Mount Angeles Climber's Log
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| Curtissimo | up east route down standard  Date Climbed: Nov 16, 2008 | |
| great trip a little airy up past the east peak across the ridge. http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7971636&highlight=mount+angeles | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2008 4:59 pm | ||
| captainbuuda | Switchback Trail Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| Went up the switchback trail and then the big gully heading straight to the peak. It was a really fun climb, especially following the ridge crest east to Middle peak. The views were very interesting since the clouds were coming and going, breaking over the summit ridge. Incredible experience. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2008 4:45 am | ||
| keema | Score Settled! Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008 | |
| Two years ago I made a wrong turn and didn't get the summit. This year I made a triumphant return. I hiked from the Hurricane Ridge parking area as the switchback trail head is in the middle of a road construction area. I lost the trail to the west side chutes in a snow bank below the scree in the signature picture and went straight up the rock you see in the sig pic. I came down the chutes to the west. I saw a bear on the way back to the car. All told, 3 hours 40 minutes CTC. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:43 pm | ||
| Jordan11 | Bike/Hike | |
| Next time you do the climb, think about parking the car at the base of Hurricane Ridge and biking to the base then climb Angeles. It makes the day very deserving of a few beers afterwards. | |
| Posted May 25, 2008 7:25 pm | ||
| tleaf | Fun, quick climb | |
| Climbed it various times over the past couple decades. Love going up to Hurricane and hiking the Klahanie ridge and climbing up Mt Angeles. Also love the switchback trail. Great in any weather! | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:18 pm | ||
| Mountainjeff | Very Cold Date Climbed: Jan 21, 2008 | |
| Climbed by the standard route from Hurricane Ridge. Made it to the summit block, but it was covered in rime ice, and I didn't feel like dieing, so I turned around. Perfect weather with temps around 10 degrees(with wind chill more like -10). | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2008 11:55 pm | ||
| NOO2 | teva scramble Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2007 | |
| Olympic National Park makes God smile. | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2007 7:59 pm | ||
| elizabethan11 | Climbers trail Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| I climbed it with a couple of my cousins to celebrate my return to Washington after seven months in Maine. It was a beautiful day, we could see everything from Baker to the heart of the Olympics. Really fun scramble, I was pretty comfortable with it but I'm pretty sure my aunt would kill me if she knew the route I took Jacki and Gep on! | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 12:17 am | ||
| gimpilator | Success! Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2007 | |
| Second time is a charm in this case. Bridget and I made the summit just before sunset and spent a half hour enjoying the changing colors in the sky. We used headlamps on the way out and encountered a large animal that was coming towards us in the bushes. We yelled at it and it stopped about ten feet away. I could hear it breathing. I bet it was that one goat that seems to harass everyone. Bridget says it's chased her before. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2007 11:58 pm | ||
| tphubbard | Sunny day | |
| With my uncle mike and the Vancouver Island alpine club. Went up from the ferry at Port Angeles on bikes. Got v dehydrated, but a lovely day with good views of Olympus etc. Had a mexican at Port Angeles afterwards. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2007 8:22 pm | ||
| metasyn11 | Switchback Trail Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2007 | |
| After the switchback trail, I made a beeline up a snow-filled couloir still rock-hard in the early morning cold. It was a dicier ascent than it should've been, but soon enough I met up with the climbers trail and scrambled up the loose rock to the summit. Amazing views! Barely a cloud in the sky and I could see Rainier, British Columbia, and most of the Olympic peaks. Descended the 'normal' way. Fantastic peak for such a little time commitment (3hour round trip) | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2007 6:12 pm | ||
| NavySeabee | Klahhane Ridge Approach with a dude in 'boat shoes' Date Climbed: Jun 26, 1994 | |
| Made the scramble through the snowpack and fog with my friend who was wearing boat shoes. Well, he made it anyway. Didn't know you could have that much scree on a mountain. It was easy on the way down! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2006 11:48 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | south(?) gully route Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| Climbed with gurlyclimber and our friend Jody while poking around the Olympic Peninsula after an attempt on Rainier. We are not sure what summit we ended up on actually, we went up a class 3+ gully system just west of the junction with the switchback trail then headed left and scrambled up to what we thought was the summit of Angeles. Unfortunately the peak just east of us looked taller and was probably the true summit. Most of the summit was in a low cloud as we ascended, so we probably just missed the true summit, we decided to just head down so we could get back to the airport. We did get to share our journey and summit with a friendly and curious mountain goat though! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 8:03 pm | ||
| Cornvallis | Climbers Trail Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2005 | |
| Second peak of our intro to the Olympics weekend. We really liked the Hurricane ridge area. As advertised the views from the top are great in clear weather. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2006 4:39 pm | ||
| gimpilator | run, scramble, run | |
| I came across Klahhane Ridge from Hurricane Ridge. I accidentaly ran right past a black bear that was poking around in the bushes and didn't stop. Not knowing there was a better route, I ascended the South couloir by mistake. | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2006 5:27 am | ||
| annaleiserabinek | Route Climbed: Climber's Trail Date Climbed: August 20, 2005 | |
| We found the right way up, after passing a couple who couldn't so were headed back down. This one was a bit out of my comfort level. Although Tom is great, he can't hold me onto a rock. ;-) Anyway, if you're not comfortable on class 3, I suggest climbing Mt. Ellinor instead. The weather was spectacular. The views were awesome! | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2005 10:17 pm | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed: The "wrong" couloir Date Climbed: May 6, 2003 | |
| Soloed via Sunrise Ridge on my birthday. Dry but murky weather. Took the couloir i was warned not to. Survived. Ended up near the top of the correct route after some dicey traversing. Came back the right way | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2003 11:59 pm | ||
| cjwhat | Route Climbed: Climber's trail Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1998 | |
| Elk were bugling and huge bucks just laid there while I walked within a few feet. No one else on the route that day. Climbed Steeple Rock after I was done with Angeles. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2003 12:01 pm | ||
| rpc | Route Climbed: Climber's Trail Date Climbed: June 1, 2003 | |
| Climbed this fun peak with my wife and Brian. We had to fill in the spectacular views in our heads since the visibility was 400 feet at most. I'm sure under clear conditions the view must be awsome! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2003 11:20 am | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: Climbers' Trail Date Climbed: June 1, 2003 | |
| After summitting Mt. Washington the day before with the Chalupas, we decided to stay and do another Olympic Peak the next day. Headed up in the morning and Radek started placing wands once we left the main trail and headed in and out of trees. Found the snowchute and worked our way up, kickstepping slowly. Summit was socked in so not much in the way of views. Signed the summit register, had some lunch and then headed back down. Nice climb. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2003 1:34 am | ||
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