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| Scott Wesemann | From Alpine  Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2009 | |
| With Matthew Van Horn and ZeeJay. Came up from Alpine on Black Friday. The weather was perfect until the last few hundred feet, then it got really windy, and it was very cold on top, so we didn't stay long. You can see a video from our summit experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3IDjgEnS9U | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 11:28 am | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | Black Friday Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2009 | |
| From Alpine with ZeeJay and Brother Wesemann | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2009 6:56 pm | ||
| ericwillhite | It's a good one | |
| Did after a nice climb up South Thunder, pics and map at http://www.willhiteweb.com/index_229.htm | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2009 4:55 am | ||
| Wasatchvoyage | From east to west via Bell's. Date Climbed: May 29, 2009 | |
| Hiked up Bell Canyon, to the saddle on the east ridge of Bighorn Peak, and climbed that ridge to the summit. Wanting a twist to the hike/climb, I downclimbed the nice class 4 west ridge past the gendarmes to the west saddle. Crampons and the axe came in very handy in some portions of both ridges on this peak. Fantastic scramble on both the east and west ridges, with plenty of great exposure. After Bighorn I did Lone Peak to finish the day off. | |
| Posted May 30, 2009 12:04 am | ||
| ZeeJay | A bunch Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2009 | |
| I've climbed this one 10 times. 11/27/09 From Alpine with Scott Wesemann and Matthew Van Horn. Great late fall hike. 12/6/08 Started out from Alpine headed for S Thunder but didn't bring snowshoes and thought it would be stupid to persist, so I settled for Upper Bells. 08/14/07 With lesdubois. From Alpine after doing S Thunder. Finally figured out the easy way to do the east ridge. 12/01/02 Started from Alpine headed for S Thunder but the weather wasn't looking too good so settled for Upper Bells. 08/31/02 From Alpine. Did this one first and then went over to Lone Peak. 07/27/02 From Alpine after doing S Thunder. From the final saddle to the summit I stayed on the S side of the ridge the whole way. I'm never doing it that way again. 05/12/01 With MM from Alpine. Snow was soft but we did fine without snowshoes. 10/07/00 With MM from Alpine. Then went over to Lone Peak. 11/13/99 With MM from Alpine. Then went over to Lone Peak. Awkward amount of snow on N side of ridge. 06/28/98 My first WMC trip and my first experience with Alpine. Led by Brad Yates with lesdubois and Todd. We did a loop, going up the trail east of the Upper Bells ridge and coming down the trail west of the ridge. Even though it was the end of June and a southern exposure, there was still a ton of snow. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2008 10:52 pm | ||
| byates | Mutiple routes and climbs Date Climbed: Sep 2, 1994 | |
| Need to get back, it's been to long, last climbed about 6-7 years ago. I've done it 4 times. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2008 2:21 pm | ||
| vidclimber | Passing through Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2008 | |
| Summited while hiking the beatout hike. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2008 8:32 pm | ||
| apachedino | Bells Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Great climb from Bell's, found a overgrown trail in upper Bell's that climbs a minor ridge up to the pond SW of the reservoir and then continues high above the reservoir to the saddle. Still spring un upper Bells, lots of flowers Very efficient, made it up in less than 4 hours then continued to Lone and down to Corner canyon. Love the gendarmes on the west ridge, fun routefinding. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2008 11:07 am | ||
| Joseph Bullough | Various ascents | |
| Climbed 5 times: | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2008 11:16 am | ||
| seanpeckham | Twice: south slopes and east ridge Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| First ascent was from Schoolhouse Springs on 6/14/08 with vanman798 after climbing S Thunder. We gained the south slopes by climbing up a notch from the bowl to the east, and walked to the summit on snow. Had a good glissade down. Second ascent was with my friend Duane on 6/29/08 via the fun east ridge, as a consolation peak. Plan A was North Thunder, but for variety's sake (since I had just been on the Schoolhouse Springs trail 2 weeks before) we started at the Dry Creek TH and wore ourselves out trying to go fast enough to make up for the extra distance on that inefficient route. This is a great peak, and very underrated. It'd be considered a classic if there weren't higher ones nearby. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 2:52 pm | ||
| vanman798 | Via School House Springs Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| Sean Peckham and I climbed this one via the Lake Hardy/School House Springs route from Alpine. We were in the neighborhood, having climbed South Thunder, so we thought why not! We covered over 13 miles, and over 6400 ft of vertical. Check out our summit video. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 12:00 am | ||
| J Anderson | Bewildering Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| This was the third peak in the Hematoma Quad series with Asher and Grizz. The ridge down to the saddle before Lone Peak is a little confusing and I was glad to have Grizz leading the way through the complex network of granite. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2007 1:48 pm | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | Third Peak of Hematoma Quad Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2007 | |
| With Grizz (Mtn Runner) & Justin Anderson, this was Peak #3 of the Hematoma Quad route starting at Coalpit Gulch in Little Cottonwood canyon, across North & South Thunder Moutains, then Bighorn Peak, then Lone Peak. The weather started moving closer as we topped Bighorn, and on the final ascent to Lone Peak we began to hear distant thunder and see lighting a few miles to the SE. Fortunatley we made it all the way to the summit of Lone and made a hasty descent. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2007 12:19 pm | ||
| mtn runr | "A more feasible winter approach . . . " Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2007 | |
| Ok, Ok, so it's technically spring. It sure felt like winter on Bighorn today. I just HAD to try out my new technical daypack so I climbed Bighorn from Alpine via the upper Schoolhouse Springs service road out of the First Hamengog. I needed both my snowshoes and my ax. Wonderful day! | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2007 9:21 pm | ||
| Moogie737 | Route Climbed: East Ridge via Bells Canyon Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2005 | |
| Counting time spent route finding and bushwhacking I reached the summit in 5 hours. Wild flowers still plentiful. Came down the northeast side of the ridge from the summit and found it exhilarating. One could take that route up from the end of the canyon instead of hiking all the way to the saddle. Took 3+45 down and only found the actual trail 2 hours into the descent. Strangely enough, I didn't even see the Upper Reservoir going up or coming down! July 25, 2008. Smarter now; I take people with me who know the trail. Brent, Dave & I bagged Upper Bells along with Lone Peak, the summit ascent for Lone Peak beginning up a chute 1/2 mile southwest of the Upper Bells reservoir. Exciting little diversion, I must say. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2005 9:46 pm | ||
| Scott | Climbed | |
| Nice climb | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2004 11:39 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: East Ridge, descended West Ridge Date Climbed: October 16th, 2004 | |
| Bagged this peak on my way from S Thunder to Lone Pk. I'd been wanting to do this peak for a while, and the class 3 climbing made my climbing it very worthwhile - the class 3 scrambling has got to be some of the best in the Wasatch! | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2004 10:14 pm | ||
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