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| wyopeakMike | Galena rules  | |
| I have fond memories of the few times I hiked up to the jumpoff and then went up the fun trace trail up to the summit. I remember my first time there getting a photo of a giant bighorn ram. The summit was one of my favorites of SoCal. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2009 4:14 pm | ||
| johnm | Route Climbed: Mill Creek Jumpoff Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2009 | |
| Up the Mill Creek headwall and on to the summit. At the headwall ascended the south (right) grey dirt and descended the left side orange dirt. Mostly scree skiing going down. Views from both summits are some of the best in SoCal. Great in every direction. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2009 11:41 pm | ||
| Ze | via MCJO Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009 | |
| went straight up a small gully just a bit south (right) of the middle of the headwall. tough stuff. traversed over to Little San Gorgonio after | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2009 11:36 am | ||
| mdougherty | Via the headwall Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| Nice hike with mdostby and others. It was raining all the way to the trailhead but ended up being a beautiful day. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2009 2:39 am | ||
| mdostby | Mill Creek Headwall Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| Fun day with Charles Irving and crew. Very dirty and dusty climbing the headwall. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2009 2:28 pm | ||
| Sleighty | Snowy Surprise Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2008 | |
| Got snowed on immediately after getting in to the parking lot. Still attempted. Made it just below summit, though we took one of the chutes, which was quite a dumb idea considering how ill-equipped we were. Still an almost surreal day though. Galena does not look at all like a So-cal peak when covered in fog and snow. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2008 1:30 am | ||
| realshafer | Jumpoff to both Galenas Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2008 | |
| Did the normal Mill Creek to Jumpoff to summit. Visited both peaks and looking over the edge of the higher Galena made me glad I didn't try coming up one of the chutes. That place is a crumbly mess. Best part: Seeing three Big Horn Sheep in Mill Creek up close. So great! | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2008 1:59 am | ||
| Sam Page | Mill Creek Jump-Off Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2002 | |
| I forget the exact date, but it was part of an organized trip with the California Mountaineering Club. I remember steep snow-climbing up to the saddle. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2008 11:59 am | ||
| KathyW | via Mill Creek Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2006 | |
| A nice hike except I should have avoided the left side and stuck to the grey dirt like the HPS site said because it got pretty loose and steep near the top. I knocked a ton of stuff down and had trouble finding footing that held. On the way down it was a fun slide down the grey dirt. Pictures of the hike: Galena Pictures | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2006 3:55 am | ||
| Blair | Mill Creek Jumpoff Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2006 | |
| Traversed up Mill Creek to the jumpoff. Climbed the middle rib using natural protection from the trees growing on the rib. Pretty much a talus/scree scramble with lots of falling rocks and dusty! Traversed the top to a sandy spot for lunch, proceeded up another 35 vertical feet until we reached our turnaround time(work). Turned around about 50 vertical feet from the summit of Galena peak. Coming down was even more dicey as we thought we should just glissade down a dirt couloir. Bloody hands and calves later, we were off the headwall. Lots of crazy fun! | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2006 4:18 pm | ||
| Mountain Impulse | Route Climbed: Headwall/Mill Creek Jumpoff Date Climbed: March 4, 2006 | |
| Did this climb with the Calif. Mountaineering Club. Lots of soft snow along the creek through the canyon. Rocks whizzing down the north side of the canyon all day. The headwall was cruddy. We picked an ascent line toward the south (to the right) side of the headwall. Before we started traversing, where it really gets steep, we encountered lots of thin hard ice over the dirt. This made for a dicey traverse to the right to gain the ridge. Had to maneuver through some thick neck high vegetation to get to the saddle. From the saddle to the eastern summit there were several inches to a foot of fresh snow, but all layered over ice. Definitely needed crampons here. The summit was gorgeous. The San Bernardino Ridge peaks, San Jacinto, and Baldy, were all clearly in sight. Going back, we again tried to stay to the south (left) of the headwall. Even with crampons, getting down the steepest section was hard work; there was little for our ice axe spikes to plant into. We had a great outing without question. However,I wouldn't recommend the headwall in the condition it was in today. With a thorough snow cover you could snowshoe or crampon all the way up, but today the headwall was neither here nor there. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2006 9:20 pm | ||
| Scott M. | Route Climbed: Mill Creek Jumpoff Date Climbed: July 24, 1983 | |
| Quite a fun trip and virtually deserted as everyone else seemed to be going up San Gorgonio this day. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2004 5:24 pm | ||
| Rinat Shagisultanov | Route Climbed: NW slope Date Climbed: March 2003 | |
| My wife Elena and I headed up the Mill Creek Canyon for a one-day climbing. The Mill Creek Jump-Off is the major objective and the summit is the second. Saw some wet-avys (after the recent storms) and a lot of rockfalls on the northern side of the canyon. Wear a helmet and be reasonable about the season. Otherwise - a great climbing (a rare class 3 on the snow in SoCal). | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2003 4:18 am | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: One of the NW chutes (via Mill Creek Canyon/Wash) Date Climbed: February 22, 2003 | |
| Climbed with mdostby. You start at the Vivian Creek parking lot and keep going up the Mill Creek drainage 'til you can see the headwall. We took one of the NW chutes. The chute got steeper at the top before we top out onto the ridge. We climbed mixed sections of snow & rock with crampons on and 1 ice axe on hand. Also, watch out for rock fall later in the morning (helmet recommended). Follow the ridge to the summit. Great views of Jepson Peak, San Gorgonio, San Bernardino ridge. We descended towards the saddle at the Mill Creek headwall/jumpoff (8456' at the lowest point on saddle). We stayed towards the left of the headwall as we were coming down. An interesting day as we saw Search & Rescue personnel and an helicopter in the morning looking for a missing person on Feb 22, 2003. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2003 4:24 pm | ||
| mdostby | Route Climbed: via the Mill Creek Wash Date Climbed: February 22, 2003 | |
| Nice Winter climb with Spring like conditions. Climbed with SummitPost member forjan. Instead of climbing the headwall we climbed one of the steep chutes on the South side of Mill Creek Canyon. Fun day! | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2003 3:55 pm | ||
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