Mount Olympus Climber's Log
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| punchline | Traffic Jam at the top!  Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| We thought we were smart to hit the trail at 7:00am! HA - virtual traffic jam at the top and HOT HOT HOT coming down. Unbelievable as it seemed there were people just heading up at 1:00pm, in the 96degree weather with no sunglasses, no hat/head protection and empty 8 oz water bottles... yikes | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2009 10:59 pm | ||
| LaMusa | Once is Enough Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| I enjoyed the climb, pretty at the top. Sweltering on the way down, ran out of water. Overall pretty but I've heard Phifferhorn is better. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2009 5:34 pm | ||
| asaking11 | Climbed via the West Slabs Route Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| My buddy from out of town and I started this climb at 2:30am and finished at 1:30pm. We free soloed up the massive west slab route, and then we traversed over the ridge to Mount Olympus and down the main trail. We were almost bitten by two rattlesnakes, and we saw five mountain goats. They are feakin' awesome, I have never seen one before. We decided to do this one on no sleep in the past 30 hours, and by the time we were finished we were dead tired. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2009 5:22 pm | ||
| courtpace | cool and wet! Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2009 | |
| Perfect day to hike. 2 1/2 hrs. ctc | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2009 1:49 am | ||
| spengy | Check Date Climbed: May 9, 2009 | |
| Checked another mountain off my list. Arrived at the trailhead at about 8:30AM and had a leisurely stroll up the mountain. Ascended via the usual "Mount Olympus Trail." There was only snow for maybe the last mile of the trail. Not overly crowded on the way up, but on my way down there were a whole lot of people heading up. | |
| Posted May 9, 2009 9:40 pm | ||
| dfrancom | North Summit Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2009 | |
| Lots of snow near the top. But fun fun fun | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2009 3:33 pm | ||
| Digiclimber | First Time Date Climbed: May 8, 2008 | |
| Fun scramble at the end, very steep hike, I ran down the steep section, I don't recommend doing that, Ill probably do this peak every year. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2009 11:24 am | ||
| The Vor | Perfect quick hitter Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2009 | |
| First Wasatch peak, done on a whim during a down day from skiing. Awesome time, great views. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2009 10:18 pm | ||
| Fmtn2008 | Sad Attempt to the Saddle Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2008 | |
| This was a very sad, yet spoonish, attempt of mount olympus. did not make the summit, but atleast took a wiz on the saddle, which was fun in its own right. (the trip, not the whizz) | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2009 2:49 am | ||
| PellucidWombat | Happy New Years! Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2009 | |
| I climbed Mt Olympus with Joe and Shelley to celebrate New Years this year. I sat whimpering at the ice crux just long enough (plus my leg cramp) to miss the last ascent of the year, but I got the first of 2009 at 5 minutes past! Then I spent the night on top - which I highly recommend to anyone who loves winter climbing in the Wasatch. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2009 1:17 am | ||
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| PellucidWombat | Re: Various ascents | |
| You know, if you knock off a few more ascents, we should probably just name the peak after you :-) | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2009 1:14 am | ||
| alphasteve | 13 pitches of Dream scrammbling | |
| Hit up the old REI garage sale then scrambled the West slab. Hot on the face in the summer, but easy approach up colouir. I did it in my sandles and used a sturdy stick for snow. (Climbing shoes on the face though) descended main trail down then shuttled with nice folks. | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2008 1:56 am | ||
| byates | Alot | |
| I don't even count. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2008 11:08 pm | ||
| Kadee | Must Do! Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2010 | |
| 04/22/06 - Amazing! That is all I can say about Mt. Olympus. The view from the saddle is amazing, the view from the summit is amazing. 11/03/07 - Talked my cousin into doing it this time with me. 11/16/08 - Still an amazing hike! 11/06/10 - Hiked to the stream with Dean, then summited alone. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 10:35 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | The Main Drag Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2008 | |
| That was a nice workout. Hiking just before 9AM, down just after 1PM with a leisurely time on the summit. Next time I'll traverse out to Triangle and maybe Raymond. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2008 6:26 pm | ||
| vernile | Beautiful Fall Day Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2002 | |
| Hiked this peak with my friend Jerry on a beautiful fall day in September of 2002. Almost had to call search and rescue to get him down, but with persistence and rest he made it too. What a great view of the Salt Lake Valley from the summit! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2008 12:20 am | ||
| coldandhungry | sweetness Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2008 | |
| Many accents on the trail. Geurts ridge twice, both solo. west slabs 3 times; twice solo and one solo trip was started pedaling from downtown Salt Lake. Most recently in March via the Zeus chute then up the ridge close to the north summit, all topped of with a ski decent down the north face, just east of the apollo chute. Scariest turns I've made; exposed and steep, everything had slid a day or two prior, making the upper portions quite icy and the lower portions were cinder blocks of avalanche debris. This was also done solo. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2008 4:20 am | ||
| marauders | Route Climbed: Traverse of the Goddesses Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| Great day of climbing and scrambling. This is a fun traverse. The whole traverse can easily be accomplished without a rope, but the last downclimb before the south summit (described as 5.6 downclimbing on the route page) is a little tricky. It takes some good route finding and patience to locate the best route down. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2008 12:52 am | ||
| LonePeakFreak | Wow Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2008 | |
| So glad I called in sick today! Nice, quick trip with incredible views and weather. Very happy to finally get up there. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2008 11:41 pm | ||
| JDrake | Rain-Snow-Sleet-Slush Date Climbed: May 22, 2008 | |
| Had to turn around about 100 vertical feet before the summit. Just too much water on the scramble portion for me: slush was melting, water was running down the rocks in little rivers and visibility was low with the snow falling. It all added up to more than my ability level. Also, this was my first time on Olympus; possibly my route wasn't the best? Decent amount of snow still at the saddle, plus yesterday's precip and today's storm made it a fun but very wet time up there. Mostly slid all the way down from the scramble to the stream crossing... I'll be back to finish the last few feet--in either July or January when it's a little easier footing. | |
| Posted May 22, 2008 8:30 pm | ||
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