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| Jimbopo | Defying my ignorance  Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2012 | |
| Way, way harder than I thought it would be. Briefly: Exit 45 was closed due to construction. FS 9031 was closed due to helicopter lumbering. Hike to TH via P3 at Tinkham Rd. Race helicopters up the slopes to avoid getting pancaked. Got lost at Mason Lake and accidentally scrambled up SE ridge. Got sick with fever on way down. Thunder chases me down the mt. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2012 5:02 pm | ||
| bikejr | Fall Mt. Defiance Hike Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2010 | |
| Beautiful with the fall colors on the upper slopes. A 100% walkup although the last part is a bit steep and might be considered a bootpath. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2011 11:05 pm | ||
| fredzurensick | Twice | |
| I've summited defiance twice, once on a clear day and once on a cloudy one. On the clear day there were great views: The Olympics, Baker, Glacier Peak, Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, Hood, mayve even Whistler (Canada). | ||
| Posted Aug 4, 2011 1:54 pm | ||
| belowfellow | via Mason Lake Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2010 | |
| via Old Mason Lake Trail. Great weather. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 7:21 pm | ||
| LuminousAphid | Combined with P3 Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008 | |
| No. 006, personal climber's log. Combined this with Putrid Pete's Peak to the West; easy ridge traverse from the two, which I actually had to cross twice because of a lost cell phone which I actually found. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2010 1:13 pm | ||
| Arkitekt | Started Late Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2009 | |
| Having Hiked Bandera only a few days earlier I took a few work buddies up to hit Defiance. We hit the trailhead after work and reached the summit at at about 8-9PM and weren't back to our cars till well after dark. The headlamps came in very handy on the trail back. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2010 1:18 am | ||
| DustyDeb9 | Via Talapus Trailhead Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2010 | |
| Rainy day, no view, at least 1/2 of the trail still under snow, the rest very muddy. Trail obvious to Rainbow Lake, then a little bit of route finding needed to get to the base of Defiance due to the snow cover. 15 mile round trip. Good conditioning hike. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2010 12:19 am | ||
| Doehle | Some snow Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2009 | |
| Weather not as bad as forecast. No views, socked in. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2009 11:05 am | ||
| Cascade Scrambler | Fresh tracks Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009 | |
| The fog was thick and rolling today. Reached a light dusting of snow at the talus field. From the turnoff to Bandera all the way to the summit, I made first tracks in four to six inches of fresh snow. Views from the summit were partially obscured by fog, but the views of P3 were great, and that was good for me because it was my next stop. | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2009 8:05 pm | ||
| bmwboarder7 | Great Fall Hike Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2009 | |
| Hiked up via the Mason Lake trail. Straightforward good hike with a summit worth sitting at for a while. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 1:37 am | ||
| ericwillhite | Sometime in 93 | |
| Mason Lake Trial, then snowshoe to summit. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2009 1:35 pm | ||
| gimpilator | P3 to Defiance Traverse Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2009 | |
| Bryan and Dane and I were thinking of Mount Washington but we decided to do something with "more meat on it's bones". We decided on the approach that it was not going to be fun to hike down such a steep loose face so we agreed to traverse over to the summit of Defiance and descend from there via the old Old Defiance Trail. We found the ridge top near the summit of P3 to be very exposed and so we only made it to the east summit but this is where the summit register is located. I would think that the west summit is rarely done. It was good to be back on Defiance for the third time. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2009 11:49 pm | ||
| Curtissimo | up July 2000 | |
| by myself but blocked for a time from summit by an aggressive doe! | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2008 4:55 pm | ||
| EastKing | Via Mason Lake Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2008 | |
| Great peak with good views. Cheack out the TR | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2008 1:50 am | ||
| Dan Winter | Old Trail Approach Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2000 | |
| Beautiful warm autum day. Nice colors and wonderful sweet smell of huckleberries in the wind. | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2008 1:33 am | ||
| lneher | Old trail is in good shape Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2007 | |
| We took the old Mason Creek trail and found it to be in good shape. Also, the final trail up the SW ridge is in great shape for a climbers' trail. I think Redwic may have gone up an earlier trail that we considered using. Here's our route. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 12:12 am | ||
| Redwic | A Great Workout!!! Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| I took the "old trail" from Mason Lake to Little Mason Lake, then used my GPS to determine the best route through the forest to the Mount Defiance Trail. The slope leading to the summit is STEEP; I chose to go down the slope via the groundcover bushes rather than the "trail". The fog all around the mountain, including the summit & lakes, was THICK. I took the "newer" Mason Lake Trail on the way back. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 4:51 pm | ||
| nodbod | Skippitty Doo Dah | |
| I sprained my ankle on Defiance! Trail ran the way down. Watch the roots. Probably one of the best hikes on the 90 corridor. Nice open trail, lake and traverse, short steep stint to the top! | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2007 10:53 pm | ||
| Krylon | Defiance Scramble Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2005 | |
| Took the backside scramble route up. A really nice day out. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2006 11:27 pm | ||
| agreenstreet | Route Climbed: Mt. Defiance Trail via Mason Lake Date Climbed: August 27, 2006 Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006 | |
| Did a quick climb after work. Really nice day, although quite hot. I saw a bear at Mason Lake, surprising considering the amount of people in that area, especially on a sunday. I tried to get a picture but it ran away, I guess thats a good thing. Great views from the top, Mt. Rainier was almost completely obscured by smoke from the fires in that area. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2006 6:19 am | ||
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