| On March 6, 2008, (via Bells Canyon)three of us attempted the peak by climbing the steep slopes east of the meadow. Arduous, tedious, tough. Attaining the summit ridge 3/4 mile north of the peak we made it within 200 yards of the summit before getting cliffed out by a small but dangerous precipitous dip in the summit ridge. It took us 6+45 to reach that point, so that wasn't too bad considering we had to break trail beginning at the spring crossing way down low! A winter attempt of this peak is a test of stamina, endurance, toughness and grit. On 3-11-08 five of us returned to "conquer" No. Thunder. And that we did. 5+25 to the snowy summit. Bluebird day. Awesome beyond description. My 3rd time at the actual summit. On 7-08-08 we began what mountaingoat calls the Beat-Up hike in the Sam Thomas Gulch, topped out on No. Thunder 5+45 and continued to So. Thunder, Chipman Peak and lastly Pfeifferhorn before exiting the nearly 15 hour day through Red Pine. Whew!!! 5th summit on 3-7-09 with Dave. 6+30 up, 3+40 down. Tough but satisfying. Ideal snow conditions but west wind and intermittent cloudy conditions all day. #6 9-22-09 Good way to celebrate the autumnal equinox, via Coalpit Gulch. #7 11-3-09 With Dave via the "snow" route; tough going but satisfying 12-hour day. #8 4-24-10 W/ Dave, Walt, Jake & Christine via Maybird Gulch & Hogum Fork. 5+50 to corniced summit. 2+45 down to Bells Canyon TH. Beautiful day: sun, no wind, good snow. #9 1-8-11 w/ Dave. Serious trailbreaking above the the meadow but excellent snow. Very cold on top. 5+45 up, 3+08 down. From Bells Canyon TH on 9800 S. #10 5-14-11 W/ Dave via the Hypodermic Needle couloir from Hogum Cirque. One steep mama. #11 12-09-11 Sehr schwer - lang Zeit. #12 4-3-12 W/ Dave. 5+23 up, 4+10 down via Bells Canyon. Beautiful day in spite of low snow totals. The lower portion of the trail had been trashed by an unknown group of unprepared people... #13 5-8-12 W/ Dave via the Hypodeemic Nerdle. Gorgeous day, fine snow as far as it went into Bells Canyon (upper meadow and that was about it!). #14 4-30-13 Checked out the route solo and found good snow from the plateau up. #15 5-4-13 With members of WMC on a near-perfect day. Excellent snow conditions and pleasant no-wind conditions on top. That doesn't happen very often on North Thunder but it did for us. Sometimes we get lucky, don't we? |
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