From the Cyclone Creek trailhead, I Climbed the South face of Grizzly Mountain, traversed to Cronin Peak, back to Cyclone Mountain, and then finished on Carbonate Mountain. Car to car was around 6 hours 40 minutes.
Climbed in Sept 2005 - we were contemplating going over to Tab but impending weather prevented us. Fun climb. Steep at first through the tundra and some bushwacking. Once on the ridge - very fun!
The trail was easy to follow and the climb up the talus gully not too bad. Absolute solitude. I climbed via the west slopes from Cyclone Creek. Continued on to Cronin and returned the same way.
Combo from Cyclone Creek Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2006
Climbed both of these from Cyclone Creek. The summits were covered in a light August snow! The register on Cyclone was placed in 1989 and I was the first to sign in 24 days, gotta love those lesser climbed bi-centennials!
Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: August, 2005
Great fun navigating through a bushwack with Ellen's GPS, followed by a quick climb up steep tundra. Monsoon conditions built up fast and we bailed just as quickly. Great mountain and awesome view! MA climbed with us. Relaxed in Salida afterward.
Route Climbed: from North Carb, descended by west slopes route Date Climbed: May 28, 2004
Climbed these two mountains at the end of a long, exhausting day of punching through the snow on high mountain ridges and snow covered "trails" through the trees. The north ridge of Cyclone was particularly bad. Climbed these after Grizzly Mtn, and North Carbonate. I can't remember being so tired before, after a single day of climbing.