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| PocketsOfBlue | Skied North Chute  Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Skinned up below the power lines from the church at Alta. Dropped down into a bowl and traversed over another ridge, then caught some turns into a bigger bowl below the North face of Superior. From there we skinned up to the East ridge and booted up to the summit. Skied the chute off the saddle to the East -- great conditions for June! | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2008 10:41 pm | ||
| vanman798 | South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2012 | |
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| Posted May 16, 2008 10:49 pm | ||
| seanpeckham | Up the east ridge, skied the southeast face Date Climbed: May 16, 2008 | |
| vanman798 and I got a 6 or 6:30 am start, skinned to Cardiff Pass and a bit beyond, and booted up the ridge to Superior. We left our skis there, put on crampons, and traversed to Monte Cristo and back. Ran into Bob Athey and a couple who had just climbed the south ridge, and then skied the awesome southeast face from the summit, though because of our delay from tagging Monte Cristo, the corn was past its prime and down low was more like mush. I can't wait to ski it again without the side trip to catch it in ideal conditions. Once a long time ago I also did Superior only in the summer. Nice to have taken care of the unfinished business. | |
| Posted May 16, 2008 4:20 pm | ||
| dunsum | South Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2008 | |
| 3/30/08 Great day for climbing; lots of snow. I do this route almost every year! 6/29/08 I pieced together couloirs and small rock steps on the SE Face and joined the S Ridge about 200 yards from the summit. A good solo climb on a very nice day. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2008 8:42 pm | ||
| Lubos | LCC - Alta Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2008 | |
| via south ridge | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2008 7:06 pm | ||
| Steve Elmer | 2x | |
| 8/27/07 via south ridge 9/9/07 Cottonwood ridge traverse | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2007 11:18 pm | ||
| LonePeakFreak | Via South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2007 | |
| Ascended via the South Ridge. No ropes necessary and you can make the route as easy or difficult as you choose. Incredible views from both summits. The trail down from Superior to Cardiff was very easy to lose (which we did again and again). From Cardiff Pass down to the road it was easy to follow. About 6 hours round trip. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2007 2:48 pm | ||
| pbogen | Cardiff Pass Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| What a fun scramble. Summited on a day with very poor visibility due to the largest wildfire in Utah history burning 120 miles south, with a southerly wind. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2007 6:13 pm | ||
| soccerman | Cardiff Pass Trailhead Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007 | |
| Made the top pretty easily. Very hot day. No cover at all. Got a little sunburned. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 10:34 pm | ||
| hiker100 | Sucide Chute Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006 | |
| Still plenty of Snow in the Chute. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2007 2:08 am | ||
| marauders | Route Climbed: Cardiff Pass Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2006 | |
| Hiked with Scott (climb14ers). Fun, quick scramble with unique views of the Cottonwood Ridge at this time of year. The north side was snow covered, and the south side was melted out with fall colors still present. It was a beautiful contrast of fall and winter split along the Cottonwood Ridge. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2006 6:14 pm | ||
| Scott Wesemann | South Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2008 | |
| 9/5/08- Climbed via the South Ridge with Matthew Van Horn. This has to be one of the best routes in the Wasatch. The exposure is great and the scrambling seems to never let up. There are a few tricky exposed moves, but the climbing is fairly easy all the way. 10/12/06- Climbed Superior and Monte Cristo with Mauraders from SP. This was a PERFECT day and we only saw one other person on the trail the whole hike..weekdays in the Wasatch are the way to go! The views from this peak are just incredible and I will try and come back and do this hike every year. There was some snow, but not much at all on the ridge and the scramble was enjoyable, although I did pull off a large rock that banged my shin pretty good. 6/7/12- via the South Ridge with Matt V. and Jun32. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2006 2:51 pm | ||
| apachedino | From Alta Date Climbed: May 14, 2006 | |
| As stated with Renogurt below, pretty much no visibility at the top, but still very fun. Lot's of cornices. Came back on Sept 3 2007 to do the South Ridge, very fun variation, wanted to continue on the Cottonwood Ridge west to peak 11,033, but it will have to wait until another time. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2006 2:13 am | ||
