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| mrchad9 | From Kirkwood  Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2009 | |
| Straight up from north end of Kirkwood to Martin Point, then my wife and I headed over to the two summits. Was first in the lot around 7:15 AM. Took crampons and axe but only used snowshoes (good to have them though). A super day and great winter hike. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 12:02 pm | ||
| ckerth | Horse Canyon Loop Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Climbed near the prominent cliff visible from Silver Lake. Came down the Horse Canyon Trail. Nice views throughout. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 4:38 am | ||
| Jonodo | From Carson Spur Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008 | |
| Another perfect day in the Sierra. Cool breezes, little fluffy clouds... Tagged Martin Point and Thimble Peak too. Both have some nice class 3 climbing if you look for it. The true highpoint of Thimble has some good exposure. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2008 8:15 pm | ||
| Dangers Pop | Main Trail Date Climbed: May 20, 2008 | |
| Solo weekday hike. Still plenty of snow hiding in the northern shaded areas. 40+ MPH winds along the ridge line. Great views of the Mokelumne Wilderness. | |
| Posted May 29, 2008 1:18 am | ||
| kalet | From Kirkood Ski Area Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:47 am | ||
| climbing1 | Just missed the Thunder. Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| Nice hike above 8000', good for training to spend time in the higher elevations. My wife's first and only summit log. | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2007 6:52 pm | ||
| WeatherMan | Bivy with summit | |
| Used to go to Camp Silverado Boy Scout camp in the summers. We'd usually make an overnighter of the trip, bivy in the saddle between Thunder and Thimble, then summit for sunrise the next morning. Awesome memories of this hike. Looking forward to a chance to re-visit and hit it again! | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2007 9:05 pm | ||
| squishy | 1st snow Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2007 | |
| I climbed this after a small snow storm, it was beautiful with light snow on the ground. I remember camping at Silver Lake as a child and looking up at Thunder Mountain, I never though I'd one day get to climb it. I also saw many other peaks in the area I'd like to climb, too bad winter is coming... Trip Report here | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2007 10:36 am | ||
| Michael Perry | Horse Canyon Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Started from the Horse Canyon trailhead on 88 up to the Thunder Mountain Loop Trail and up to the summit. No snow at all left, so bugs were not a problem and the trail condition was good. View of Silver Lake is incredible from the top. The rest of the surroundings were a bit hazy. Dined with the 2 chipmunks at the summit and headed back down. Overall a very enjoyable hike. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2007 1:31 am | ||
| shaggyp | me 1 flipflop 0 Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| Took the weekend to camp with my girlfriend and retry the EVIL Thunder mountain. About the time we reached Carson (leaving northwest Reno) I realised that my damn shoes were still sitting at home. We went camping anyway, next morning decided hiking in flops is the only solution, we trudged all the way up to the true highpoint and upon not finding any register and being chased out my masses of nasty bugs we decided to get on up to the trail ending peak, sign the huge register and head back. In the end I had to throw out a pair of busted flops but mission complete Ashley and Patrick strike again. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2007 9:50 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | COHP Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2004 | |
| Also got Martin Pt. on the way out. Burgers at the Kirkwood lodge after the climb! | ||
| Posted Oct 13, 2006 10:32 am | ||
| surgent | So nice I hiked it twice | |
| Want to 'wrong' summit first, then met another hiker who pointed the true HP... so I went and did it properly. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 3:05 pm | ||
| cjrandall | Thunder Mountain Trail Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005 | |
| This was a great hike, didn't see a single soul the whole time I was on the trail. It was California county highpoint #17 for me. Started a bit late in the day (5:00pm) and got back just after 9pm after a leisurely dinner and extended time on the peak. It was a truly perfect evening as I watched the sun go down from the summit. Not a breath of wind on the top, surprisingly. I had to cross a couple very small snowfields (20-30 feet wide) that laid across the trail. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2006 8:49 pm | ||
| Matt Worster | snow hike Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2005 | |
| Roughly followed the trail from near Carson Spur. We came back down the ridge to check out the two sentinels and all those weird corrugated roof structures along the way. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2006 3:30 pm | ||
| mgp5000 | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: September 4, 2005 | |
| This was the first leg of what was supposed to be a longer traverse of the ridgeline from Carson Spur to Covered Wagon Peak and back via Emigrant Lake and Caples Lake. For some unknown reason, I bonked after reaching the top of Thunder Mountain and we only continued as far as Chair 6 at Kirkwood before turning back. Great views, and I look forward to doing the whole traverse next year. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 1:27 am | ||
| Dave K | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 10. 2005 | |
| This was a very enjoyable outing with my friends and my dog. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 12:40 am | ||
| TGS | Route Climbed: Thunder Mountain Trail Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Set out from Carson Spur at 6:30 a.m. There were areas of snow near the peak which were frozen and a bit slippery. I reached the 9,410' elevation and continued south to the Horse Canyon Trail (Lots of frozen snow covering the trail). Picked up the Horse Canyon Trail to Silver Lake and continued on the loop back up to Carson Spur (12 miles or so). Good half-day hike. | ||
| Posted Jul 4, 2005 6:04 pm | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: USFS trail from Carson Spur Date Climbed: 17th April, 2005 | |
| Fun "get-in-shape" hike with rgreene. Really enjoyable hike to the summit with nice views all along the way. I truely enjoyed taunting the skier's as they got off the lifts at Kirkwood. As rgreene stated, enjoyed our conversation with the "courteous" CHP officer. Can't wait to get back on the spur this summer and break in some rock routes on the two sentinals! | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 6:11 pm | ||
| rgreene | Route Climbed: USFS Trail from Carson Spur Date Climbed: 17 April 2005 | |
| After a friendly encounter with CHP who were unimpressed with our continued attempts at entering the "no stopping, no parking, no peds" avalanche area - Brian and I got off to a late start at about 1pm. Summitted the county high point, and then took a half hour jaunt over to the main summit to sign the soggy register. Clouds covered the summit right after we left, and it was soon typical spring Sierra ridge experience (crazy winds, freezing cold). We brought crampons and ice axe, didn't use either. Snowshoes would have been helpful in a number of places due to soft snow en route. Returned to car slightly after 6pm. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 2:28 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: Traverse from Martin Point Date Climbed: April 4, 2004 | |
| Like Matthew said below. I enoyed this traverse more than any of the other snow outings we had this year. Trip Report | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2004 1:58 am | ||
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