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| MooseTracks | Easter on High  Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2008 | |
| First major spring snow camp/climb. Amazing. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 11:14 pm | ||
| Guilty | North Slope Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2009 | |
| Hike up from Red lakes with some friends. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2009 5:20 am | ||
| rmick25 | From the Muir Trail Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| After hiking up Glen Pass(which was no picnic) decided to hike Split Mtn as well because...it was there. Hell of a day almost 6,0000 ft. of ele. gain and 16 miles most with pack on. Sooo worth it though. I thought the view from Glen pass was sweet. It paled in comparison to Split though. Vaughn and Andy you missed out! Thanks also to the guy who gave me a granola bar and the women who provided the cheese and crackers. Life savers! | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 8:15 pm | ||
| Shawn | Great experience... Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| The access was the biggest story for us. There's lots of good information out there about both the drive to the trailhead and the trail itself, but we didn't pay enough attention. So, we took 2 wrong turns that cost us a lot of time on the approach. Once we finally got to the Red Lake TH, we hurried onto the 'trail', only that it wasn't. We spent 2 hours blazing a path on steep, loose, sandy and nasty Class 2/3 terrain until I had enough and said there must be a trail and we need to find it. Found it and the going was much easier but half the party bailed back to the HD and the others went to Red Lake. Party at Red Lake got there just in time for the rain and spent an OK night there and woke up to swirling clouds obscuring the summit and terrain above and decided to head down. Still a beautiful area and fun was had, but the mistakes and the weather meant no summit and the access/approach means we won't be too eager for attempt #2 for some time... :-) | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 11:22 am | ||
| cab | Crappy Road | |
| The hardest part of this climb is getting to the trailhead. I scratched the shit out of the sides of my truck (Black Chevy Silverado), but once you get to Red Lake, this is a pretty cool climb. A little loose in the steeper chutes, but not too bad. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 3:14 pm | ||
| seano | Red Lake, NW slope Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009 | |
| An overnight trip from 3 miles below the Red Lake trailhead (the "no trespassing" shortcut helped, but not enough for our poor car). Red Lake is an awesome place to camp. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2009 8:50 pm | ||
| thholder | From the west Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2009 | |
| clear day, spectacular views | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 11:11 am | ||
| SJ | Nice Alternative Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Gave up on the original goal of St. Jean Gully when we saw the debris field of rocks that had shot out of it. Changed plans to the North Slope and we weren't disappointed. Climbed a 35-40 degree snow hill for about 750' to gain the north slope, little more than a class 2 like the route description states, but had an axe and crampons so it was no problem. Great view on top, thunder storms had us running off the ridge in the early afternoon. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 5:49 pm | ||
| 96avs01 | Humbling turns Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2009 | |
| Ascended the N. slope route via the Red Lake approach. Took some very humbling turns on my splitboard in highly variable snow conditions below the Split-Prater saddle...glad I had the (dis)pleasure of hauling it all the way to 13K. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2009 4:36 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Day Summit off the JMT Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Reached the summit on our "layover" day while camped at the lake below Mather Pass. Lots of scree but a beautiful summit view on a perfectly clear and windless day. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2009 7:59 pm | ||
| Guilty | West Face | |
| I spent a week around the Palisade Lakes and Mather Pass just bagging peaks in the area. This was the easy hike up from the John Muir Trail. | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2009 6:21 pm | ||
| alpinegosse | Done | |
| Uneventful! | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 11:35 am | ||
| mdougherty | North Slope Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Climbed from Red Lake with an SPS group. It was a tough, but enjoyable hike. I really liked the view. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:14 am | ||
| paisajeroamericano | wow Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2008 | |
| 7500 feet in one day... a new personal record - the climb was wonderful though - those cliffs when you first hit the ridge are wicked... and the split part of the mountain up top is wild - I think I am running out of easy 14ers, hmmm... | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2008 11:32 am | ||
| jimegan | Split Mountain Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008 | |
| Soloed the N ridge from Red Lake when Mike hit the wall after climbing Mt Sill the prior day. These were my final two Calif 14ers. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2008 6:34 am | ||
| jaypisano | north slope from the east Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| definitely more difficult than i expected but a beautiful mountain. the drive to red lake trailhead was a real treat! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 1:45 am | ||
| dpsiebert | North Slope | |
| Daytripped from Orange County. I thought it was pretty tough for an "easy 14er". | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2008 6:39 am | ||
| sierratrekkin | N. Slope Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008 | |
| Climbed Split Mountain June 16th of 2008, via the N. Slope from Taboose Pass. I easily nabbed Mount Prater the next day and spent a nice two night stay just below both peaks. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2008 7:23 am | ||
| Sam Roberts | N Slope from East | |
| Camped at Red Lake. Uneventful climb. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 7:01 pm | ||
| BradBartick | Split is the sh*t | |
| Climbed Split with my wife last summer. Great fun- a little challenging route-finding through scree slope, but isolated and fun and worth the effort just the same. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 10:03 pm | ||
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