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| TalmageDoug | North ridge route v Francis Lake  Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006 | |
| Great Climbing Day! I followed Brent Taylor(my climbing partner)from the Rock Creek Lake parking lot via Francis Lake to a summit at 1pm after 6 hours. Descent took 3 hrs. Three very experienced climbers (out of a party of 4) arrived about half an hour later. We all had good fellowship chatting about climbs, climbers and food cravings after climbs. I welcome any emails from all of them. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2006 5:46 pm | ||
| dustytrail | Route Climbed: Lake Francis Trail Date Climbed: August 3,2003 | |
| A tougher hike than I thought it would be | ||
| Posted Nov 10, 2005 6:10 pm | ||
| Kerstin | Route Climbed: From Francis Lake Date Climbed: October 1999 | |
| A long solo slog from Francis Lake over snow-covered talus. Forgot my gaiters....whoops! Noticed the impressive couloir on Feather Peak. One of the best summit views of any mountain I've ever climbed. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2005 1:34 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Route Climbed: Via Francis Lake Date Climbed: August 4, 2005 | |
| Nice day for my 3X. I mostly soloed this, but thanks to three other hikers for their company. I started from Rock Creek Lake TH, at 9,600 feet. I did find the nice use trail on my way down, better than I did going up. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 9:41 pm | ||
| gluballs | Route Climbed: Francis Lake Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2005 | |
| Talus sucked. Decided to take the steeper class 2 section up the second "step." Full of loose pecarious rock held in place by giant flakes. Scared I was going to be buried. Skirt around to the class 1 section. | ||
| Posted Jul 1, 2005 1:59 am | ||
| Completebum | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: May 27, 205 | |
| Continued onto Morgan after climbing the NW ridge of Little Lakes Peak. Only one tricky section getting to the saddle between the peaks then blocky cl. 3 the rest of the way. Excellant views from the top. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 12:44 am | ||
| granite4brains | Route Climbed: From near Francis Lake Date Climbed: 05/22/05 | |
| I agree w/ previous posts that this summit has great views. Whole trip from car to summit, was all on snow ... camped somewhere above Francis Lake, which was buried. Fun glissade down the steeper chutes to the left of the ridge line. | |
| Posted May 23, 2005 8:48 pm | ||
| ridgeline | Route Climbed: Francis Lk Date Climbed: October 16 2004 | |
| An attempt in Aug ended in fowl weather, lucked out with weather this time. Snow at the top but only inches, much more snow on following day. This hike is a real slog, too many boulders for fun. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2004 7:35 pm | ||
| DaveWillmott | Route Climbed: Francis Lake Date Climbed: September 13, 2004 | |
| Our group of 10 took the Francis Lake trail that is advertised as 1.75 miles but must be 3 miles based upon the time it took to hike up and back down from this point. At Lake Francis we climbed the ridge line from the front edge of the lake rather than the back end essentially going up the right side of the ridge instead of the left. Based upon the descent down via the back end of the lake we were all happy that we did this. This ridge which is a moraine is strewn with interesting rocks. From the ridge we hiked directly to a low point between the high ridge line on the right and the ridge line leading to the peak. The views were spectacular. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2004 2:41 pm | ||
| ridgeline | Route Climbed: From Francis lk Date Climbed: August 15 2004 | |
| From trailhead at 7.35 ran to francis by 8.40, late start and clouds were moving in quickly. Straight up the drainage and to the ridge, the boulders suck ! at about 10.30 it was looking bad, on the ridge at 11.07 moving fast from adrenaline, 11.30 first crack of thunder and a lightening strike had to retreat for safety a stones throw from the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 10:00 am | ||
| TDRoberts | Route Climbed: North Slope Date Climbed: Aug 12 2004 | |
| Great views of Little Lakes Basin and surrounding peaks. Watched thundertorms roll through Humphreys Basin until they chased me off the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2004 10:23 pm | ||
| Clydascope | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge & West Slope Date Climbed: Several | |
| Did the ridge from Morgan Pass once a with bad altitude buzz. Yikes. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2004 11:07 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: North slopes Date Climbed: May 9, 2004 | |
| A better "climb" than I was expecting, with excellent views. I found stable talus on a small rib on the north slopes, making for a quick ascent route; on my descent, I found very loose, unstable boulders on the talus slopes to its west. I would recommend sticking with the rib. | |
| Posted May 24, 2004 1:46 pm | ||
| RSN473 | Route Climbed: North slope Date Climbed: May 19, 2000 | |
| The north facing snow chutes leading up the north slope provide for excellent spring snow climbing (30-35 degrees). Day hiked via this route from Rock Creek Lake. returned in time to catch a couple of trout for dinner - a perfect day in the Sierra | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2004 11:03 am | ||
| crag | Route Climbed: Lake Francis Trail Date Climbed: June 20, 2003 | |
| Great view but a very tedious slog. Camped at Rock Creek Lake campground and hiked up via Lake Francis. Figured that descending the E slope into Little Lakes Valley would be quicker than the trail, that turned out to be a big mistake. The talus is very loose and going was very slow. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2004 1:13 pm | ||
| dug | Route Climbed: from francis lk. Date Climbed: 6/8/1975 | |
| great view! | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2002 7:03 am | ||
| pilz8 | Route Climbed: Francis Lake Date Climbed: may 26 2002 | |
| A long but rewarding climb. The views were epic.!! | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2002 8:38 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: From Francis Lake Date Climbed: July 8, 2001 | |
| The first nice day after three unusually rainy days in July. The climb is about as tedious as its reputation, but the views are pretty nice or so I'm told (sadly I was in the clouds for most of the time on the summit). Trip Report. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2002 8:33 pm | ||
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