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Ultra-prominence Peaks of the 48 States > Abercrombie Mountain > Climber's Log|
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| ericwillhite | Camped near top  Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2007 | |
| Carried my 1 year old and our camping gear to the summit ridge! | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2009 1:04 pm | ||
| Ridgerunner755 | Trail 117 Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2004 | |
| I was working near Colville, so I climbed this one evening with a co-worker. Good trail and nice views. We saw a small black bear near the trailhead and a toad at about 7000'. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2007 2:18 am | ||
| Dundeel | Trail #117 Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| Solo hiked to the top in light snow flurries. Wary of bears, I knocked my ice axe against a rock every couple hundred feet. Ran into a couple of hunters near the ridgetop who told me they had been trying to figure out for some time what that metallic clank was from down the mountain. Had to slow down to pass through both a flock of turkeys and herd of cows on the Alladin Road. One farm pasture must have had close to three dozen deer in it. Cohp 44, WAhp 26. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 3:40 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Nice Hike Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006 | |
| This was a nice hike on a cool day. A little cloudy so the views weren't so great. I did see a moose on the access road. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 10:37 pm | ||
| madmallard | abercrombie via 117 Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006 | |
| made a quick summit of this with an unexperienced friend. the paved roads going north toward silver creek road were recently repaved and in great shape. the silver creek road was still quite rough, but wider than past descriptions. I would not recommend it without a high clearance vehicle due to some deep washes (subarus would do fine). the trail has been recently cleared and was in superb shape for something so remote. wonderful day despite the large amount of haze that obscured the view. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2006 1:05 am | ||
| redsplashman23 | Route Climbed: Main Route Date Climbed: June 2003 | |
| Very easy hike to follow, trails the whole way. 3.8 miles to the top. Great workout, but well worth the views of Canada, Columbia River, and so on. It was a clear day and I could make out Mt. Spokane. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2005 9:40 pm | ||
| supreme744 | Route Climbed: Flume Creek TH Date Climbed: 6/20/05 | |
| What a very nasty road to the trailhead. Getting to be just wide enough for a trail bike. needs a good brushing. Trail to Abercrombie is excellent. Great spring located just off the switchbacks with a nice pool formation. Also made the side trip to Hooknose peak from the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2005 11:25 pm | ||
| nebben | Route Climbed: Flume Trail Date Climbed: 7-21-05 | |
| Quick 2 hours up, 2 hours down. Great trail, and plenty of backpacking spots high up above the switchbacks. Beautiful mountain and great views all around. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 4:21 pm | ||
| dluders | Route Climbed: Abercrombie Mountain Trail No. 117 Date Climbed: August, 1995 | |
| I solo hiked this mountain, and didn't see any bears (luckily). The summit is a big rockpile, and I jumped atop one of those rock cairns to be on the highest point of Eastern Washington (about a foot higher than Gypsy Peak). The mountain meadow halfway up the mountain is very pleasant. I recommend this peak for those wanting to "bag" a 7,000 footer without too much effort. | |
| Posted May 21, 2005 4:17 pm | ||
| cascadeclimber1978 | Route Climbed: Trail #117 Date Climbed: August 18, 2004 | |
| I live north of Spokane and just wanted to do a day hike. Great views of the surrounding area from the top. | |
| Posted Nov 26, 2004 2:26 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Route Climbed: Trail #117 Date Climbed: 10/3/04 | |
| 1 hour 55 minutes car to car with Mishell. More of a molehill than a mountain. I bet I could trailrun it in 55 minutes roundtrip by myself. Nice views of the Valhallas and Kokanee Glacier from the top. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2004 8:52 pm | ||
| theplugger | Route Climbed: Trail #117 Date Climbed: September 22, 2002 | |
| Ah yes, a nice climb, though chilly on the summit. The best part was the company we had on this trip, Bob and Dotty Martin (hiking icons in their own right) and our good friends, Bob and Rhonda Bolton. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2004 10:27 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: Trail #117 Date Climbed: September 22, 2002 | |
| My wife joined me for this hike that we did with Bob and Dotty Martin, along with theplugger and her husband Jay. It was a cool and breezy day, and felt almost wintery on the summit. Great views, and great fun spending the second consecutive day hiking with a legend in his own time. | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2003 1:07 am | ||
| Dean | Route Climbed: Trail #117 Date Climbed: July 25, 2003 | |
| On a day when the temperatures were hitting well over 100 in the Colville area, I decided to try and cool off by going after this peak. I had already spent the morning on Copper Butte in Ferry county so it was well after lunch before I hit the road towards Abercrombie. Unfortunately, it didn't cool off very much even higher up but the breeze at the summit was great. It is a great hike to the summit and the views are expansive in all directions. The Kettle range is visible to the west, Canada to the north and Gypsy Peak to the east. I was hurrying down from the summit when I hit a spot on the trail where my boot print was covered over by a huge track. On close examination, I realized it was a grizzly and not a black bear that had been very recently in this area. The tracks continued on across the trail and up the hill towards the summit area and the time elapsed from going up to the summit from this spot on the trail and coming back down was about an hour and ten minutes. Why didn't I pull out my camera and take a picture? It was in my day pack but I must admit to being spooked and since it was after 5:30 p.m. I was in a hurry to get back to my car. I must tell you that this gave me a good adrenaline rush and made the hair on my neck stand up. It wasn't ten minutes later that I met a solitary hiker heading up the trail with the intent of going to the summit. He was carrying one those huge tri-pods for a sunset effort he planned to make. Strapped to his hip was a large magnum revolver which he looked very comfortable carrying. When I asked him about the heat he was packing he just looked at me and said " Hey man, don't you know, this is grizzly country" Suspicions confirmed by a photographer named "Clinton" who wasn't swayed by my grizzly track story. Maybe he got some good pics of a large bruin from the summit of Abercrombie Mtn. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2003 4:17 pm | ||
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