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| AjaxHiker | West Face  Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| Picked a good one for my first contribution to Summit Post! Long Day rount trip from/to Bells TH, but worth every sore muscle fiber! Met Joe and Shelley atop the peak - nice to meet you guys! Met 2 other summiters on the way down, crowded day for this peak. Attempted Bells Cleaver on the way down but must not have been on the right line b/c I could not find a way through the cliffs. The line to/from the south ridge of N. Thunder from Thunder Bowl seemed far easier than trying to breach the cliff band just north of the peak. | ||
| Posted Sep 14, 2009 7:02 pm | ||
| Joseph Bullough | Various ascents | |
| Climbed 9 times: | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2009 3:09 pm | ||
| Pfeiffer75 | Long Day Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Climbed as an add on to The Beatout. Very tricky scramble along Thunder Ridge and ended up doing some Class 4 moves that were a little uncomfortable. Summit log appears to have disappeared. Plenty of solitude. Be careful parking at the Bells Canyon trailhead. When we got down, my car had a window smashed out. The police told me this is becoming a common occurence there. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 11:25 pm | ||
| craghag | It Lives Up to it's Name Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008 | |
| I climbed with Joe, Rob Koch and Christine Pilgram, thunder, lightning, and raining cats and dogs...quite a crowd. However, the only summiteers were the people and a bit of hail. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2009 12:33 pm | ||
| Wasatchvoyage | West Face via Bells Canyon. Date Climbed: May 7, 2009 | |
| Followed Sean and Van's tracks primarily, and also did a bit of my own route finding up to the peak. Incredible time of year to get to this peak with the awesome snow conditions. This is the first of several peaks in the Lone Peak Wildnerness to be ascended this year, S.L. County highpoint goals being reached. | |
| Posted May 8, 2009 2:51 am | ||
| vanman798 | West Face Date Climbed: May 6, 2009 | |
| Went up Bells Canyon and climbed the west face to the peak. Loved the views. | |
| Posted May 7, 2009 1:39 pm | ||
| seanpeckham | 3rd time's the charm Date Climbed: May 6, 2009 | |
| Two previous attempts failed: one due to weather (see my trip report), the other due to taking a really long and inefficient route and getting burned out (settled for Bighorn Peak that day instead). This time did it from Bells Canyon as a snow climb up the west gully to the north ridge, looping back into the gully via the south ridge, with vanman798, and it went perfectly, other than, thanks to the dark and my sleep deprivation for the alpine start, bringing an old right boot instead of my good left boot to the trailhead and having to go home to get it (after deciding that 6000 vertical feet would be hard in two right boots), delaying our start an hour, along with losing my GPS somewhere near the summit. | |
| Posted May 6, 2009 9:02 pm | ||
| byates | Mutiple routes and climbs Date Climbed: Aug 17, 1994 | |
| Six times to the Summit to date Across Thunder bowl, From South Thunder via the Ridge and Via Coalpit, I believe PellicidWombats first entry was one I lead for the WMC in 2004. Contrary to what Steve Elmer said in his entry we got chased a little by a Thunder storm while traversing the bowl that day. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2008 2:09 pm | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | From Coalpit Gulch Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2008 | |
| Up from Coalpit Gulch, down through Thunder Bowl with J Anderson Also climbed 8/1/2007 with J Anderson and mtnrnr (Grizz), from N. Thunder to S. Thunder to Upper Bells Peak to Lone Peak (Hematoma Quad) | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2008 9:49 pm | ||
| Peter Gram | Bells Canyon approach Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Climbed S and N Thunder Mountain from the Bells Canyon approach. | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 12:45 am | ||
| Scott Wesemann | BUSHWHACK! Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2007 | |
| Climbed via Coalpit with Steve Bohman and Grizz (MT RUNR). Coalpit was amazing, although it was pretty rough. I got a nasty gash on my arm from a sharp log and took a fall on a wet rock. Above the pit I hit the wall and the rest of the hike was hell. Only 14 previous logs in the register this year. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2007 11:11 am | ||
| Steve Elmer | Coalpit Gulch Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Climbed up Coalpit Gulch with Brad and Andy. Everyone was bloody after the bushwaking. Fun scramble up to North Thunder Mtn in about 4hrs. Descended down Bells Canyon. Clear day with good temps. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2007 4:25 pm | ||
| J Anderson | Goatway Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2008 | |