| renogurt | Mid-may | |
| Climbed this one with apachedino three days after the triple traverse. The best part: finding a single ski to sit on all the way back to the car. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 1:56 am | ||
| J Anderson | Superior Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2006 | |
| Climbed 3 times - 08/16/2006 Cardiff Pass solo 05/28/2007 Cardiff Pass with Matt, Mike,Dan and Dave. 09/08/2007 South Ridge with Matt | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2006 9:15 pm | ||
| Rocky Alps | Route Climbed: Cardiff Pass Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Started early, which treated us to some nice views of the rising sunlight on the Alpine Ridge (Pfeifferhorn looked really cool). A lot of fun scrambling, with a little exposure. We saw quite a few goats on neigboring ridges, and even heard a pack of coyotes howling (didn't know they were in this area). From the summit of Monte Cristo we could see the summit of every other 11,000 ft. peak in the Wasatch, except for Provo Peak. I was proud of my wife for being such a good trooper, since she has bad knees and this was the hardest hike (her first time scrambling as well) she had ever been on. See "Little Cottonwood Canyon Doubleheader" trip report for details. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:31 pm | ||
| Moogie737 | Various routes Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2010 | |
| 5-8-07 What a fun snow climb. No trail past Lake Blanche, so we winged it, huggingthe east edges of the drainage, then attaining the Cottonwood Ridge 1/4 mile west of Superior's summit (between Monte Cristo and Superior). From the S-curve TH it was 10 miles R/T. My 3rd time at the summit but my first in snow. Brent and Lana were great companions on this climb. Topped out on Superior and Monte Cristo on 6-5-07, a very windy day. On top of both peaks on 7-3-07, as a part of a trip to the summit of Sundial and then much ridge scrambling! On top of Superior for a 6th time as part of doing the south Superior ridge from Snowbird - awesome ridge. #7 along with Monte Cristo for the final two peaks of the 12-hour Cottonwood Ridge run. Started at the S-curve TH and ended at Alta. Tremendous adventure, but not for timid souls. #8 on 9-27-07 as part of south ridge scramble w/ Judy, Lana & Christine (3 geo-caches found en route by Judy!). #9 on 11-6-07 with Dave, Lana, Christine & Anne from S-curve via Lake Blanche, Blanche Peak, Cottonwood Ridge to Monte Cristo and down the steep snow-covered headwall of Superior back to Lake Blanche and out. Fabulous. 10th time w/ Lana & Brent. 10+05 from S-curve TH to Sundial, Cottonwood Ridge, Monte Cristo, Superior and back to the saddle between the two for a snow descent and out via the lake. Beautiful wild flowers and diminishing cornices. #11 as part of my 2nd full Cottonwood Ridge run on 7-19-08. Hot day requiring much mental toughness. #12 on 5-19-09 w/ Dave & Christine. Attained the ridge via a steep snow chute on the east face of the ridge, then Superior & Monte Cristo and back with several long glissades on the north side of the ridge leading to Cardiff Pass. #13 12-1-09 via Cardiff Pass w/ Christine, Ryan, & ZeeJay. Not a lot of snow considering the date. 2+47 to Monte Cristo summit, 5+15 total time for r/t. #14 6-15-10 W/ mtngoat. Via the suicide chute, both peaks, 2+30 to Superior summit. Hard to believe we could do this chute in crampons so late in the season! #15 7-3-10 as part of Cottonwood Ridge run with WMC. #16 9-25-10 to Superior via South Ridge w/ Dave & JP. #17 4-24-12 W/ Dave via Suicide Chute. Superior only as snow was softening quickly. Return by dropping down into the Cardiff Fork (9,500') and regaining Cardiff Pass. #18 8-11-12 Got 'em both as a fitting end to the Cottonwood Ridge traverse with WMC. w/ Brad & Sam. Thanks to Dave who left us cold water on top of Blanche Peak today! IVD | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2006 8:10 pm | ||
| Travis Atwood | Cardiff Pass / East Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| 7/12/08 - Bagged both peaks with friends John and Alex. Up and back via Cardiff. 7/29/06 - Climbed solo. Very fun scramble. I only made it to the first summit because thunderstorms were moving in and I’m not a fan of getting fried by lightning. I high tailed it out of there pretty quick and almost ran into a herd of mountain goats as I came around a corner. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2006 3:20 am | ||
| Ed F | Cardiff Pass Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006 | |
| Nice scramble. I stayed on the ridge most of the way to Superior instead of using the scree on the left side. It slowed me down a little, but I can't stand hiking on steep scree. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2006 10:40 pm | ||
| madsjim | Cardiff Pass Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2006 | |
| Did this one solo, I didn't expect the scrambling to be so long, I thought it was challenging, but certainly a quick hike. If you go up there be on the lookout for my cellphone, I lose everything! | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2006 3:00 am | ||
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