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| dmitch | Trail  Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| hgrapid, same bs happened to me...hiked back down a little to get around the "guard" on Lassen, ended up on Bumpus Hell and Brokeoff anyways. Nicer hike than Lassen, with good views from the top, especially of Shasta. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2009 1:06 am | ||
| hgrapid | Lassen closed Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009 | |
| Made it all the way to the park and it turns out the trail to Lassen Peak itself was closed due to a freak rock slide killed a young child. So, we hiked Brokeoff Mountain instead. We also hiked the Bumpass Hell trail to the hot springs. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2009 11:38 pm | ||
| rhyang | South slope snowshoe Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2009 | |
| Snowshoed up to 8100' and snow-camped the night before. Ten feet of snow at the SW entrance visitor center. The morning dawned clear and I headed up. Brought an ice axe, but it stayed strapped to my pack - snowshoes and poles were sufficient, though the last couple hundred feet were windblown and rime ice showed through in places. Saw ski tracks on the slope, but only bootprints near the summit. Beautiful day. Sadly, the deli in Mineral is no more - the building is for sale :( -- Date climbed: 17-December-2006 Route climbed: South slope Decent weather window with low avy hazard, so I went for it. Drove up from the bay area and started in the afternoon - snowshoed up to 8000' and camped. High temps in the high 20's, overcast with occasional light snow. Overnight temps in the teens. About 2-3' of snow on the ground, with an ice layer just below the first few inches (had to use my ice axe to dig holes for tent anchors - my aluminum shovel blade would not penetrate). Next morning dawned clear and cold. Got a liesurely start around 7:30am on snowshoes. At around 8600' noted that the south slope was a dusting of windblown snow over a layer of rime ice. Switched to crampons and axe. On top before 9. Excellent views of Lassen Peak, Shasta, Lake Almanor, etc. Very light wind, but cold. Beautiful day and short descent back to car before noon in time for a sandwich at the deli in Mineral :) | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2009 11:25 pm | ||
| Bill Kish | full moon Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2009 | |
| Setup camp near Forest Lake and went up at 7pm to enjoy the clear weather and nearly full moon. Four hours round trip on snowshoes with alternating heavy and thin snow conditions. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2009 11:15 pm | ||
| ylamurto | Nightclimb Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2009 | |
| Snowshoed from 89. Summited at 9pm and snowboarded down by using only the light from the full moon. Camped at Forest lake. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2009 7:46 pm | ||
| BCL | Brokeoff Mtn. Trail Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2008 | |
| Snowshoe from Highway 89. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2009 8:44 pm | ||
| cdog | NE ridge scramble Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2008 | |
| had a nice autumn alpine outing on the NE ridge of Brokeoff. Class 3 from the ridge extending towards Diller Pk. Choss-a-rific! | |
| Posted Nov 26, 2008 4:22 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Brokeoff Trail Date Climbed: Oct 23, 1996 | |
| Nice weather, good views | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 2:38 pm | ||
| calebEOC | 2nd mountain of the day Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2008 | |
| Combined with Lassen summiting these two in a day makes for a respectable little bit of hiking. Fewer people on this peak, and the views were better (at least this hazy day). This peak made the 350 mile drive worth the investment. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2008 2:27 pm | ||
| pjgordon | opps Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2006 | |
| When the young, cute, ranger smiled at our (single) friend and asked us what we had climbed, I replied: Brokeback mountain. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2008 11:05 am | ||
| k2link | Great ramble Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2008 | |
| Great hike! Having done Lassen Peak four times previously, this hike is every bit as spectacular, and infinitely more enjoyable. As opposed to interminable switchbacks, this trail has forest, meadows, trees, and excellent trail the whole way. The first people I met on the trail, was on my way off the summit! | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2008 10:57 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | Trail Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2008 | |
| With my son. A fun hike. Nice views of Lassen and the Brokeoff summit for lots of the trail. Very windy on top, gusts to 40 mph, but not cold at all. Up in 1:45, down in 1:05. Recommended. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2008 3:44 pm | ||
| kalet | South Slope Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Skied from the summit! Trip Report | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2008 10:13 pm | ||
| panweilin | Snowshoeing Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2007 | |
| Snowcamping near Forest Lake the night before, and snowshoeing up to the summit. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2007 7:26 pm | ||
| Diggler | Trail... with snow! Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007 | |
| Still appreciable snow from the recent storms (virtually melted out at TH to a few ft deep in places!) made for wet conditions, but beautiful scenery. Really nice forests along the way, & views of Lassen were unbeatable. Got a few glimpses of mighty Mt. Shasta through the clouds. Left TH @ 12.17, summited ~15.56 & hung out at summit for about an hour, returning to car @ 18.56 (parties behind me got back in dark- hopefully they had headlamps or warm clothes!!). Great day. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2007 5:18 pm | ||
| Ol Walsher | Brokeoff Mtn. Trail Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Celebrating my birthday weekend. Nothing like bagging a county highpoint with the wife. A very cool hike, prefer this peak over Lassen. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2007 9:06 pm | ||
| Strazzman | CHILL Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2007 | |
| Way chiller than Lassen. more stuff to see and do. and you can skinny dip in forest lake!!!!! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2007 2:33 pm | ||
| QuailBS | Trail Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2007 | |
| A nice hike to the summit. A lot more fun than Lassen Peak, more wildlife and a nice swim at Forest Lake on the way down, and nobody on the trail. Realized there is enough time to climb Lassen and Brokeoff in the same day. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2007 10:43 pm | ||
| SFMountaineer | Beautiful Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| I recommend Lassen in the morning before it gets crowded (i.e. 9am) and Tahama after lunch although bring lots of water the first couple miles in the forest were hot. Definitely appreciated the diversity of scenery and vegetation (vs Lassen). | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2007 9:46 pm | ||
| johnk | Brokeoff Mt Trail Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007 | |
| Solo. Nice hike, but f'in hot. Stopped and took a nap in the shade. I wanted to traverse to Mt Lassen, but couldn't find a safe place to descend to the ridge. Hitched hiked back to Summit L campgrounds. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 2:24 am | ||
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