Route Climbed: South Ridge off of Kearsage Pass Date Climbed: 8/24/05
This capped off a nice 4 day backpacking trip. Just a walk in the park until the class 3 summit rocks. That was a little unnerving for a mere hiker like myself.
This is one of the easiest peaks I climbed in the Sierras. So, strangely enough, it is also the one that took the most number of attempts to get to the top! Scared off by weather one time and altitude sickness in our party the second time. But the third time was a charm .. fun climb, even though it's a slog. This is a great conditioner climb.
Route Climbed: Traverse from Dragon Peak Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004
Day 8 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, twelve of us started out from Onion Valley, eight made it to the summit of Dragon, ten to the summit of Gould, and three to the summit of Rixford. Safe to say, we pretty much covered the area that day. Trip Report
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 10,2004
Easy climb to the top. We avoided the annoying class 1 slog by climbing the class 2 talus along the ridge. Made things a little more interesting by climbing some of the larger blocks just for fun. To reach the summit you can either climb the easy class 3 along the ridge or the easy class 4 on the west face. We chose the east face because of some potentially unstable rock on the ridge.
Route Climbed: from Kearsarge Pass Date Climbed: 23April 2004
Did this as a dayhike. Considerable snow about a mile up from Onion Vly TH but firm and fun. Didn't need the axe and crampons until 200m from the summit. Car to car in 5.5hr. Nice, easy acclimation dayhike.
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 2003
Day hike from Onion Valley campground with Chuck. Spent a total of an hour and a half on Kearsarge pass chatting with a good looking ranger and other hikers. This was to be the first in a series of strange meetings with Lars and Tats. Good times.
Route Climbed: From Golden Trout Lake Date Climbed: July 7, 2001
Summited with poor weather and very low visibility. Without a map I got lost, and thought I might actually be on Dragon Peak. Afterwards I tried to go climb Dragon Peak but got lost again. Decided to quit with two strikes and headed down before the thunderstorms broke in earnest. Trip Report
pinch - Aug 26, 2005 10:46 am
Route Climbed: South Ridge off of Kearsage Pass Date Climbed: 8/24/05This capped off a nice 4 day backpacking trip. Just a walk in the park until the class 3 summit rocks. That was a little unnerving for a mere hiker like myself.
Eric L - Aug 8, 2005 9:32 pm
Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 6 Aug 2005I climbed this peak on a SPS trip. Fun half day climb.
RSN473 - Jun 2, 2005 12:13 pm
Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: June 11, 2004Traversed from Dragon Peak
ExploreABitMore - Mar 4, 2005 10:17 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 05/25/02This is one of the easiest peaks I climbed in the Sierras. So, strangely enough, it is also the one that took the most number of attempts to get to the top! Scared off by weather one time and altitude sickness in our party the second time. But the third time was a charm .. fun climb, even though it's a slog. This is a great conditioner climb.
Matthew Holliman - Nov 17, 2004 9:36 pm
Route Climbed: Traverse from Dragon Peak Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004Second stop on a Dragon-Gould-Rixford dayhike with Bob and Michael. Summit block was a short but interesting scramble.
Bob Burd - Nov 16, 2004 3:38 pm
Route Climbed: Traverse from Dragon Peak Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004Day 8 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, twelve of us started out from Onion Valley, eight made it to the summit of Dragon, ten to the summit of Gould, and three to the summit of Rixford. Safe to say, we pretty much covered the area that day. Trip Report
gluballs - Oct 11, 2004 12:34 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 10,2004Easy climb to the top. We avoided the annoying class 1 slog by climbing the class 2 talus along the ridge. Made things a little more interesting by climbing some of the larger blocks just for fun. To reach the summit you can either climb the easy class 3 along the ridge or the easy class 4 on the west face. We chose the east face because of some potentially unstable rock on the ridge.
Completebum - Aug 29, 2004 3:29 pm
Route Climbed: S. Ridge Date Climbed: August 28, 2004Side trip on our way out from Charlotte lake. 40 min. to summit from the pass. The summit blocks are short but fun to climb on.
TDRoberts - Aug 14, 2004 7:24 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 14 2004Easy climb from Kearsarge Pass. Fun summit blocks.
sierradiscgolfer - Jun 17, 2004 11:57 am
Route Climbed: South ridge from Golden Trout Lake Date Climbed: August 8, 2003Climbed this with my Dad and Sister. Soloed over to Dragon. Then did Kearsarge the next day.
Shano - May 7, 2004 3:27 pm
Route Climbed: from Kearsarge Pass Date Climbed: 23April 2004Did this as a dayhike. Considerable snow about a mile up from Onion Vly TH but firm and fun. Didn't need the axe and crampons until 200m from the summit. Car to car in 5.5hr. Nice, easy acclimation dayhike.
birdhead - Feb 4, 2004 1:55 am
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 2003Day hike from Onion Valley campground with Chuck. Spent a total of an hour and a half on Kearsarge pass chatting with a good looking ranger and other hikers. This was to be the first in a series of strange meetings with Lars and Tats. Good times.
mtnfoto - Jan 21, 2004 11:23 am
Route Climbed: South Ridge, North Ridge Date Climbed: Several TimesThe best way to climb this is on a traverse from Dragon Peak. Great day hike!
Matthew Holliman - Oct 6, 2003 12:40 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2003A bit of a slog from the pass, but it has a nice summit block.
Paul Spraycar - Jul 26, 2003 3:51 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: August 10, 2001Climbed from Kearsarge Pass with my sister, her second Sierra peak after Whitney.
tiogap - Jun 29, 2003 9:23 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 27,2003Climbed this as a day hike. Left the car at noon and returned around 7pm.
Paul Spraycar - Jun 29, 2003 3:46 pm
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 21, 2000Easy climb from Kearsarge Pass. Nice scree run off the summit to the west.
dankras - Apr 6, 2003 12:30 pm
Route Climbed: south ridge off of Kearsarge Pass Date Climbed: March 24, 2003Climed on a beautiful summit day, after a grueling ascent on Nameless Pyramid the day before.
Bob Burd - Oct 20, 2002 10:01 pm
Route Climbed: From Golden Trout Lake Date Climbed: July 7, 2001Summited with poor weather and very low visibility. Without a map I got lost, and thought I might actually be on Dragon Peak. Afterwards I tried to go climb Dragon Peak but got lost again. Decided to quit with two strikes and headed down before the thunderstorms broke in earnest. Trip Report
pilz8 - Oct 12, 2002 7:59 am
Route Climbed: kearsarge pass Date Climbed: october 2000A easy scramble from the pass.