Mount Olympus Climber's Log

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Kruck

Kruck - Jun 30, 2011 12:41 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2011

Steep.  Sucess!

Steep, then steeper. It was fun when it was over. Great mountain. Nice assortment of snakes and birds. Scrub oak on side hills about as thick as I've ever seen.

yadahzoemtn

yadahzoemtn - Jun 10, 2011 10:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006

Wildcat Ridge  Sucess!

06/17/06 First summit on the route across Wildcat Ridge. Great day. One angry rattler.
09/28/13 Another trip to the top with a good friend. Skiff of snow. Fall is in and winter is on the way.
09/26/14 With Miko and Nala. They get better and better at scrambling.
01/08/15 Wore snowshoes from the second stream all the way to the summit.
05/20/16
02/20/17 with Michael
02/18/19
03/02/19
01/18/20
10/12/20 with Michael and Brent
11/30/20
10/07/21 with Michael
01/19/22
01/28/22
03/17/22
04/20/22
10/28/22
10/31/22 Michael's 200th trip to the top

ArankaP

ArankaP - Feb 28, 2011 7:12 am Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2009

Warm and sunny day w/snow on the summit  Sucess!

Nice steep grade on this 3,5 miles trail with a beautiful view over the Salt Lake City. Gorgeous weather hiking in the t-shirt! Last third of the hike in the snow up to 3 feet still warm enough for the shirt.

americanswiss

americanswiss - Feb 25, 2011 2:46 am Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011

Olympus  Sucess!

Guert's Ridge (5.5 II) 8/2011, Normal route 8/1997. Joseph Bullough is a stud!

Mooner

Mooner - Oct 29, 2010 4:47 am

Up I Go

January 2010 x1
Febuary 2010 x1
March 2010 x2
06/05/2010 as part of WildCat Rigde with WMC Club,
1/17/11.
07/16/11(Wildcat Ridge to Reynolds Peak)
01/26/12 Took 2 hours 3 mins to the top, RT was 3:15 mins My dog Nebo's first ascent of Olympus.
02/25/12 Took 1 hr 44 mins to summit. At the summit I meet up with Joe Bullough, and a bunch of others, for his 400th summit. Congrats Joe! You are the god of Olympus
11/05/12 Despite not having summited a mountain in 2 months I still put up my own PR. Took 1 hr 39 mins from the car to summit.
01/.../13 up the standard route with friends
03/25/13 via Guert's Ridge with snow... That Slabby ridge is HARD to climb when wet and covered in snow... in boots.
05/27/13 Via Kamp Ridge. My favorite route up the Mountain I think. We continued to the Goddess Traverse and descended the main trail
9/30/13 via Kamp Ridge. Freed the whole way with a descent of the west slabs
12/26/13 via main trail with Stef S. It was her first winter ascent
00/00/14 via main trail with nebo and natasha
00/00/14 via main trail with Sam
02/12/17 via main trail solo

emilie

emilie - Oct 18, 2010 10:03 pm Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2010

hiking route  Sucess!

Beautiful hike with beautiful weather. Fun scrambling @ top!

EJBean

EJBean - Oct 10, 2010 2:55 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2008

Steep  Sucess!

I solo hiked it, because it had to be done.

phatty

phatty - Sep 17, 2010 12:33 pm Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2010

Why do i keep doing this to myself  Sucess!

WORST.TRAIL.EVER. 7 miles of stair master climbing. Second time on the summit. I wonder why I did it again. Hurts the knees. Saw some tarantulas, sunset photos from the saddle were spectacular.

Wisemtn - Sep 12, 2010 1:46 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008

Oly Poly  Sucess!

Hiked with Jon W. Both our first ascent of Oly and maybe the last. We made summit in under 3 hrs but it was a tough stair master session. We had just gotten laid off from Fidelity Investments a few days prior. Good view of the valley! Had some trouble finding the trail back down initially but a good scramble!

#2. 7/29/15 - Solo trail run attempt. Got lost toward the top. Too damn hot.

jamesmc2

jamesmc2 - Jul 5, 2010 2:04 am

West Slabs Forever  Sucess!

This route is a little bit slabby!

jdw10

jdw10 - Jun 29, 2010 1:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008

Mount Olympus  Sucess!

South Summit
08/24/08,11/03/09

kkalita8 - May 29, 2010 1:24 pm Date Climbed: May 24, 2010

My Mountain!  Sucess!

One of my favorite hikes....! mostly because it's 2 seconds from my house! I've had a goal for 2 summers to be able to run the entire way but i haven't quite been able to do it at a good pace without stopping...2010 will be the year though!

merrill

merrill - May 17, 2010 7:32 pm Date Climbed: May 15, 2010

West Slabs

Fun route, ran into snow up near the top after about 800' and rapped down the ridge on the west side of the slab. Glissaded down from the col.

Pfeiffer75

Pfeiffer75 - May 10, 2010 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2009

Several Times  Sucess!

Have climbed several times, but only the standard route

TRR - May 6, 2010 1:18 am

Standard Route  Sucess!

Hot day.

TacoJockey

TacoJockey - Apr 19, 2010 1:00 am Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2010

Finally got around to it  Sucess!

After a year of living in Salt Lake and seeing Olympus every day I finally got around to climbing it. I'm kicking myself for not getting around to it earlier- what a great mountain! I only wish I'd started earlier- bit of a posthole nightmare on the way down.

newmandolin

newmandolin - Feb 28, 2010 6:38 pm Date Climbed: Feb 28, 2010

Lost Snowshoe Found  Sucess!

I picked up a snowshoe on the way down. Send me a message if it is yours.

This was my first ascent of Mt. Olympus. I hiked solo and made good time. I was happy that I brought my snowshoes, but they were not totally necessary. It was extremely cloudy near the top, but started to clear up after a while. Caught a little rain on the way down.

Vagabond Manifesto

Vagabond Manifesto - Feb 10, 2010 3:41 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2008

Just had to...  Sucess!

After over four years of living in Utah, it was just a matter of time. Great hike, quick elevation gain!

builttospill

builttospill - Feb 5, 2010 3:33 am

Several Routes  Sucess!

I've had quite a few adventures on this mountain.

June 4, 2005: Did the West Slabs with PellucidWombat, after which we continued on to tag each of the summits of Olympus from the northernmost to the southern main summit. This is a good, fairly long day of scrambling.

Kamps Ridge: Way back in the day with GlennMerrill. We got hopelessly lost on the way down among a tangle of brush. Famous last words: "We don't need headlamps. If we're not back by nighttime, we deserve to be hiking in the dark."

Forgotten Arete: I climbed this with Glenn Merrill and an out-of-towner from summitpost, and have soloed it twice since as a nice workout in the preseason.

Guert's Ridge: This (along with Forgotten Arete) has become my standard early season tune-up since it melts out and is climbable in April. I've climbed it three times since the first time in 2006 or 2007, and it's a good time every time. One time I climbed, then descended to the base of Forgotten Arete and climbed that before calling it a day.

JonFinch

JonFinch - Sep 27, 2009 11:37 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009

Another great hike  Sucess!

climbed the forgotten arete on the way up. Great scramble. Great views.

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