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| Deltaoperator17 | Wind Blown... Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012 | |
| Great day up North Jones Creek with a good ol bunch (Blue Axe), the snow started to fly and the wind blew us off the SW face of Church, we should have gone via Donaldson, the group made the wrong decision. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2013 1:32 pm | ||
| Mlasky | East Ridge  Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2001 | |
| Originally tried to bag this with Donaldson, but the wind picked up to nasty speeds on the traverse. A truely classic climb. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2011 2:39 pm | ||
| merrill | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2011 | |
| The ridge was a fun scramble, the scree getting there wasn't. Beautiful day. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2011 8:53 pm | ||
| IdahoPeakBagger | Church Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| My last Idaho 12,000 foot peak. East ridge via Jones Creek (I went up N. Fork Jones Creek for Donaldson and think the N. Fork was slightly easier approach). Overnighted on the 10,000 ft saddle between N. Fork Jones Crk and Jones Crk on the ascent. Very windy. There are two small ponds above 10,000 feet. Depending on when you climb they may still hold drinkable water. On our climb in mid July the first pond was dry, but the higher pond had water. Ditto the other comments on ridgeline wind and being the most difficult Idaho 12K peak. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2011 5:20 pm | ||
| Scarp172 | East ridge Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Donaldson. It was an extremely windy day, which made the ridgeline a little harrowing. Great climbs though. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2011 7:35 pm | ||
| montanaboy | N. Fork Jones Creek Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010 | |
| The Indian Paintbrush was outstanding. A Lost River hail storm dished out some punishment on the descent. A thunder symphony was the music of choice as an accompaniment for the hail. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2010 11:43 pm | ||
| jamesmc2 | Great Views Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Mt. Church was my 2nd Lost River peak after doing Donaldson. Great views of the entire range and area. The ridge connecting Donaldson and Church is a blast! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 11:29 pm | ||
| boisedoc | final 12er Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| this was a tough climb. I think clearly it is the hardest Idaho 12er by the easiest route. The ridge is exposed and fun. The miserable scree on the way to the ridge is a nightmare ascending and descending. Surprisingly, there was still a bit of snow to deal with | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 2:31 am | ||
| mtybumpo | 12er #8 Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| This was an awesome climb! It was difficult but AWESOME! The hardest part was getting into the route from the pond to the ridge between Church and Donaldson. There was hard snow clogging the entrance and I didn't bring my crampons. The snow was great on the was back though! We also saw a bighorn sheep and a TON of Antelope. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 12:49 am | ||
| somiaj | East Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Scrambled up to the east ridge near the summit of Donaldson Peak and summited both Church and Donaldson from there. A friend joined me to the pond before the peak and I soloed both summits, putting me at 7 of 9 of the 12,000+. Round trip took about 10 hours. Beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, though a lot of dust from harvest in the distance. View my photo's here. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2009 5:02 am | ||
| mfox79 | Fun Climb Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| This had to be one of my favorite 12ers fun scrambling and great views. I climbed this one with SPer Manley both summits took about twelve hours. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2008 12:39 pm | ||
| Super Dave | North face snow climb Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| Hiked in to Lake 9682' the night before, then did a solo climb up Church's north face. It was about 2500' feet of 40-45 degree snow climbing. I'd been daydreaming about this route for a couple years, and it didn't disappoint. Here’s a trip-report and some photos. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 1:52 pm | ||
| zoink | Trying to grab all the 12's Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| Not in near good enough shape. Nothing like taking a step back for every step forward. Became sick and crashed in the saddle. It was a good trip though. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 10:18 pm | ||
| nickkarl | Number 5 Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Donaldson. Was a challenging climb, went solo dont think I would recomend that. But it was a great climb. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2007 10:08 am | ||
| bhobbs | Where I was Saved Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2007 | |
| This is where I let go what she took from me, and I was with my friend to do it. Great day! | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2007 4:50 am | ||
| skunk ape | On a Sunday | |
| Fun climb, Did Leatherman, Bad Rock, and Church, Missed Donnaldson, didn't realize it was over 12,000 | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2007 11:43 pm | ||
| patascent | Northeast Face Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2000 | |
| Fun 35 to 50 degree snow climb to the summit from Lake 9682. Linked it with Donaldson. Regret not linking "No Regret" Peak now, it was right there. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2007 3:50 am | ||
| splattski | East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2002 | |
| We had a little route finding issue on the way to the Church/Donaldson saddle that made things spicy. Super windy across the ridge- I took off my pack becasue it was working like a sail- so no pics on top. | |
| Posted May 12, 2006 6:33 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: September 14, 2002 | |
| Done with Donaldson- nice scramble once out of the lower creek valley | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 9:47 pm | ||
| punk_rocker333 | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| Climbed this one on a hot July day. It was a good hike. Probably the toughest 12,000 footer in Idaho. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2005 8:38 pm | ||
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