Mount Olympus Climber's Log
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| HighCountry | West Face 5.5-5.6  Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2005 | |
| Can a climb go on forever? That's what we were thinking after about 15 pitches of 5.6. This is a great beginner's alpine climb. It is nice and laid back and had good pro all the way up. We ended up climbing huge full rope pitches on a 70 meter rope. This would be an easy route to free solo, but I don't suggest it. Best to descend the way you came up, we tried to hike off the backside and ended up on a nightmarish bushwhack late into the night. Amazing views all the way up make up for the less challenging climbing that is required. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2006 3:16 pm | ||
| Ed F | Mount Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2006 | |
| Nice hike with a fun scramble at the end. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2006 9:33 pm | ||
| Dorkteam6 | Nice climb Date Climbed: May 14, 2006 | |
| Fourth time up to the south summit 05/14/06, 07/20/05, 07/03/05, and 5/13/04 North summit 07/20/05, from neffs canyon and 11/25/04 | ||
| Posted Jun 14, 2006 6:37 pm | ||
| Sarcasticseth | Mt Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2005 | |
| July last year was my trip up Olympus, it took my legs a little by surprise. Very beautiful hike, I heard a few snakes run off about 15 min after that first little creek. I have done the hike several times after, I hope to do it this week :) | |
| Posted May 10, 2006 9:24 pm | ||
| mtn runr | Many times | |
| A great run after work. I know a man who has summitted Olympus at least once in each consecutive MONTH for over ten years! | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2006 11:04 pm | ||
| trinityalpsman | Olympus back when | |
| Summited this baby several times back when I was a Runnin' Redskin at the U of U in the early 1960s. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2006 5:06 am | ||
| nebben | Many...all by Standard Route Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2006 | |
| I finally got my lazy butt up to Mount Olympus today. My new Yaktrax worked great (on the way up), and I had the summit to myself. I scoped out some of the tricky looking Wildcat Ridge- very rugged! A family of goats came to see me trying to get down the snowy trail from the summit...maybe it was the sound of the metal on the Yaktrax? First February ascent of Olympus for me. Others in May-November. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 2:21 am | ||
| madjohnbo | Mt. Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2006 | |
| The snow was great climbing up. The trail was slick coming down. Crampons or some kind of traction on our boots would have been very helpful. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2006 4:50 am | ||
| Travis Atwood | Route Climbed: Mt. Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2011 | |
| 4/2/2011 - Windy and warm. Snow conditions were completely different from last week. Climbed with Brian. 3/26/2011 - Snow climb with Ammon and Brian. 4/28/2007 - Nice little half day outing with Ammon, Kurt and Rob. 12/9/06 - Failed attempt. We stopped a few hundred feet from the top due to poor visibility and a heavy snow storm. Summer 2004 - Great hike and a terrific view of the valley. Start early and bring plenty of water. Also, watch out for rattlesnakes around the bottom. I about stepped on two on the way down. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2006 11:55 pm | ||
| madsjim | Route Climbed: Mt Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Summer of 2000 | |
| This was my first mountain in the Wasatch and I loved the last scramble to the top, exposure is what makes it fun -Climbed 2/20/06, snow was nice, but no summit views because of a cloud, I highly recommend it in winter. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2006 8:54 pm | ||
| D-bo | Route Climbed: Mt. Olympus Trail Date Climbed: May 1999 | |
| Foggy, drizzly day. Couldn't see the valley from summit. Maybe next time. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2006 5:10 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: December 30, 2005 | |
| Did this hike with Joe Bullough just to get out during bad weather. I had to slow down as I hadn't worn my mountaineering boots all fall, but we still made the summit in 2:40. We encountered the worst climbing conditions we've yet experienced on this route, with most of the class 3 portion covered in verglass, which made for a fun/interesting climb w/o crampons or an ice axe! | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 2:00 pm | ||
| mountianeer1080 | Route Climbed: NW Face Date Climbed: 10/26/05 | |
| First long multi-pitch climb. It took us all day I know that, it was 12 pitches. I'm guessing it was between 1,500 and 2,000 feet. It was not that steep, pretty easy climbing but just really long. We were both pretty worn out by the time we got to the top. We headed back down and ended up bush wacking the whole way back, it really sucked. Then had to walk about a mile through the streets back to the car. | |
| Posted Nov 19, 2005 12:22 pm | ||
| Bignick | Route Climbed: Mt Olympus Trail Date Climbed: Sept 26 05 | |
| My son and I started hiking at 9:00 am and reached the stream crossing an hour later. Above this point all the Maples were vivid shades of red, orange, and yellow. The Oak was still green and fully leafed out. This as most always is an extremely hot hike when the sun is out and today was no exception. We arrived at the saddle shortly before noon and looked around and down into Heughs Canyon. We took our time and scrambled up to the summit. About halfway there I stopped for a few minutes and had some water and something to eat. My son lost the steep trail thru the rocks and went too far west and up an exposed rocky spur ridge to the summit. My son, now 26 had not done this hike for several years. When he was in ninth grade, he and two friends bicycled to the trailhead, and climbed the 4000' to the summit. He didn't remember the trail being so steep. Today we spent about an hour on the summit and partially climbed down the East side toward Wildcat Ridge looking for a way to Triangle Peak for a future climb. All in all a great hike. We made the car a little after 3:00 so my son could be to work by 4:00. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2005 10:33 pm | ||
| Reach11 | Route Climbed: Mt Olympus Trail Date Climbed: A bunch | |
| Have made this summit nearly a dozen times, from March through early December. Fun little scramble to the top. | ||
| Posted Sep 3, 2005 1:09 pm | ||
| deafutahhiker | Route Climbed: Mt Olympus Trail Date Climbed: October 2004 | |
| Great trail, even though it was quite steep and a bit disorientating on the top as to where the summit is. We ascended on wrong side of summit and ended up sliding down this horrible scree hillside before finding our proper trail back down. Saw rattlesnake, mountain goats, etc... on this route. | ||
| Posted Aug 30, 2005 5:14 pm | ||
| imontop | Route Climbed: MT Olympus Trail Date Climbed: July 2, 2005 | |
| Ok guys. I've hiked Nebo, Timp, and Ben Lomond, three of the longest and steepest in the Wasatch, but this little 4 miler is unrelenting! Very cool mountain though! Saw a gi-normous bull snake just below the stream crossing, but no rattlers. So, which hill is "Blister Hill"? | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2005 10:26 pm | ||
| mountainTRIALS.com | Route Climbed: Standard Trail, summited in 1:14:23 Date Climbed: June 30, 2005 | |
| New PR to summit of 1hr:14min:23sec. Time car to car was 2:06 something. Left about 6 a.m. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2005 2:01 am | ||
| GlennMerrill | Route Climbed: Kamps Ridge Date Climbed: June 27, 2005 | |
| Climbed up to the northern most summit with fowweezer. The route is a great ridge scramble with a few easy 5th class sections. Our desent route was pretty rugged. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2005 9:22 pm | ||
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