Mount Aire, Church Fork Peak, and Millvu Climber's Log
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[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
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| Jeremy Franchow | Route climbed: Church Fork / Elbow Fork  | |
| 11/15/2005 Mt. Aire from Elbow Fork 5/2000 Started at Church Fork and climbed Grandeur and Church. A couple days later climbed Mt. Aire from Elbow Fork. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2006 10:56 pm | ||
| pbogen | Great evening hike | |
| Good to climb in the evening after work because it is so short. A little steep in parts but nothing terribly bad. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2006 6:12 pm | ||
| millsb40 | Elbow Fork Trail Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| This is a great hike, being from Oregon I haven't hiked much in Utah, this was my first trip to the state. It's a pretty easy hike that takes about an hour up without snow. I found the "shady South side" not really all that shady, something about the South side of a hill will do that I guess. Bring extra water if the weather is hot, you'll want it. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2006 3:06 pm | ||
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| Nyle Walton | Re: Route Climbed: Lambs Canyon, Church Fork, Elbow Fork Date Climbed: Many times | |
| It's nice to know someone of a later generation enjoys hiking in the Wasatch. I would appreciate it if you would contact Ronald DeWaal who claims to have climbed Mount Aire twelve times. His phone number is in the Salt Lake phone book (801-533-0523 I think). He's too old and backward to use a computer. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2006 4:52 pm | ||
| Dorkteam6 | Route climbed: Birch hollow trail up and Elbow fork trail down. Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2005 | |
| Came from the birch hollow trail and summited the ridge to the east. My brother and I saw the most beautiful sunset ever. The whole ridge was caked in a neon pink color. Took a nasty bushwack over to the ridge below Mt.Aire and then summited. Came back down elbow fork trail and walked back to the car. Also summited on 04/25/05 | ||
| Posted Jun 14, 2006 7:21 pm | ||
| JLarsen | Route Climbed: Elbow Fork Date Climbed: Feb 8, 2006 | |
| Fun winter climb. I wish I brought crampons. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2006 6:29 am | ||
| Ammon Hatch | Route Climbed: Elbow Fork Date Climbed: February 8, 2006 | |
| Awesome snowshoe. I like the area between the summer trailhead and the ridge, preety forest. After the ridge, the final hike up the summit was on very sun crusted snow. I am grateful for really agressive snowshoes, though I still might have wanted to bring my crampons. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2006 7:06 pm | ||
| Reach11 | Route Climbed: Elbow fork Date Climbed: Late 90s | |
| I remember it being steep in parts and hot. Good views to the east. | ||
| Posted Sep 3, 2005 1:34 pm | ||
| breadbox | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: Winter 2001 | |
| Great skiing off the North/east bowl, but awful avy danger and terrible alder bushwhacking in the lower drainage on the ski out. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2005 3:46 am | ||
| mountainTRIALS.com | Route Climbed: Mt. Aire from lower pipeline trailhead Date Climbed: May 21, 2005 | |
| Exhilerating run from the lower pipeline trailhead (as the gate is still closed to elbow fork) to the summit of Mt. Aire. It took me 1 hr 2 min and 3 sec to from trailhead to touching the summit log. As you can see I am a little obsessed with timing myself. I also saw a cougar in this area last year (2004) on the pipeline trail just below elbow fork very near the road. I accidently "snuck up" on it from behind while mountain biking. When my brain finally registered what it was I slammed on my brakes which squeaked and spooked it so it took off. I was glad it ran off, but couldn't help wishing I could've had more time to admire it. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2005 3:16 pm | ||
| Bignick | Route Climbed: Ridge from the west Date Climbed: November 12 2001 | |
| These three were done at different times. Church Fork from Grandier west along the ridge and down Birch Hollow in November. Mt Aire was done April 29 2002 thru nearly two miles of slushy snow before reaching reaching the trailhead at Elbow Fork. Close to the summit the trail was hot and dry. Millvu was done May 13 2002 starting at Elbow Fork, a nice walk to the trailhead, and soon going thru snow. Near the summit we saw fresh Mountain Lion tracks in the snow. We decended the east ridge and bush wacked to the The Firs. A long 3.5 mile walk to the car. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2005 10:25 am | ||
| mountaingazelle | Millcreek Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2004 | |
