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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Cirque Peak > Climber's Log|
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| cab | Climbed with Langley  Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Made the long walk over after summiting Langley. Kind of fun to do a peak that is usally ignored. Didn't see anybody after leaving the top of New Army Pass. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2009 11:06 am | ||
| KVHiker | The Four 12r's Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| After descending from Trailmaster we traversed around Peak 12417 & Peak 12525. There was a lot of sand, scree, and boulder scrambling for 1.50 miles to the summit of Cirque Peak with an elevation gain was 900’. The views were majestic, and some of the landmarks are: the Cottonwood Lakes, Trail Peak, Muah Mountain, Olancha Peak, Wonoga Peak, Woolly Back, Owens Point, Muir Lake, Whitney Meadow, Mount Langley, Joe Devil Peak, Mount Pickering, The Western Divide, Mineral King, Mount Newcomb, Mount McAdie, The Great Western Divide, The Miter, Mount Muir, Mount Russell, Mount Whitney, and many more. Photos | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 7:15 pm | ||
| dabendschein | East face Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Hiked to Long Lake, set up camp, bagged Cirque via east face. Good way to go if you get a late start. Class 2 and 3 all the way up, a fun climb. Did Langley following day. | ||
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 5:37 pm | ||
| dustytrail | East face Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2009 | |
| The East face made for a fun cl. 3 day | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 6:54 pm | ||
| ridgeline | 3 peak day hike Date Climbed: May 24, 2009 | |
| Slept at Horseshoe Meadows, hiked to peak 12369, then Cirque and hit Trailmaster Pk on the way back. All with my closest peak bagger friends. | |
| Posted May 28, 2009 9:15 am | ||
| thholder | Returning from Langley Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2008 | |
| Perfect day/no wind | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 3:27 pm | ||
| farrisgl | Cirque Peak via Cottonwood Pass Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2001 | |
| We reached the Summit Cirque on the fourth day of a short backpack trip doing the Horseshoe loop starting over Cottonwood Pass. Over the course of the trip, we camped out at Chicken Spring Lake, two nights at Soldier Lake and the last night at Long Lake under the stars after the Cirque ascent. In doing Cirque we dropped packs at New Army Pass and day hiked the summit. The summit provided a beautiful view over the Cottonwood Lakes on a perfect August afternoon. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2009 6:05 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Southwest slope Date Climbed: Sep 24, 1997 | |
| 2 peak weekend | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 8:37 pm | ||
| Deb | Via New Army Pass Trail Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2008 | |
| Surprisingly easy trail in and out, wasn't sure of the mileage so I ran quite a bit which paid off due to impending rain/snow clouds that descended early in the afternoon. Ridiculous views of Kings Cyn and Whitney range! Sandy trail tolerable due to precip from the night before. Fresh dusting of snow still lay in shaded recesses and Langley's slope, bet there's even more now. tee hee | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 10:15 am | ||
| seano | From Langley Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| The ridge from Langley is slow going. Descended the south face. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2008 2:22 pm | ||
| dpsiebert | North slope Date Climbed: Dec 18, 1999 | |
| The climb didn't take too long after leaving the trail below New Army Pass. Raced the sun back to camp. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:45 am | ||
| BradBartick | Nice Langley acclimitazation hike | |
| Wife and I hit Cirque in 2004. At the time, it was the highest I had ever been. Great views, nice trail, pretty scenery. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 10:11 pm | ||
| mdougherty | From Langley Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Came over from Langley and down New Army Pass. There was some rain on the descent, but nothing too serious. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 2:29 am | ||
| derbilly | Langley-Cirque Dayhike Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| A long, but relatively easy hike from the New Army Pass TH. A scenic area. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 9:20 pm | ||
| benjamingray | North Slope Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| Went solo (again!) from 12k when my partner tired out. I went up the right side of the north slope. Mostly class 2 with a few mild class 3 sections. Had quite a scare when some rocks slid out from under me and a refrigerator sized boulder above me shifted a few feet - took a while to stop shaking. Beatiful summit. Came down the left side of the north slope, a few use trails here. Got rained on on the way down. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2007 2:56 pm | ||
| metasyn11 | Cottonwood Pass -> south ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2007 | |
| Ascended Cottonwood Pass and soon thereafter headed up the south ridge for the long traverse to Cirque Peak. It rained a bit while I was on the summit, which hastened my departure. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2007 7:32 pm | ||
| cbuelow | From Long Lake Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Strolled up to the top during a backpacking trip in the Cottonwood Lakes basin. We were camped at Long Lake and took our time heading up. Lots of people on the New Army Pass trail and around the lakes, but they were all focused on Langley - we were the only ones on Cirque all day. Plenty of SPers in the summit register - and not many others. Great views of the Southern Sierra from the summit - a great reward for a very moderate effort. Highly recommended. | |
| Posted May 29, 2007 12:40 pm | ||
| Luciano136 | New Army pass loop Date Climbed: May 12, 2007 | |
| Hiked with Peter (below). We did the Cirque Peak traverse loop with an alternative descent. For some reason, it was harder than expected; I think we all had some altitude issues as it took longer than other harder peaks I've done in the past. Although being long, the approach over NAP is downright beautiful! Oh, yeah, as Peter mentioned, from NAP to the summit seems to take forever?! | |
| Posted May 13, 2007 5:25 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Easy day hike Date Climbed: May 11, 2007 | |
| Easy day hike via cottonwood pass. A bit cooler than I expected up high--it never got above about 45 degrees, while it was about 70 in the parking lot. Go figure. A burger at WPS afterward, of course. | |
| Posted May 11, 2007 11:18 pm | ||
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