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| goat14er | Hualapai Peak  Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2009 | |
| Nice hike up to the base and fun scramble up the last part. Did Hayden Peak on the way home, which was a steep little hike. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2009 3:58 pm | ||
| xcherrixblossomx | Birthday Climb Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Had a picnic with our church and the adults prepared for this hike to the top, as we were preparing to leave a few kids wanted to join us. So after a five minute "discussion" the adults were joined by 10 kids ranging from 5-10 yrs. They got their water and we started off at 5500ft. Shortly into our hike some of the adults had to take the youngest back to camp while the rest pressed on. After 2 hours practically everyone had run out of water and we had to turn around at about 7000ft. Next time we will be prepared and may have something distracting the children while the hikers slip away ;) | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2009 2:28 am | ||
| Ryan Burd | Hualapai Trail Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| With Dad, also climbed Aspen Peak. Loved the class 3 on both peaks. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2009 9:39 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Very early climb | |
| In the early morning darkness, missed trail split and climbed Hayden Peak first, backtracked and rushed up the summit of Hualapai. Pictures and map of what I did at http://www.willhiteweb.com/index_256.htm | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2009 3:50 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Hualapai Trail Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| The trail (or road) leading to the south side of Hualapai was clear of all brush. Seems the park folk now consider this a regular trail and have included it on the park map. You still have to scramble the last 200ft of class 3 to the summit. Trip Report | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2009 2:42 pm | ||
| oldadit | It looked easy on the map ... Date Climbed: Jul 7, 1992 | |
| From the quad it looks like hiking the Hayden Peak road and then contouring over to Hualapai makes sense. On the ground this turns out to be a particularly boneheaded route, and Sarah ran out of gas enroute. Look at satellite pics to see the roads to the NE of the peak. Hiked this better route with the family in 5-30-1999. For extra credit get up on top of huge summit block. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 6:52 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | More Bushwhack than needed Date Climbed: May 10, 2008 | |
| Somehow I was under the impression that the road was bad, so I took a direct route up to the top of Hualapai, including a few exposed climbs on the rocks, then descended and went up Aspen Peak. On the way down Hualapai, I realized that one need only take the use trail for about 200 vertical feet or less at the very top; the use trail starts on a decent road at a large, unmistakable cairn. The use trail did not seem very brushy to me; on an Adirondack scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate it 1.2. The granite is very frictional, so it often seems that one can lunge up 70 degree slopes; but it is also very weathered, and occasionally comes off in sheets. | |
| Posted May 10, 2008 11:39 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Potato Patch and roads Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2008 | |
| My wife joined me on this one, the second serious hike of our vacation together. We had hiked Mt. Wrightson three days earlier. The trail and road hike was great, but she was very apprehensive on the scramble near the summit. Instead of attempting to touch the actual summit, she touched me while I was touching the summit and called it good - her not being a peakbagger per se. Beautiful day, but the wind was cold and biting on the summit, and we had left our packs with warm stuff down at the landing below the scramble section. Fun peak, and it's on my top priority list -- the 100 most topographically prominent peaks in the 48 states. | |
| Posted May 4, 2008 11:28 am | ||
| Dundeel | Mohave Hai Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2007 | |
| I was coming to the area for three days of rally car racing, so I decided to show up a day early and try out Hualapai. The temp in Kingman was into the 90's but on the peak it was a comfortable 60 to 70. I followed the PP Loop to the left and then the road to the #14 marker. After scoping the summit rocks out, I followed a class 4 route up the south side with some interesting boulder hugging and one ledge with a cactus for defense. Climbed on the top and enjoyed the view. Came back down the easier route on the northeast side. If you're looking to take the easier route up, it is a couple hundred feet before the #14 marker. The big balanced slab should be on your left as you climb. Near the storm shelter, a mule deer doe showed no concern about my presence and casually sauntered out of the way when I got within 15 feet. Cohp #52, AZ cohp #1 | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2007 11:16 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Cold day Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2003 | |
| The top section of the peak was covered in snow making the summit a bit harder to attain. I also lost the trail on the way down in the dark and had to retrace my step for quite a while before finally getting back on track. This is a neat part of AZ that probably doesn't get too many visitors. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2007 12:35 am | ||
| Tracy | standard trail route Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2009 | |