| November 14, 2004 - We hiked to Mount Aire on a cloudy day in November. There was snow on the summit and no one else on the mountain that day. July 14, 2007 - I hiked Murdock Peak, Millvue Peak, Mount Aire, Church Fork Peak, and Granduer Peak on Millcreek Ridge. I did the traverse going from east to west. Some sections of the ridge of the ridge require bushwhacking and is probably better when covered in snow. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 12:12 am | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: Elbow Fork Date Climbed: January 8th, 2005 | |
| I made it to the saddle the previous week beginning from the neighborhoods in SLC and climbing over Grandeur Pk & Church Fork Pk. I returned this week to bag the summit and head over to Millvue. 60mph sustained winds with 80mph gusts (and some time restraints) forced us to descend before reaching Millvue, but not after having a delightful, but tiring experience on the exposed ridge. An extra bonus - we were able to find the summit register in the snow! | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2005 3:02 pm | ||
| boojem | Route Climbed: Elbow Fork Date Climbed: numerous | |
| A great view with lots of wildlife, especially moose and birds along the way. My wife came face to face with a cougar just down the pipeline trail from the Elbow Fork trailhead a couple of years ago. Luckily it ran off. | ||
| Posted Dec 21, 2004 3:17 pm | ||
| craghag | Route Climbed: South Trail Date Climbed: May-13-01, Nov 24-03, Apr 24-04, Nov 20-04 | |
| We missed the cougar chasing the moose. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2004 11:46 am | ||
| MrWasatch | Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: many | |
| Nice lower peaks. I find the Burch Hollow route up Church Fork to be my favorite among these three peaks. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2004 6:57 pm | ||
| ecallahan | Route Climbed: Mount Aire Trailhead, Millcreek Canyon Date Climbed: 5 July 2004 | |
| Took my small pup to the top. Nice, leisurly hike where we met a lot of other dogs. Saw Gobbler's Knob and Mt. Raymond from the top. Green the entire way up. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2004 2:31 pm | ||
| ecallahan | Route Climbed: Mount Aire Trailhead, Millcreek Canyon Date Climbed: 5 July 2004 | |
| Took my 7week old pup to the top. Nice, leisurly hike where we met a lot of other dogs. Saw Gobbler's Knob and Mt. Raymond from the top. Green the entire way up. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2004 2:30 pm | ||
| Nyle Walton | Route Climbed: south ridge from 33rd South and Wasatch Boulevard Date Climbed: February 22, 1949 | |
| On Washington's Birthday, Ronald Davis, Ronald DeWaal, and yours truly undertook the first mountain climb of our young lives. Inspired by Richard Halliburton, we tackled the small mountain immediately east of Salt Lake. Suburbia had not reached these foothills yet. Leaving Wasatch Boulevard, we had to dodge deer in their winter feeding ground to assail the first slope of "Mount Halliburton," which we dubbed the mountain since we were not aware of its actual name. It took us three hours to trudge upward through knee-deep snow to reach the summit, a disappointing achievement since we could see higher points further east and south. Nevertheless we unfurled a white cloth on which I had lettered our names and the date. Three sophomores from South High School then posed proudly for pictures before trudging back down to Wasatch Boulevard and home. The following year (1950) Ronald Davis and I went on to greater glory on the Grand Teton and Popocatepetl. Subsequently during the following decade, I climbed Orizaba, Mount Rainier, the Matterhorn, Huayna Potosi, and Mont Blanc. In 1971 I completed my mountaineering career in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru by summiting Vallanaraju and attempting Huascaran. More casually I hiked up Vesuvius, Fuji-san, and many of the higher peaks of the Wasatch and Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada. In the early eighties, I enjoyed two three-week treks in the Nepalese Himalayas, first to Everest Base Camp and two years later up the Kali Gandaki and around Annapurna. Now I am too old to climb anything but a few flights of stairs. Why must youth be wasted on the young? | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2004 10:04 am | ||
| Scott | Aire Date Climbed: Jun 13, 1986 | |
| I've climbed a few times when growing up. The first trip I remember was probably June 13-14 1986 (?) when I slept on the north end of the very rocky summit with my Dad and brother Mark. It wasn't the best campsite, but I wanted to sleep there. The last time I was on the summit was with my wife Kimberly on August 30 2008. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2004 9:58 pm | ||
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