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Wasatch Range (South) > Box Elder Peak > Climber's Log|
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| Ammon Hatch | Deer Creek  Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Matt Van Horn | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 12:16 am | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | Yee-haw Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009 | |
| Good workout, excellent views. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 8:25 pm | ||
| kteichert | One Great Hike Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2009 | |
| Summitted this magnificent peak this morning via the Deer Cr - Dry Creek Tr. No. 043. We started around 5:15 am and reached the summit at about 9:45 am. I only know that since I took a pic with my camera phone at 9:50 am, consequently the exact same time I took pics of Lone Peak 4 days earlier. I know, Twilight Zone stuff right? I took my dog, Ginger, with me on this hike, along with my wife, and good friend. It was a little chilly near the top, and Ginger dug a hole to curl up in near the summit cairn. So if you see a freshly dug hole near the top, thank Ginger. It was an absolutely amazing hike and Box Elder offers some spectacular views of surrounding peaks. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2009 8:19 pm | ||
| aprovance | Via Deer Creek Trail Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2009 | |
| I had the morning off work so my buddy, his wife and I decided to hike Box Elder. We started up the road from Granite Flat Campground at 5:15am and reached the summit via the northeast ridge right at 9. The views north were great, unfortunately due the the wildfire down in southern Utah, the views south and east were pretty hazy, but it was still beautiful. The huge cairn I'd heard about is now just a pile of rocks... kinda disappointing. We made it back to the truck in about 2 hours 15 minutes. Beautiful day hike! | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2009 4:02 pm | ||
| JonFinch | Great way to spend a holiday Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| Had the day off work and decided it was a perfect day to go on a hike. A buddy of mine had always wanted to hike Box Elder so it was a natural choice. We ascended via the Deer Creek trail and northeast ridge. We had a blast even though the summit was socked in with clouds. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2009 9:18 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | N Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Ascended via Deer Creek on a perfect summer day. There were a few lingering patches of snow on the steeper portion of the summit ridge, otherwise the trail was dry. Can't wait to ski this one. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2009 2:56 am | ||
| spengy | Fun Times Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009 | |
| I meant to take the Deer Creek trail but I got confused in Granite Flats and took trail 044 by mistake. Nevertheless, it was a nice hike. There is still a fair amount of snow in the drainage below the south saddle. I met some folks who actually intended to climb this way. They were more prepared than myself, with crampons and ice axes. They slid down after they were done on the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2009 8:32 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Cool Peak | |
| This is a fun scramble. Went up north ridge, wanted to come down south ridge and climb the south peak and one below that but I ran out of time...had to be home by 10 a.m. Trip report, map and pics at http://www.willhiteweb.com/index_195.htm | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2009 6:18 pm | ||
| Bruce Christensen | Stormy Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2009 | |
| We headed up the Deer Creek route this morning and found the snow a little soft down lower, but pretty solid up higher, with a fresh coat of 4 inches or so on top of that. Thunderstorm clouds were looming as we were about to gain the ridge, and we decided to turn around. It was cool to be up there, though, because the entire valley was cloud-free all morning, despite clouds visible over the ridges and off in the distance to the east and over toward Timp. Took snowshoes, but didn't put them on. Probably would have used them up higher. | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2009 5:50 pm | ||
| Wasatchvoyage | Solo snowshoe up Box Elder. Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2009 | |
| Started from the Tibble Fork Reservoir, closely following ZeeJay's route up. Found the snow conditions on the mountain to be fresh powder ranging between 6 to 18 inches deep. This made the ascent interesting with the hardened snow just beneath. I was hoping for some consolidated snow once reaching the ridge, however the fresh snow prevailed up to the summit. The weather was overcast but not much wind at all! Got a little off route, and managed to fall through an ice bridge over the creek on the way down in the upper Deer Creek drainage, fortunately no injuries, though shaken up a bit. Overall a fun climb, and another goal checked off the list. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2009 10:15 pm | ||
| ZeeJay | winter and summer Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2009 | |
