Mt. Ellinor Climber's Log
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| daves99a | Route Climbed: Summer Date Climbed: January 7th, 2006  | |
| My first ever ascent of Mt Ellinor, started just below upper trailhead in the rain, Postholed all the way to the summit and all the way back to the timber, could not see anything past a few hundred feet, still had a great time - any time on a mountain beats sitting at home. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2006 10:09 am | ||
| glimmert | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: May 31 05 | |
| Strong wind,lite rain,4 marmots,3 hikers. High clouds 0 Vis. Still a good hike | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2005 1:55 pm | ||
| brother | Route Climbed: trail/chute Date Climbed: too many to count | |
| ellinor is a nice "climb" near my home. been up several dozen times at least. Good views in nice weather, numerous goats, good family outing, always a good workout. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 2:34 am | ||
| annaleiserabinek | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: August 19, 2005 | |
| I've been looking at the Olympic mountains all my life, so was super excited to actually get over to them and explore. There were plenty of people on the trail. The weather and views were phenomenal. I hiked with the best partner ever, 'Cornvallis'. We did see a couple of mountain goats. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2005 10:13 pm | ||
| shunra | Date Climbed: November 2003 | |
| Snowy, cloudy and windy. Loved it. | ||
| Posted Jun 2, 2005 8:23 pm | ||
| Josiedad | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: Aug 03, 2003 | |
| Foggy the whole way up | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 10:52 pm | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: January 4, 2004 | |
| Spectacular January day, sunny and warm. Sticky snow made travel extremely slow and difficult in the chute. We would posthole to our waists without snowshoes, but with them snow would stick to the bottom with every step and we would slide down the hill! Must have been the first party for 2004...no signs of anyone else being up there at all. Awesome glissade down! | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2005 10:45 pm | ||
| Dundeel | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: 2X | |
| Did Ellinor with spring snow and without. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2004 12:05 am | ||
| cmc56789 | Route Climbed: Mt Ellinor trail Date Climbed: September 16, 2004 | |
| I did this on what started as a partly cloudy day. just below the summit and after about 30 seconds of being able to see Mt Washington the clouds surrounded me and I could only see 10 yards in any direction. Then on the way down it started getting misty and then rainy. I met up with 2 of the guys on the plaque who maintain the trail on my descent, who advised me of some other area hikes. I also didn't get to see any goats. I will be back another time. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2004 11:24 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Summer Trail Date Climbed: August 18, 2004 | |
| Last time I post a summit log on Ellinor--promise! (It's my favorite nearby climb--especially in winter...) Climbed after work with Rachel Wissenschaft (actually a German name I can't quite remember). Amazing evening climb and summit just as the sun was going down. Stunning cirrus clouds and a red glow on all things. Some well-earned Moose Drool at the pub on 101 in Hoodsport. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2004 11:24 pm | ||
| OlympicMtnBoy | Route Climbed: Upper Trail head Date Climbed: July 8 2004 | |
| With much pain I climbed relentlessly up Ellinor, despite my busted tail bone. My friends Jason, Karen and Melissa joined me. Unfortunately the cloud cover was pretty thick and only Mt. Washington and Lake Ellinor were visible. But the rewarding part was to see a family of Mtn. Goats and a little baby goat, which we all took pictures of. We were eventually mobbed by Chipmunks who loved the goldfishies we fed them with. It was still a great trip despite the cloudy weather!:) | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2004 3:21 pm | ||
| OlympicMtnBoy | Route Climbed: Trail from Forest Road Date Climbed: August 17-2003 | |
| This is an awesome climb because of the view from the summit. The highest peaks in WA are all visible from Baker to St. Helens. The interior view of the Olympics is very spectacular and most of the Olympic mountains can be seen from this height. My dad attempted the climb with me but didn't reach the summit. It took me about an hour and a half from the trail head to reach the summit and it was a fairly strenous climb. I'm hoping to do it again before I go back to school in TN. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2004 8:06 pm | ||
| Tweezer | Route Climbed: Chute Date Climbed: Apr 3, 2004 | |
| Took my friend joel on his first climb! Parked at lower trail head. Began climbing around 4:45am and summited around 7:15. Great view! The snow was really hard on the top 3in and soft underneath, which made me a little uneasy in the chute. Passed at leat 40 people on the way down. Fun day! | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2004 11:19 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: Chute Date Climbed: April 4, 2004 | |
| Great Sunday solo summit. Drove up from Portland early in the morning, started about 8:45 am. Gloomy until about halfway through the chute. Snow was nice and hard. Decent views at the summit by 11:15. Sun had softened the snow up so the glissade down was sweet. Had a hole in the seat of my pants though so when I stood up at the bottom, I had a couple pounds of snow inside my shell pants that fell nicely down my legs and were held there by my gaiters. Back down to lower trailhead by 1:30 pm after about 45 minutes on the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2004 7:55 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: March 28, 2004 | |
| Most beautiful day yet on Mt. Ellinor with Eileen, Tyson, Magnus, and Ian. Late afternoon summit was absolutely incredible and the mountains, Ellinor included, much more snow-laden than I've seen them on previous climbs. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2004 10:32 pm | ||
| Peak Freak | Route Climbed: Lower Trailhead Date Climbed: March 28th | |
| Fabulous day with Peter S., Tyson, Magnus & Ian. Awesome weather. Spectacular views of Rainier, Adams & St Helen's on the way up. Glorious summit with even more mountain views at the top. Nice, easy slog up and Glissade down. Perfect little day hike! Great SP company. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2004 3:06 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Lower Trailhead Date Climbed: March 13, 2004 | |
| Beautiful day on Ellinor with Mac Cook & Kate Wunderbar. Tons of sun and was in a t-shirt by the time we got above tree line; could even wear a t-shirt on the summit, for a little. Reached the summit in just under 3 hrs and roundtrip in 5. Not a bad glissade! | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2004 8:18 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Upper Trail Head Date Climbed: February 7, 2004 | |
| Great day on Ellinor with Mark Savoca. We parked well below Lower Trail Head due to heavy snow on the road & snowshoed the road to Upper Trail Head & began our climb. Did not climb up the immediate chute as you emerge from timberline because of slab snow conditions. Headed West and around the prominent knob and then up several of the rock outcrops. Tough going up steep sections due to deep snow. Beautiful day, with intermittant sun and cloud cover. Great views of Ellinor and Mt. Washington. A summit atttempt seemed ill-advised given apparent avy conditions. | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2004 10:26 pm | ||
| jhalz | Route Climbed: Avy Chute Date Climbed: 01/24/2004 | |
| After getting my truck stuck for an hour, we finally got started from the lower trailhead. Got to the avy chute by 5:30pm. With headlamps, ice axes and crampons fully deployed, we topped out of the avy chute by 6:15pm. Set-up camp and woke to blue skys. Once again a great glissade all the way down the avy chute. | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2004 9:17 am | ||
| pksander | Date Climbed: October 12, 2003 | |
| Great climb in beautiful autumn weather. The mountain goats didn't disappoint--first time I saw them in the U.S. (they are, after all, imports). | |
| Posted Dec 15, 2003 1:29 am | ||
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