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| k2link | Route Climbed: south slope Date Climbed: August 23, 2005  Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2005 | |
| A great hike to the summit... amazing views, which get more amazing as you get higher! However, after we returned, we realized we'd scrambled up the subsidiary peak (rock pile) that hangs above May Lake, which several people had told us was the summit... :~( | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 11:39 pm | ||
| Felsberg | Route Climbed: East slopes Date Climbed: July 15, 2005 | |
| this was the first of my objectives this day which ended with me in the mammoth hospital later that night. after hitting hoffmann, i was en route to tuolumne peak when i pulled down a large rock onto myself which crushed my right forearm muscle and severed my left ring finger. then i had to hike out. Trip Report | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2005 7:54 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: South Slopes (ascent) / Northeast Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2005 | |
| Warm-up day for the '05 Sierra Challenge with Bob. Hoffmann's south slopes are easy and not too memorable, but we found the peak's east/northeast ridge to be a very enjoyable 4th class scramble, with a short chimney, some slabs, a slightly awkward move or two, and a bit of exposure to keep things interesting. After descending Hoffmann's NE Ridge, we continued traversing along a cool knife edge to Tuolumne Peak, another quality class 3-4 scramble via its steep, broken southwest face. Descended Tuolumne's easy class 2 south slopes to meet an old trail (not shown on the 7.5') that led down to the regular May Lake trail, just in time for lunch at the Whoa Nellie. Good scrambling, excellent views, nice flowers--a thoroughly enjoyable half day. I'd been up Hoffmann once before--on Oct 19, '02, I hiked up the standard use trail to see the sunset. Views were rather hazy due to a number of controlled burns along Tioga Road. The most memorable aspect of that outing was reading the summit register (which was filled with entries just from that year, a popular peak). It seemed like every other entry was written by a Hoffman or Hoffmann who felt the need to climb his/her namesake mountain. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2005 12:50 pm | ||
| keema | Route Climbed: South Slope from May Lake, From Tuolumne Peak Date Climbed: July 22, 2005, August 9, 2005 | |
| Headed out with the wife and daughter which made for slow going to May Lake. After a snack, I left them to play and headed for the summit. I met a total of 6 people that were coming down as I was headed up from a late start, so I had the summit to myself. What great vistas. Looked but couldn't find a summit register. A fun hike. followed the ridge from Tuolumne Peak. Trip Report | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2005 11:26 am | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: July 9, 2005 | |
| An easy hike, but great views! | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 1:58 pm | ||
| ASteele | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| A really cool mountain. Despite its insignificant height, Hoffman gives up some great views; it is situated in the geographic center of the park.... Wonderful stuff. Looks like some fun climbs on it, too. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2005 1:05 pm | ||
| woodcraft | Route Climbed: thumb Date Climbed: 1970 | |
| I first climbed this in high school... goldline, pins, swami belt ... remember that stuff? Later, in the 80's, Attempted to ski from the valley to Mammoth, but turned back at Tuolumne because of deep snow. We skiid up to the top, following tracks (coyote, wolverine?) that went up and over the summit. Camping at May lake, we were watching the sunset, and smoking a joint, and I took a big hit and passed out, falling on my face in the snow! That trip was also notable for the wierdest xc wax job- skiing along the road by Olmstead point, in that deep snow with the sun across the tracks, I was using green on one ski, and blue with a jack rabbit kicker on the other. | ||
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 12:30 am | ||
| dnafields1995 | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: September 2002 and August 2003 | |
| My first time was with Bob and Norm. We were all totally hung over from the night before. Too much MURDER. (That's redrum spelled backwards) This was a warm up before putting on the packs the next day for Mt Russell. I took my wife up the next year. It was great. What a nice little hike to the top. | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2005 7:07 pm | ||
| Brian Frederick | Route Climbed: South slope Date Climbed: August,2004 | |
| Beautiful hike, great views from summit. Took my 11 yr. old son; his first real summit. Very kid friendly and quite rewarding. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2005 10:10 pm | ||
| granite4brains | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: 07/26/99 | |
| Very nice day hike and great views. Only bad thing was that we got eaten alive by the mosquitos! | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2005 10:20 pm | ||
| rkbalch | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: October 1, 2004 | |
| The views are as one would expect standing on a peak at 10850' in one of the most beautiful places on earth...Yosemite. Great day for a hike with some lite rain on my descent then clearing by the time I reached the parking lot. This was my first peak in Yosemite. | ||
| Posted Oct 4, 2004 3:56 pm | ||
| Dan and Julie | Route Climbed: May Lake Route Date Climbed: September 10, 2004 | |
| Great day hike with incredible views of Yosemite high country. Cool to explore the several different summits. | ||
| Posted Sep 20, 2004 11:40 pm | ||
| TDRoberts | Route Climbed: May Lakes Date Climbed: Oct 2002 | |
| Afternoon climb following Mount Dana coming back home from Whitney region. Enjoyed the view, though it was fairly hazy and smoky so the distant views were washed out. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2004 4:00 pm | ||
| happecamper | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| 10 person group, overnight trip. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2004 2:36 pm | ||
| birdhead | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: September 2001 | |
| Very nice view from the summit. Climbed Cloud's Rest the day before. I would do this one again. The reward of the view is much greater than the effort. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2004 2:01 am | ||
| mtnfoto | Route Climbed: Regular Route Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| This was my wifes first peak. Just a couple of hours from the car. | ||
| Posted Jan 21, 2004 1:36 pm | ||
| Dave Dinnell | Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: July 1986, August 2010 | |
| Climbed during the day and made a solo attempt on Hoffmann's Thumb. Then did a Night-time hike under a nearly full moon. Climbed it again (2010) with my wife and 10 year-old son. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2004 1:38 am | ||
| Bill Ott | Route Climbed: May Lake trail Date Climbed: September 21, 2002 | |
| Hiked up with youngest daughter, age 25. Impressive views, well worth the trip. That evening we both got wasted on just one beer at Nicely's. Tired is, as tired does. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2003 10:14 pm | ||
| scottyb | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: August 18, 2002 | |
| Amazing Views | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2002 11:04 pm | ||
| dshoe | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge from May Lake Date Climbed: 08-94 | |
| This hike/climb was a nice "scramble." Don't remember the exact amount of time it took to do the trip, but it wasn't very long, and was easily doable in an afternoon. Very nice views of Yosemite NP from the summit! Descended via a Southeast ridge on the way back down, over large boulders. Was a very nice trip, overall! | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2001 8:54 am | ||
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