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| paulm | Bear sighting  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Hiked the Gearhart Mountain Trail from the east, then scrambled onto the plateau to the summit. Partially descended from a notch to the north, and will likely take that route next time. Saw a bear apparently digging for grubs under a downed tree above the trail on the hike out. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2008 12:35 pm | ||
| apachedino | Domed Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2008 | |
| On a long drive from SLC UT to Warm Springs OR, I decided this climb would make a nice break. Afer camping a very cold night under the stars at Corral Creek I set off and found the cliffs around the "DOME" to be very spectacular, also liked this type of forest, very open and old. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2008 3:55 pm | ||
| Dean | Hot and dusty Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008 | |
| Hiking this one in August isn't all that smart. Met two women near saddle who threw in the towel due to the heat. I pushed on and went up route as described in "75 Scrambles" book. After reading the entries here, i probably would have been better off to the way Cornvallis did since my route was probably harder and longer than it needed to be. Anyway, I had the company of zillions of butterflies that were loving the area and tried to share my summit apple with me. Yup, apple loving butterflies can be a menace. Take plenty of water if you do this in August. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2008 11:21 am | ||
| rfbolton | South Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| Did this one on a perfect day - cool, brilliant sunshine, minimal breeze. Had the entire mountain to myself even though it was a weekend day. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 4:42 am | ||
| cjwhat | Route Climbed: north notch Date Climbed: September 4, 2005 | |
| Followed trail to notch north of summit. Followed low ridge to base of rim, then traversed right, dropped below big buttress on west side, and ascended gulley next to (south) of buttress. Note I tested several gullies before decided on this one and it probably the best option. Cloudy, cool, windy day and didn't see a soul the whole time. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 4:11 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Route Climbed: Standard Route from South Date Climbed: 29 August 2004 | |
| Absolutely beautiful weather. Great Trail. The views were inspiring. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2004 1:22 pm | ||
| annaleiserabinek | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: october 25, 2003 | |
| If everyone climbs the south ridge, you think it ought to be on the list of routes to choose from. Just a thought for you point junkies out there. :-) Anyway, back to business.... I love October. Its beautiful in the valley and beautiful down in the basin/range. You can't go wrong. Pretty neat hike. The Palisades were very cool. The summit area was even better. I think it must have been 75 up there. We spent almost an hour taking pictures, eating lunch, just hanging out, enjoying our last really good weather (probably) of this unnaturally long season. The veiws were great, we could see from Shasta to the Sisters and equally as far east and west. A sea of mountains with islands of agriculture as far as the eye could see. Tom you rock! | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2003 6:26 pm | ||
| Cornvallis | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: October 25, 2003 | |
| Wasn't able to leave Corvallis until after 9PM Friday night, so we didn't arrive at the TH until after 3AM. Anna and I assumed our sleeping positions in the car and caught some much needed rest. Really starting to get used to the sleeping in the car thing, thanks for the inspiration Dean. The Palisades are amazing, I could have spent an entire day here playing. Massive Ponderosas along the fist third of the trail are beautiful. Reached the first saddle and decided for some reason that the second saddle looked better, so we dropped down a bit and headed up towards it. Turned out to be a good choice as it was an easy climb up to the ridge that leads to the summit. The last half mile, and summit area, made this whole trip, the cliffs and rock formations near and around the summit are awesome. Weather on top was perfect, sunny and warm, not bad for the end of October. Before we left we climbed up the old lookout near the parking lot. Terrified some curious cows near Bly while taking a picture of Gearhart. Nice day. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2003 12:37 am | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: September 1, 2003 | |
| Didn't get started until noon. Palisades are really cool, would make a great bouldering area if ever developed. Really dramatic cliffs the rest of the way along two ridges about a half mile to a mile long each. This area could be a really great climbing area with long cracks on high cliffs. Made the saddle and headed up left. Weaved back and forth along the ridge making sure I was heading in the right direction. Got to some basalt columns and headed back to the ridge to my right. Then easy hike to summit. Lots of flying ants there, didn't stay long. To make it interesting, I scrambled down a rocky gully on the north side and then bushwhacked back to the Notch where I picked up the trail back through the basin. Great meadows along the way. Scrambled to the top of some pinnacles on the way back to take pictures of the southeast ridge. Back to car by 7 pm. Then a long drive back to Portland, didn't get back until 1:30 am. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2003 11:50 am | ||
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