| 08/01/2007 I hiked up Coalpit Gulch with Matt and Grizz to the top of North Thunder, we continued on the Hematoma route to South Thunder, Bighorn and Lone peak. 09/19/2008 Climbed North Thunder with Matt. We came down Thunder Bowl into Bells Canyon, which was beautiful this time of year. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2007 1:24 pm | ||
| Jeremy Franchow | Route climbed: Coalpit Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2007 | |
| Made the climb with Greg(gjagiels.) Slick, slimy logs and rocks in the creek with stinging nettles and thick brush everywhere else made the bushwacking pretty intense above the waterfalls. The route before and after that section, however, was great! Worth doing once. Continued on to S. Thunder and descended Bells. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2007 5:41 pm | ||
| apachedino | Close encounter Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2007 | |
| Coalpit Gulch up, Bell's down. Climbed striaght up the second waterfall which was scary and stupid. The rest of the climb was beautiful and steep. Lot's of solitude. Was sitting reading the summit register when I heard a high pitched sqeak very close by. At first I thought it was a bird and discounted it, but then it came again I looked over the summit boulder and was face to face (within 2 feet) of a baby mountain goat. I was as startled as it was and fumbled for my camera, but was to slow before it bounded out of view. Surprised to see the register account of the solo adventure up Perla's and then over the northwest ridge. Scary looking. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2007 8:43 pm | ||
| d_shorb | this is the place | |
| Have now explored this from S. thunder and Coalpit. again no people. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2007 11:01 pm | ||
| marauders | Route Climbed: Coalpit Gulch: Sept. 9, 2006 Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006 | |
| Coalpit Gulch is one of the gems of the Wasatch! What an incredible place. The gulch was bursting with waterfalls, trees, flowers, moss, and even wild raspberries. Once the gulch opens up, there is quite a bit of bushwacking, and the gulch is choaked with dead trees from avalanches. This creates slow, tedius hiking, but the scenery keeps it interesting. Once you pass the bushwacking and get back on the open boulder fields you can pick up the pace all the way to the top. Awesome route with incredible solitude and scenery! | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2006 4:37 pm | ||
| mtn runr | Route Climbed: Coalpits, Bell's Canyon, from Alpine via S Thunder Date Climbed: many times | |
| Glad to see a separate page for this very separate peak. I placed a pvc tube and summit register here some years ago (1997?) and brought down the old one, which was in bad shape and in real danger of disappearing altogether. I have that register (and various business cards and scraps of paper) in my possession and will share it with anyone interested. It has a few entries from the 1950's and 1960's. Gristle (Joe Bullough) and I bagged this baby one more time on the penultimate day of 2006! What a day! Joe says a TR will follow. | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2006 8:53 pm | ||
| Moogie737 | Via the so-called snow route from the meadow Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2009 | |
| On March 6, 2008, (via Bells Canyon)three of us attempted the peak by climbing the steep slopes east of the meadow. Arduous, tedious, tough. Attaining the summit ridge 3/4 mile north of the peak we made it within 200 yards of the summit before getting cliffed out by a small but dangerous precipitous dip in the summit ridge. It took us 6+45 to reach that point, so that wasn't too bad considering we had to break trail beginning at the spring crossing way down low! A winter attempt of this peak is a test of stamina, endurance, toughness and grit. On 3-11-08 five of us returned to "conquer" No. Thunder. And that we did. 5+25 to the snowy summit. Bluebird day. Awesome beyond description. My 3rd time at the actual summit. On 7-08-08 we began what mountaingoat calls the Beat-Up hike in the Sam Thomas Gulch, topped out on No. Thunder 5+45 and continued to So. Thunder, Chipman Peak and lastly Pfeifferhorn before exiting the nearly 15 hour day through Red Pine. Whew!!! 5th summit on 3-7-09 with Dave. 6+30 up, 3+40 down. Tough but satisfying. Ideal snow conditions but west wind and intermittent cloudy conditions all day. #6 9-22-09 Good way to celebrate the autumnal equinox, via Coalpit Gulch. #7 11-3-09 With Dave via the "snow" route; tough going but satisfying 12-hour day. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2005 10:48 pm | ||
| Scott | Via Coalpits | |
| Early 1990's. North Thunder may be the toughest peak in the Wasatch and it is visited less than South Thunder (which isn't visited that often). Thunder Mountain is a real gem. Good snow climbs are on the north face too. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2005 4:21 pm | ||
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