past Cole Creek Lakes and Long Lake. At Munson Meadows I found a rarely used trail leading to Shriner Lake. I followed the trail for a short ways before heading cross country towards the north ridge of Mokelumne Peak. For most of the hike out there was thunder and lightning nearby.

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