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| A-Lex | North Arete  | |
| Great climb! Ended up climbing part of the N Arete and then the last twoish pitches of the double dihedral thing. All the climbing was really fun! | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2009 1:14 pm | ||
| haishan | Nice peak Date Climbed: May 24, 1998 | |
| E couloir and some interesting snow-covered ledges up the east face... skied out the next day in a big El Nino snowstorm. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2009 6:35 pm | ||
| sardude | did it Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2006 | |
| West face, I think. Did it w/ Paul | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2009 6:39 pm | ||
| granjero | East Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2004 | |
| Holy slog! However, the ski run in winter/spring down this is quite fun! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 6:26 pm | ||
| granjero | North Arete Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2006 | |
| Nice route. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 6:25 pm | ||
| wingding | Day trip from Twin Lakes Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Twin Lakes to Horse Pass or right next to it and then up the sandy SE slope to the south ridge and up to the top. A very pretty area. Pictures and a map of my route - Matterhorn Peak | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2009 8:02 pm | ||
| murraymcleod | Not quite... Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009 | |
| Didn't quite make it as we ran out of time...Climbed with packs from Matterhorn Canyon to Burro Pass, then ditched packs for the climb...got to within 200' of summit and my parntner wouldn't go further, and we still had to return to packs and hike towards Mule Pass. And the climb seemed more like Class 3 at top, which I didn't want to attempt alone (I'm old!). Oh well...seems the story of my life with climbing lately...unless the base of a peak is near starting point, the approach will take too much time and wears me out! Oh to be young again! | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2009 7:39 pm | ||
| Jesus Malverde | wrong couloir! Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Always fun. We camped too far east in the Horse Creek basin and as a result ended up climbing the couloir that is further east of Matterhorn Peak than the standard East Couloir route. This couloir is wider and steeper than the East Couloir. If you plan on climbing it, I would recommend HELMETS and might recommend: a picket or two and a light rope (for the faint of heart). The snow in this couloir gets sunlight exposure/turns soft, but it is steep. We ended up climbing out of the snow steep to the rocks on the right (straightforward class 3). However, there's ALOT OF LOOSE ROCKS on this line. If you trend further west to the more solid rock, the climbing may get you into some class 4 if you want to climb straight up into the ridge. Enjoy! | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2009 7:19 pm | ||
| MTNTime | Daytripping Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Great fun dayhike - after a Buckeye soak, and sleeping under a lone juniper, we sped up Horse canyon until the trail disappeared, struggled a bit keeping focused on the trail so ended up sidehilling scree before gaining the saddle. Excellent scramble (good footing) up the east ridge to the top, with hazy, thunder threatening views. Hail and rain on the way down to the saddle, but little lightning. 9 hours car to car, and oh what a day! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 12:15 am | ||
| WML | East Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2009 | |
| Very fun route, would make an excellent ski descent. Climbed it in a whiteout. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 1:38 am | ||
| Bill Kish | East Couloir Date Climbed: May 16, 2009 | |
| Camped at 9800' and summited this grand peak at 9am the following day with 7 other Bay Area Mountaineering Meetup members (Deann, Libby, Sage, Rob, Harish, David, Richard). Amazingly enough we had the entire mountain to ourselves. Snow was continuous above 8250'. We enjoyed great conditions in the morning but the snow deteriorated rapidly in the afternoon due to the oppressive heat. | |
| Posted May 17, 2009 4:20 am | ||
| gjonbelay | Horse Creek Pass July 17 1999 Date Climbed: Jul 17, 1999 | |
| Climbed Matterhorn and Whorl the same weekend with a group of PCSers. Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2009 4:35 pm | ||
| Ol Walsher | Horse Creek Pass Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| A long day hike with cbuelow. Did not enjoy the sandy slog just below the summit. However, a fun scramble at the top with some beautiful vistas! | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2008 2:44 pm | ||
| Hapey McHape | Horse Creek Pass Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Nice later summer hike up a beautiful mountain. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 10:43 pm | ||
| ckerth | Horse Creek Pass Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| From Twin Lakes climbed to Horse Creek Pass and up the SE slopes. Heavy winds approaching the pass and nearing the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:48 pm | ||
| Shirley Lam | North Arete Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| It was nice to go light and do it car-to-car in a day. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 4:39 pm | ||
| BranchWhitney | East Couloir Route Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008 | |
| This is one of the best summits in the Yosemite region. Scenic route and Matterhorn has that majestic look. There's a climber's path 75% of the route. | ||
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 12:25 pm | ||
| cbuelow | Horse Creek Pass Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Long dayhike with Ol' Walsher ... the sandy SE slope was horrible. The views from the top of the Yosemite backcountry, however, were sublime... | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 11:56 pm | ||
| pinch | long day hike Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Started at Twin Lakes, followed Horse Creek, and ascended the SE side. The rough footing on much of the trail made for a tiring but rewarding day | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 7:29 pm | ||
| jboldt1971 | Burro Pass Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Surprisingly easy scramble up the saddle. Climbed with my cousin Cory. Great day! | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2008 1:09 pm | ||
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