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| TheMaintenanceMan | Moist day  Date Climbed: May 31, 2008 | |
| A group of us from the NWHikers.net campout reached the summit on a cloudy and damp day | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2009 8:43 pm | ||
| bikejr | Not so bad. Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Not as tough/draining as I anticipated. Perhaps the fall like weather contributed. No volcano views this day but plenty of views of nearby/lower peaks. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 4:58 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | Nap on summit | |
| Been there. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:56 am | ||
| mandrake | Mt. Aix Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| Ascended via the Mt. Aix trail. Ridge was snowcovered for about the last thousand feet but clear to the summit. Terrific 360-degree views from the top! The summit register is in need of replacement. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2009 12:38 pm | ||
| live2climb90 | Talk about a view Date Climbed: May 27, 2009 | |
| Awesome climb. Stayed up alone on the snow, and went up to the summit in the morning. It was steep without a trail being one of the first up in a long time. Definitely one of the coolest spots to stay that time of year because of the amazing view of the sunset behind rainier and on the surrounding peaks. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2009 2:32 am | ||
| JasonGsmith | Great Views. Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Very nice trip. Went up with EastKing. | |
| Posted Mar 13, 2009 4:03 am | ||
| QuetzalCoatl | up with Magellan Date Climbed: Sep 18, 1999 | |
| saw a big goat just off the trail. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2008 4:39 pm | ||
| dcgasper | Aix August 08 Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008 | |
| Camped at trailhead and departed at 7:30 AM. Nice to be at it early on this clear day because the switchbacks are in the shade at that hour: 2 hours of cool climbing. We took many breaks and reached the Nelson Ridge trail intersection at about 10:40. Went the long way to the summit and it does add quite a bit of distance. Had our black lab with us so I thought I'd be conservative. If we go back I'll try the direct route. Light winds and SUNNY on the summit.... swarmed by flies, bees and butterflies. Downhill was painful of course... made it from summit to car in 2:45. Counted 35 switchbacks. Great trip. | ||
| Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:46 am | ||
| EastKing | Windy on top Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Great mountain. Trip Report coming soon! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2008 3:00 am | ||
| bmwboarder7 | Beautiful Area Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2007 | |
| Hiked up the crazy switchbacks totally thinking it was the peak to the south of us... until we hit the pass and saw how much further it was. Beautiful area. Got lots of pictures of Rainier and Goat Rocks. Did see a couple mountain goats from the top too. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2008 11:41 pm | ||
| StarMan | Not Quite Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007 | |
| But did summit the mountain SSW at about elevation 7350 feet. A clear day, but wildfires in the area obscured the views somewhat with haze. All in all, did about a total of 4000 ft elevation gain (in and out) on the Mt. Aix Trail. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 4:31 am | ||
| ericnoel | Aix Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| Hiked the standard route and then scrambled up the west side. This is really not even really much of a scramble, class two and basically a bootpath walk-up but there is one section where the talus is extremely loose. Good views all around and this is a nice choice when clouds to the west portend precipitation. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 10:44 pm | ||
| RdyHiker | Main Trail with West Side Scramble Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006 | |
| Spectacular weather, spectacular views, fun companions, a good 12+ mile hike and a 400' scramble (class 3 I'm told, though I'm new to scramble ratings) - - what's not to like?! | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2006 7:50 pm | ||
| BSPclimber | Trail #982 Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1987 | |
| Very warm day, great view of Rainier. Don't remember much else about it. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2006 4:33 am | ||
| Dean | Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2005 | |
| A great fall hike and I hit it on an outstanding day. Somewhat hazy however but the view of Mt. Rainier was outstanding. Mt. Aix is the site of a former lookout and nails and cable still litter the area as well as some wood on the north side. I went up the back (east side) class 2 route and down the west side class 3 route and wished I had done that route both ways. It saves close to a mile to just scramble right up the west side but a trip report I was using recommending doing a sidehill traverse and then going up the east side. A very prominent use trail is there and was once the way the lookout was approached. A benchmark and a witness one are present and the register is a white plastic tube that has just scraps of paper in it. Normally I carry a little notebook for just such occasions but not today as it was in my other pack. I met up with SP'er Tazz and NWHiker.net members Brad on the summit and Denise just below it and hiked down with them. I got nailed by some angry bees on the way in and 3 of them scored hits. Two mountains goats were north of Mt. Aix and I also met 4 other hikers near the summit but they were the only ones besides my group that I saw all day. I'd like to go back and get Nelson peak and perhaps Mt Aix again someday. It is one that I'd be willing to repeat. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2005 2:01 pm | ||
| magellan | Route Climbed: Main trail Date Climbed: September 18, 1999 | |
| We just had to get out of the north central Cascades. It's a three hour drive to the trailhead, which we did friday night. Got moving at first light, which is later than it used to be. The trail has a short warm-up section and then takes aim at the sky. After two miles the grade relents. There are plenty of water trickles along the way, but they may be dry after a normal winter. More forest, including some of the biggest pines I've ever seen east of the crest. Big Tahoma appears so close, you can count the crevasses. Up, up, finally reaching timberline at a gap on Nelson Ridge. Contour right and drop a disheartening 250' down the ridge. The trail goes up, and starts sidehilling across Mt Aix. Look for a small cairn, and scramble (class 3) up 400' to the summit. Wow!! This easily ranks top five hikes this year! From the sight of the former lookout the view left me slack-jawed. How about Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, the Goat Rocks, Tatoosh, and even a faint Baker. The barrens extend in all directions, peaks high yellow, red and white, basins still green. Throw in the five mountain goats we saw, add clear skies, finish with the summit to ourselves, and this is why we do what we do. Put this one on your short list! When we left the top we went down the old lookout trail. It joins the Nelson ridge trail on the south side of Mt Aix, at a big arrow marker on the trail. This descent was only class 2. Approximate statistics: 13 miles R/T (including side trips), 4500' elev. gain, 3 1/2 hours up, 3 hours down (sidetrips!) TEN STAR RATING!!! | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 11:52 pm | ||
| dicey | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: August 2000 | |
| fun | ||
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 12:53 pm | ||
| pokeystik | Date Climbed: September 2001 | |
| It was so hot and dry! This was the year we had record droughts and there were campfire bans. I went with Darren, Alainna & Steve-o. We camped further down the dirt road (which was extremely rough on my little Saturn sedan). Awesome views of Mt Rainier although my most vivid memory is the taste of of dirt in my mouth. Ha ha. Even though Aix was painful at times, we had a TON of fun. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2005 12:18 am | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: Mt. Aix Trail Date Climbed: 20 June 2004 | |
| Spectacular weather made for a magnificent hike. The views of Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, the Goat Rocks, the Tatoosh Range, the Stuart Range and Alpine Lakes peaks couldn't have been better. I'm rehabbing a torn quad, and this was a great test with 4000+ feet of EG and a summit scramble during which I had to baby the leg several times. Highly recommended early season hike, but I wouldn't want to do it much later than now because it will become brutally hot later if you have good views. I carried 4+ liters of water and still had to ration it even though it wasn't too hot. Some small streams are still flowing, so you may prefer to bring a filter, but I don't know how long those streams will run. There was still some side-hilling snow to deal with, but I left the axe on my pack and negotiated the snow with only my trekking poles. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2004 2:14 pm | ||
| Klenke | Route Climbed: Mount Aix Trail Date Climbed: June 1987 | |
| I climbed Aix with my dad some time in the summer of 1987. We didn't have great views due to an incoming weather system. It is an oft forgotten big boy of the Southern Washington Cascades. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2004 5:48 pm | ||
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