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| royanderson | Road  Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Getting to the start by car was a struggle. I broke the front sway bar in my Acura Legend. Needed a truck, which I got after this. Left really early in the morning and it was cold. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2013 10:40 pm | ||
| Fletch | W/ the Mrs and family Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010 | |
| Very cool day... | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2012 12:41 pm | ||
| revolvingscimitar | From Barcroft Gate Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012 | |
| First 14er of 2012. Nice weather and great group to share the experience with. Fabulous views of the Sierras. Just a walk-up as long as well-acclimatized. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2012 1:44 pm | ||
| rdesota | Mountain Biked Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2000 | |
| Mountain biked the entire 'trail/road' except for the last scree pile. Great September day. Wouldn't call it mountaineering, but fun nonetheless. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 12:26 pm | ||
| joseyinnet | White Mountain Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012 | |
| Started before the sun came up, so I got to watch the sunrise over the Great Basin and the full moon set over the Sierra Nevada simultaneously. Pretty awesome stuff really | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2012 10:43 am | ||
| TheNobleSunfish | Road Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2012 | |
| 3:08 round trip from the gate. Forgot to eat anything beforehand, so more painful than expected! Great, alien scenery though. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2012 6:46 pm | ||
| cafzal | The Sublime Whites Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012 | |
| Hiked up the usual route from the trailhead before the research station. Arrived at 2 after a day spent meandering around Schulman and Patriarch, looking at the mightily old Bristlecone pines. A thunderstorm broke out to the east, lightening close by and thunder roaring from the hill immediately above me so I dipped down below the trail and cut across. Passed hikers fleeing the peak but I decided since I made it all the way there I'd continue onward. Ran up the last section of the peak since I could feel the static in the air and reached the summit with a fantastic view of the thunderstorm striking below to the east in Nevada. Sublime scenery and a look at the Great Basin. Despite the ease of climbing it via the standard route (around 3000' gain roundtrip, around 15 mi), this was a surprisingly awesome summit. I ran down much of the peak and hiked home, arriving at my car in time for sunset and getting a taste of the amazing stargazing of the Whites on my drive back to Bishop. The first 14'er I've climbed, hopefully many to come. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2012 10:08 pm | ||
| BCL | White Mountain Peak Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2012 | |
| Standard route past the research center. Highlights were the flat tire on the drive in and the large group of big horn sheep near the road. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2012 1:06 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | After climbing Nevada HP Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2012 | |
| In the morning climbed Nevada's Highpoint Boundary Peak. Wanting more, a new friend and I that I met on Boundary drove down to White Mountain Peak and bagged it in the evening hours that same day. What a day! Maps and Pictures of White Mountain Peak | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2012 3:10 am | ||
| kenrw | Mountain bike Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012 | |
| I left Bend, OR on Monday. I was on the summit the next day with my mountain bike. I was planning to hang-out at the gate and putter around, and go for the summit the next day. However, I rode up to the Barcroft Science Station, and I felt really good. So I continued on. From gate to summit: 2 hours 45 minutes. Summit to gate: less than 90 minutes. I had to push the bike up the "scree" like conditions of the "road" the last 1/2 mile. I did ride down the whole way. It was a blast riding from the summit of a 14,000+ foot mountain. My first 14er on a mountain bike. This was a warm-up for Mt. Whitney two days later. WARNING! The rocks are sharp! After leaving the gate and heading back to Bishop, a tire was destroyed by a rock that was embedded deep. The people at Bishop Automotive told me that Silver Canyon and White Mountain Road sends them a lot of business. I took the WM road route. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2012 4:45 pm | ||
| antonyw | First 14er! Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2012 | |
| Did this as a warm up for Langley and Whitney later this summer. Grandview was full when we rolled in around 9pm on a Friday night from San Jose. After some searching lower down we came back up and camped at a nice spot just about a 1/2 mile up the road on the east side to acclimatize. Did well with the elevation but the mileage was getting to me in the last few miles. Total time was 8 hours with an hour on the summit. Weather was perfect, didn't sweat and didn't get cold with just a long sleeve shirt on. Views are amazing all around. Tons of marmots and saw my first Sky Pilot at about 13800'. Pictures and track here: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1664158 | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2012 11:34 am | ||
| SeanReedy | someday Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2012 | |
| I've now been to or near the trailhead 3 times and as far as the pavement goes a half dozen times. Vehicle problems or unambitious travel companions have kept me from the peak each time. I'll get up there eventually. The views are nice even without summitting. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2012 6:21 pm | ||
| lbaradel | West Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 10, 2012 | |
| There's a reason why people do not climb often the west ridge (not the "normal" south-west ridge) of white mountain! Long outing, but well worth it. Cabins at Black Eagle camp are awesome! Trip report here. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2012 3:49 pm | ||
| Ruvicha | First at 14,000 Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008 | |
| Semeed like a long haul from Barcroft Gate (especially on the way back) but good weather, a good friend, sweeping views of the Eastern Sierras and the fact this was my first 14er made this a memorable hike. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2012 9:01 pm | ||
| krrt2000 | Road Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1996 | |
| Nice hike with my wife and dog. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2012 10:23 am | ||
| ThePete | Another First For Me Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2012 | |
| My first 14'er. Quite happy. Slept in, slow poked it on the way up, was treated with a beautiful sunset just before getting back to the car. Awesome. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2012 6:44 pm | ||
| tmfaust21 | nice one Date Climbed: Jan 13, 2012 | |
| Fun hike with blue skies | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2012 9:50 am | ||
| smurfer | well worth it Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2010 | |
| Relatively easy (compared to Shasta which is my only other 14er), but still uphill and thin air for sure. Was glad I had a couple of extra layers for the way back | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2012 9:23 pm | ||
| sardude | Did it. Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Tom, Geniveve, Dakota & I from Barcroft. Soloed the west ridge (winter) from Sparkplug mine once two years prior. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2012 1:01 am | ||
| calipidder | Holy windchill batman Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2012 | |
| Decided to take advantage of the dry weather and hike White Mountain. The drive to the trailhead was clear and fine (came up Silver Canyon in a Tundra). No snow problems on the road (in January - crazy!). Started off for the summit in a comfortable 27 degrees. By the time we got over the ridge behind Barcroft the wind was blasting. At the saddle below the final switchbacks the wind and dropping temperatures finally got to be too much and we turned around. One in our party made the summit, another got just below it and turned around after practically being blown off the peak. Kestrel readings: 10 degree air temp, -19.4 degree windchill, sustained 40mph winds. So, there is more to climbing in the winter than just snow. Who knew. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2012 5:36 pm | ||
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