drove from Salt Lake just to climb it. Edward Abbey's writings drew me to it. It was steep going (from Gold Basin), but not all that far. Incredible views to Canyonlands, Arches, Colorado, etc. Would do it again in a heartbeat.
Route Climbed: Direct north face gulley Date Climbed: June 11, 2005
a fun route, all hard spring snow. pretty steep - we measured 50 degrees at one point, the crux was a very short section of ice covering a rock band about mid way up. next traversed over to peale and down back into gold basin. down-climbing tuk's east ridge was my least favorite part. the ice crux was my favorite. PICS
Route Climbed: Gold Basin Date Climbed: 7 Nov 2004
Started at cross country ski lot on Geyser Pass Rd. - snowshoed into Gold Basin and then up to little Tukuhnikivatz through very deep snow. Continued along ridge to Tukuhnikivatz's summit and then back the way I came. Glissaded down a lot of the way, but it still took me nine hours roundtrip!! The climb itself was absolutely miserable with the deep powder, but Tukuhnikivatz is probably the most scenic summit I've ever been on!!
Route Climbed: La Sal Pass Date Climbed: 03 July 2004
I originally planned to summit Peale, but coming from the La Sal Pass parking lot, I did not contour far enough east to find the correct couloir. I reached the ridge just west of The Razor Fang, the wrong side to be if you want to reach Peale. I thought about attempting to traverse Razor Fang, but it looked rather forbidding, considering I was hiking solo, and my Summitpost handle contains the word "Hiker," not "Climber." I decided instead to summit Tukuhnikivatz, and I was not disappointed.
Route Climbed: via north route of peak 12,048 Date Climbed: June 11, 2003
Great route, the sliver of snow along the ridgeline was a welcome reprieve from the killer talus and scree. It was the first named peak (2nd total) of a ridgerun that day covering 6 peaks, which included Tuk, Peale, and Mellenthin.
dillweed - Jun 30, 2006 7:09 am
solo summer hikedrove from Salt Lake just to climb it. Edward Abbey's writings drew me to it. It was steep going (from Gold Basin), but not all that far. Incredible views to Canyonlands, Arches, Colorado, etc. Would do it again in a heartbeat.
Andinistaloco - Aug 24, 2005 1:17 am
Route Climbed: south face to east ridge Date Climbed: summer 2002Fun climb and great 360 views from the top. Don't feed the friendly marmots....
Felsberg - Jun 15, 2005 5:13 pm
Route Climbed: Direct north face gulley Date Climbed: June 11, 2005a fun route, all hard spring snow. pretty steep - we measured 50 degrees at one point, the crux was a very short section of ice covering a rock band about mid way up. next traversed over to peale and down back into gold basin. down-climbing tuk's east ridge was my least favorite part. the ice crux was my favorite. PICS
bc44caesar - Nov 8, 2004 11:54 am
Route Climbed: Gold Basin Date Climbed: 7 Nov 2004Started at cross country ski lot on Geyser Pass Rd. - snowshoed into Gold Basin and then up to little Tukuhnikivatz through very deep snow. Continued along ridge to Tukuhnikivatz's summit and then back the way I came. Glissaded down a lot of the way, but it still took me nine hours roundtrip!! The climb itself was absolutely miserable with the deep powder, but Tukuhnikivatz is probably the most scenic summit I've ever been on!!
Day Hiker - Jul 6, 2004 3:54 pm
Route Climbed: La Sal Pass Date Climbed: 03 July 2004I originally planned to summit Peale, but coming from the La Sal Pass parking lot, I did not contour far enough east to find the correct couloir. I reached the ridge just west of The Razor Fang, the wrong side to be if you want to reach Peale. I thought about attempting to traverse Razor Fang, but it looked rather forbidding, considering I was hiking solo, and my Summitpost handle contains the word "Hiker," not "Climber." I decided instead to summit Tukuhnikivatz, and I was not disappointed.
grandwazoo - Sep 13, 2003 11:58 pm
Route Climbed: La Sal Pass - Peale - Razor's Fang Date Climbed: Sept. 14 2003Had good weather (but windy) accross the Fang, Started at the pass around 7:00 am made it to Peale and over to Tuk by 10:00 am.
nader - Jul 27, 2003 5:40 pm
Route Climbed: From La Sal Pass Date Climbed: July 2, 2001Steep slopes. Scree on top, but a pleasant hike.
PellucidWombat - Jun 16, 2003 10:39 pm
Route Climbed: via north route of peak 12,048 Date Climbed: June 11, 2003Great route, the sliver of snow along the ridgeline was a welcome reprieve from the killer talus and scree. It was the first named peak (2nd total) of a ridgerun that day covering 6 peaks, which included Tuk, Peale, and Mellenthin.
rmjwinters - May 29, 2003 12:28 pm
Route Climbed: The Razor Fang traverse from Mt. Peale Date Climbed: 05/27/2003See trip report on Peale's page for details. Made the traverse over the Razor Fang from Mt. Peale. Fun traverse on terrible rock across The Fang.
brandon - Jul 13, 2002 7:50 am
Route Climbed: ???? Date Climbed: June 1997Fun climbing on the snow when its hotter than 47 hells in the canyonlands.