| 2/3/2009 Started from the Tibble Fork Winter TH in American Fork Canyon. Walked the snowmobiled road to the Deer Creek Trail. Stayed on the trail for awhile and then at a convenient place around 7300' dropped down to the creek bed and followed it almost to the saddle N of Box Elder. At about 9100' climbed N out of the gully and ascended to the ridge between Box Elder and White Baldy. Followed the ridge S to the summit of Box Elder. 6/23/2001 Started at Granite Flat Campground with MM. Did a loop including 10057, 10626, and Box Elder. Went up the S ridge and down the N. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2009 10:26 pm | ||
| highpeakskier | Winter ascent Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2009 | |
| Its has been 3 years since I last made this summit (Summer). I determined that the next time would be in the Winter. After several failed attempts, I finally made it. With friends Stan and Colin, started from Tibble Fork parking lot, ascended the NE face, skied a lap about 1500 vertical ft. Climbed back up, traversed west to gain the ridge, made the summit at about 3:00 p.m.. With Stan in the lead, we descended on skiis via the North Cirq.( A "DO NOT FALL" zone), skied out Dry Fork trail to the trail head. | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2009 3:53 pm | ||
| byates | Need to get back. | |
| i can't believe I havn;t done it sine 94. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 11:27 pm | ||
| jareds | 2nd time's a charm Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008 | |
| got skunked by snow and out-of-shapeness earlier in the year, got my revenge this time. hail and lightning made me think it wasn't going to happen but the weather had good pockets so it worked out. 3:40 up(2 hours to the saddle, 1:40 to summit) and like 3:20 down. That counts breaks and lunch and photo time. saw a scout troop close to the saddle, alone the rest of the time. fall leaves are starting, it was really pretty. this is the best view of any of the peaks i've done so far. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2008 1:19 pm | ||
| jekyllman | Route: Granite Flats Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2008 | |
| Straight forward climb to the saddle/meadow (dont know the name) but after that it got hairy. Started later that I would have liked and so lost the trail easily. Got confused because there were 3 options at the saddle and doubt I chose the right one. Ended just going up and eventually got there but it was way steeper than expected. Reached the summit at 11:30pm and had great views of the whole Lone Peak area. There's a 6-7' rock cairn at the summit, not sure if it's always there, but it was chill. Descent was sketch, got lost again and ended up skiing down the rock slides/snow in the dark till we made it to a trail. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 6:39 pm | ||
| vanman798 | Via Trail 44 to Wide Hollow and up the Sleigh Runner Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |||
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| Posted Jun 21, 2008 7:44 pm | ||||
| JDrake | Dry Creek up and back Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2008 | |
| Took the Dry Creek Canyon trail from Alpine. Water was flowing great; waterfall was really smashing down. Made our way up through the slushy snow to the saddle and headed up the north ridge. Soft snow made for extra time on the ascent, but made for great fun on the decent. Still lots of snow between roughly 9000 to 10,300. Great views, could not find the register?? Rock cairn is as tall as I am! | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2008 12:19 am | ||
| seanpeckham | Deer Creek, north ridge up, NE cirque down Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2008 | |
| I finally got around to climbing this spectacular peak! My friend Jane and I took the Deer Creek trail from Granite Flat to the pass and then followed the north ridge to the summit. Conditions ranged from T-shirt/shorts weather to cold and windy on the summit, and wallowing up to our knees in soggy snow, to crampon grade surfaces (glad to have those in a few places). The top part was rocky, unless you got too close to the cornice, which I might have once and punched through to my horror. We added an extra ~800' vertical to the trip to glissade the southwest face and return to the summit to go back the way we came (couldn't find a way back to the TH from there that wouldn't have involved lots of heinous bushwhacking). Great fun, beautiful day, and no other human beings sighted (except the hordes at Tibble reservoir) | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2008 2:57 pm | ||
| jareds | deer creek trail attempt Date Climbed: May 17, 2008 | |
| me and a buddy left the lake at 7am, the road past the lake was closed. hiked up to the beaver ponds, about a mile into it. lost the trail, ended up above the saddle. didn't summit, tons of snow, beautiful area. when i do it again i will probably wait until the snow melts and/or others have paved a better trail. and i will get in shape. | |
| Posted May 18, 2008 2:45 pm | ||
| Steve Elmer | Dry Creek Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2007 | |
| Started from Dry Creek trailhead. I was the only car there on this weekday. Much longer than I had expected and quite hot. Saw a snake, moose, and about 7 mountain goats. On the way down I explored a couple of cool water falls. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 12:03 am | ||
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