| I had attempted this peak previously; shortly after midnight on a trip back home to Henderson, NV from Williams, AZ on June 29, 2007. I detoured out the Aspen Peak Trail and back where I saw the silhouette of Hualapai Peak in the moonlit sky. I then found the road and the "Y" intersection mentioned in Dennis Poulin's trip report. After losing what felt like "too much" elevation, and then being spooked several times by night critters (glowing eyes and rustling in the trees & bushes), and then to top that off with a "gusher" of a bloody nose, I decided I would save it for another time. "Another time" came about on Nov. 14, 2009. A brisk fall day with scattered clouds. I was hiking in the company of Steve and Tyrell Stembridge, Justin McEwen, and Cody Cureton. The last 100+ feet to the top of the summit block was fun. Cody did a great job of overcoming his fear of heights and was succesful (along with Tyrell) in reaching the summit benchmark. I took advantage of my long stride and leaped across a five foot wide, 12 to 15-foot deep gap to the actual highest point. Justin climbed across the gap and Steve came up another way from the north. From Hualapai Peak, Justin and I bushwacked our way along the ridge line over to Hayden Peak which involves a lot of up and down scrambling, route finding, very thick and tall thorny plants, and other thick undergrowth. That half mile took about an hour. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2007 2:19 pm | ||
| ericnoel | Aspen Potato Road Route Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2007 | |
| Took the standard way up as suggested in surgent's TR, the brushy class 2 route to the top. Actually it wasn't really brushy in the least, sub-BW1, but what plants that are there happen to have a lot of thorns so blood was donated. Anyway, found the BM on the lower boulder and then tagged the slightly taller boulder next to it. This blocky peak looks potentially formidable from well below but once you get up there the scramble is very easy to the summit boulder which features good holds on the last move to get you up OK. There looked to be several routes of class 3-4 possible from other angles but the standard one that takes off from a leftward switchback towards the right skyline is clearly the easiest way. | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2007 12:42 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Potato Patch and Roads Date Climbed: Nov 18, 2006 | |
| I only got lost twice on the roads leading to the trail. Hayden is a nice diversion but adds about 2 miles and 800ft of Elevation Gain to the hike. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2006 5:49 pm | ||
| Bubblehead721 | Aspen Peak Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2006 | |
| Went on leave to see my friend B who lives in Kingman, and seeing the mountains when we went up just to look around sparked something in me from when i was young to mountain climb. So me and my buddy went up there 2 days later. Was one of the better times of my life. He wasnt in as good of shape as me so he quit about a quarter into aspen trail. I hauled up the rest, which was a workout. Had to seemingly make my own paths on a couple of places, but at the top I spidermanned up this one rock to the highest spot up there. The view cant be taken by a camera because it doesnt do justice. Going after Haualapai peak this summer. | ||
| Posted May 26, 2006 2:29 am | ||
| Don Nelsen | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: Dec 20, 2005 | |
| Beautiful area and interesting geology. Great day with zero snow so far this year and dry with about 50 degrees on top. Easy to get off-route with all the service roads and side trails but I found my way to the top after a short south and west side fourth class scramble. I went back down via the north and east side class two/three route - shoulda seen that earlier! Two hours up, one hour down. | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2005 2:38 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: variation of the service road system Date Climbed: May 7, 2005 | |
| Instead of taking the suggested route, the trail system, I took the service road system (very confusing, with many side roads branching off), got lost for a few minutes in the woods, crossed a stream, found my way back onto the correct service road heading up to the peak, missed the last switchback and started up the summit rocks from the end of the road at the #14 sign. Class 4 climbing took me to the top. Fun little move to get onto the actual highpoint. Nice views. Bagged Aspen Peak on the way down. Also wanted to get Hayden Peak while I was in the area but didn't have enough time. A significantly more interesting (and pretty) area than I'd expected. Lots of potential for tech routes on many of the summits, particularly Aspen Peak, too. | |
| Posted May 9, 2005 11:52 am | ||
| Dean | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: 4-11-05 | |
| I started in the afternoon after a fun morning doing Mt. Union with Bill J and Rick H. The summit scramble was the best part and this may be the best time of the year to do this one, when there is some snow which eliminates the bees, snakes and the heat. I saw two other folks who quit at the #14 sign as they didn't want to tackle the last bit. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 5:05 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Potato Patch Date Climbed: Oct 1998 | |
| Stayed at the "lodge".......you need to bring everything including your own pillow! Climbed two other nearby peaks,seens like one was called Aspen Peak. All in all in was a good climb and a lot of fun. | ||
| Posted Apr 4, 2005 12:21 am | ||
| WRGruener | Route Climbed: Aspen Trail Date Climbed: The 80's, 90's, & 00's | |
| Actually climbed peak 8161. First time in the winter with my nephew Andy, the second with my wife, brother, sister, and her husband. Unfortunately I broke the wine bottle while opening, much to the delight of my brother's dog Auste. The last time was with rusty6 (my son), my nephews Andy and Derek, my wife, sister, and brother. I am glade to report no wine or beer was wasted! | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2005 4:46 pm | ||
| rusty6 | Route Climbed: potato patch route Date Climbed: 4/18/04 | |
| my cousin and i had a great climbing this peak. i feel its a nice hike for a boring day when you have nothing else to do. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2004 12:46 am | ||
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