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| Jeremy Franchow | Route climbed: Lightning Ridge / Beatout  Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2003 | |
| Great conclusion to the Beatout before descending to Upper Bells. Can't wait to do N. Thunder one of these days. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2006 11:24 pm | ||
| nebben | Bells Canyon madness Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Started with Moogie737 and Brent at 7:30, got to the upper Bells reservoir in 2:45, and had the rest of the trip above there to ourselves. I think I must have drunk over 2 gallons of water going up and coming down. 102F or so when we got back to the car! We smelled terrific. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2006 5:01 am | ||
| HighCountry | Beatout nightmare | |
| Hit this peak after Phiefferhorn on the beatout trail. Was looking to descend via Bell's Canyon, but followed the wrong cairn trail (duh!) and ended up passing Hardy and down into Alpine. Had to hitchhike home to SLC. Not fun considering how much the folks in Alpine are willing to help a guy in full climbing gear staggering down the highway. I must have looked like one of those murderous lost hikers you always here about. On that note, a messege to all good hearted citizens: If you see a guy wearing a backback and climbing gear wandering around in the flats looking lost, he is not likely a bum. He is more likely a lost hiker in need of some assistance. So get over your paranoia and help the poor guy out! The trip, by the way, was outstanding except for that last part. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2006 3:09 pm | ||
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| HighCountry | Re: Thunder | |
| Don't feel bad, I got lost in the same area. Easy to do, I suppose. Now I have GPS! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2006 3:09 pm | ||
| Rob Thompson | Alpine to Granite Date Climbed: Jun 10, 1978 | |
| South Thunder was a cool, windy lunch stop on a Dry Canyon to Bells Canyon traverse lead by Gordon Swenson and sidekick Cliff Moser. The other time I enjoyed lunch on South Thunder was during a White Pine to Bells traverse lead by Harold Goodro in 1970. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2006 3:44 am | ||
| Moogie737 | From Alpine side Date Climbed: Feb 28, 2009 | |
| 4th time on the summit (earlier climbs 8/5/05, 7/22/06, 6/07 as part of Beatout hike). First winter ascent on 2-19-08. Thanks to Judy, Dave and Lana for their help and able assistance. Beautiful snow conditions, grand vistas, abundant sunshine: a perfect experience. 5+30 up, 3+45 down. 5th time on top on 7-8-08 as part of the Beat-Up hike. See No. Thunder climber's log for brief description. In a word, it was just short of brutal. 6th time on summit (from Alpine TH) 11-15-08 with Brent, Dave & Anne. Donned snowshoes 30 minutes above 2nd Hamongog. Couldn't locate the summit mailbox. 5+45 up & 3+25 down. Bluebird day, plenty of crusty snow above 8,000'. 7th summit (not to be confused with the Seven Summits) on 2-28-09. With Dave, Brent & Christine. Bluebird day although 15 degrees at start. 5+10 up, 3+30 down. Perfect snow. 8th on 5-30-09 Solo from Bells Canyon. Only lost the trail one time between the meadow & the upper reservoir; that cost me 300' & 25 minutes. 4+43 up 3+15 down. Tons of consolidated snow above the meadow. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2005 11:00 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: Bells Canyon Date Climbed: July 2004 | |
| It's a great mountain. On of, if not the best views in the Wasatch. Climbed via west slopes from Bells. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2004 7:42 pm | ||
| craghag | Route Climbed: Bells Canyon Date Climbed: 7-20-03 | |
| An ultra challenging hump through the choked yet beach like canyon topped with an abundance of scrambling only to be driven to the brink of sanity by a buzzing insect on the decent! | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2004 12:54 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: Coalpit Gulch-Traverse From N Thunder Date Climbed: October 16th, 2004 | |
| Climbed N & S Thunder from Coalpit Gulch before continuing on to Bighorn Pk & Lone Pk | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2004 10:31 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: Bells Canyon-Traverse from N Thunder Date Climbed: July 11, 2004 | |
| Climbed N Thunder Mtn first by cutting over to Thunder Mtn Bowl from the upper reservoir. I then followed the ridgeline (class 3, with some exposure) to S Thunder before descending Bells Canyon. Both summits had very nice registers on top. I left the TH at 7:20am and got back at 5:20pm - not too shabby | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2004 11:20 pm | ||
| mtn runr | Route Climbed: Alpine to Lake Hardy Date Climbed: May 15, 2004 (South peak) | |
| Snowshoes required above Lake Hardy. This is a beautiful climb. There is an actual summit log on top in an old Wasatch Mountain Club mailbox. I've done this a couple of times as Peak #2 of a quad starting at Coalpits Gulch. (North Thunder, South Thunder, Bell's Peak, Lone Peak, out Bell's Canyon.) North Thunder really ought to be treated as a seperate peak and have its own page. It is easily the least visited peak in the Wasatch and probably the most difficult. There is a log book on top (I put it there) in a PVC tube. It will take many years to fill it up. | |
| Posted May 18, 2004 9:05 pm | ||
| d_shorb | Route Climbed: from the south Date Climbed: august02 | |
| Did it as part of a White Pine-pfiefferhorn-Bell's traverse, from S. Thunder; gorgeous, but great to be out alone with noone around. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2004 4:38 pm | ||
| MrWasatch | Route Climbed: South Thunder via Lake Hardy Date Climbed: 8/10/02 | |
| Excellent ascent via Lake Hardy. Hiked past first and second hamongogs, then past Lake Hardy, getting onto gentle granite slabs just west of the lake. Final 300 feet was steep boulders/talus. Stunning view of Lone Peak! Just short of 6,000 vertical feet and about ten miles roundtrip. Hope to try North Thunder next year via Bells. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2003 10:44 am | ||
| Scott | Beatout | |
| Nice climb. | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2003 1:35 pm | ||
| grandwazoo | Route Climbed: Bells Canyon Date Climbed: August 17 2002 | |
| Have viewed the Bells Canyon area either from Lone Peak or from the valley and decided to finally attack it. Started around 5:00 am with headlamp. Had great weather, met a few quick rabbits (hikers) on the ridgeline. Route finding was a joy but exciting thru the blown down trees. | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2003 9:52 am | ||
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