Yosemite National Park > Mount Dana > Climber's LogMount Dana Climber's Log
|
|
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|
| paisajeroamericano | Yosemite w/o the People  Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2007 | |
| How strange. There was more snow in the high country at the beginning of October than at the end of October. Climbed via the Inyo NF. Cody didn't like my route, so he found his own. | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2008 11:50 pm | ||
| bigbendbetty | Beautiful hike Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2007 | |
| Took my dad up. We had a great time. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2008 10:10 pm | ||
| RyanMountain | Easy 13 Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006 | |
| Short and easy hike with impressive views of Yosemite and Mono Lake. Mostly snow covered and still chilly even at the end of June. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2007 3:46 pm | ||
| bgriffs | Great Mountain Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| Very cool climb on the normal route, met a bunch of nice people. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2007 2:05 am | ||
| Vinny | thwarted | |
| Marty and I couldn't find the Fourth pillar - frustrating looking from top down. We salvaged the day by heading back to the valley for some scary chimneys pitches. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2007 11:55 pm | ||
| panweilin | Late afternoon ascent Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004 | |
| Started from Tioga Pass entrance station in the afternoon. On our way down saw the sunset. This is probably the easiest accessible 13ers to train for altitude. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2007 6:41 pm | ||
| Quensell | Easy acclimatisation Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2007 | |
| Mount Dana is the obvious choice to gain some "time in the sky" before attempting Mount Whitney, and what a climb this is, the view from the top is one of the best I have ever seen, looking right accross Yosemite and down onto Mono lake, and even as far as the White Mountains near Bishop. I must make a note to do this one again sometime. | ||
| Posted Sep 28, 2007 8:35 am | ||
| Luciano136 | Standard route Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2007 | |
| Hiked with Scott (below), Chrissy and May (someone we picked up at the trailhead :). Took a slow pace as it was the first peak I had done since end of July. Nice at 10k but pretty cold on the summit; without gloves it was pretty uncomfortable at times... | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 6:10 pm | ||
| Scott Fulton | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2007 | |
| We made it in 6 hours CTC. Spent about 45 minutes at the top. Great view. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 2:37 pm | ||
| kovarpa | trail Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007 | |
| just to get some altitude in... | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2007 1:23 am | ||
| danman3156 | Third Pillar Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| The third pillar was an amazing climb, I can not think of anything better. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2007 7:09 pm | ||
| forjan | Dana Couloir 'quartet' Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| Belayed the 'shrund pitch and then simulclimbed the rest with TINA TRETINA and along side the Daly's. Last 40 feet at the top of the couloir was melted out and dry (loose rock). Couloir was mostly neve transitioning to ice. ---------- Route Climbed: Solstice Couloir (solo) Date Climbed: September 17, 2006 Nearly after a 5 year absence to Mt. Dana's summit, I decided to climb the Solstice Couloir (after viewing Rob Yang's beta pictures from the previous weekend). I started from the Tioga Lake parking lot (9,750') at 7:00am. Arrived at the base of the Solstice couloir (11,500') by 9:00am. Heard and saw Kurt Wedberg with 2 clients heading for the Dana couloir. At 9:25am, I started up the couloir solo. Took me 65 minutes to finish it. I climbed all the way to 12,500' before I exited. I didn't have the b*lls to solo the last 15 feet of the couloir (it seemed 75+ degrees....corniced), so I exited to the left on some loose rock. It took me like 20 minutes to climb those last 20 feet of loose rock. Summited at 11:00am. Back to the car at Tioga Lake by 1:00pm (6 hrs roundtrip). ---------- Route Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: October 7, 2001 Dana couloir's ice was very hard. Cannot use pickets, only ice screws for anchors. Took Vince and I 4 pitches from the bergschrund to the notch. Dana couloir's bergschrund on south side was 25 ft high or so (on October 7, 2001). Great views of Mono Lake from Dana's summit. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 2:01 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Nice hike late in the day after driving from Medford, Oregon. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 9:45 pm | ||
| Deb | Dana Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2007 | |
| Not total ice in the couloir, but enough under neve to constitute my first lead - love cranking those screws. Simul'd with darling Dave after 1 pitch and enjoyed the hell out of it! Super enjoyed climbing the couloir with Sista Tina right next to me! Thanks for leading the bergschrund Miguel! | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 3:36 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | Dana Couloir.....Party Of Four! Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| The quartet: Deb, Tina, Miguel, and yours truly. Got a late start on the couloir; mostly neve with some ice. The highlight and the crux: the berschund (25 feet of ice, up the left center).....nice lead Miguel! Slog to the summit and a bee-line to Whoa Nelli (where else?). A great day with friends!! | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2007 11:53 am | ||
| NavySeabee | Dana-Gibbs Meal Deal Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Made the climb from Tioga Pass in beautiful skies and gusty winds with my brother-in-law Dimitri. Descended to the Dana-Gibbs saddle to tag Mount Gibbs. Good warmup climb for our Whitney climb two days later. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2007 2:29 pm | ||
| emilie | From Tioga Pass Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007 | |
| A bit of a boring hike - scree and talus field, no snow - but the views got better and better until the top. Saw a marmot and jack rabbit. I agree w/another climber below - I was speechless when I got to the top. I definitely felt the altitude but was feeling good for not having climbed much this year. Hope to be back to Yosemite soon... | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2007 1:17 pm | ||
| Vertigo soul | NW Slope Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| A fun scramble up the NW slope. Took my girlfriend for her highest summit thus far. A beautiful day with no wind and great 360-degree views! Plan on returning, hopefully, next Spring/Summer for Dana Couloir. 6/5/10 - Skied the Dana Couloir and Ellery Bowl - another amazing Sierra spring (early summer) ski descent! | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2007 11:22 am | ||
| Thomas Gurviez | solo by Dana couloir Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007 | |
| Ascentn by Dana couloir alone, completely icy above the bergshrund, descent by the normal route | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2007 8:02 am | ||
| s_kavert | Route: NW Slope Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Climbed with my wife as a warmup for Mt. Shasta at the end of June. Got a late start and had to hurry due to clouds moving in. The views of the surrounding peaks and Mono Lake were definitely the highlight. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2007 12:36 pm | ||
|