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| bechtt | From the picnic area  Date Climbed: Nov 29, 2009 | |
| Quick hike with Bill Peters on the way home from Nevada. A light coating of snow made the crappy scree slope even tougher. The snow made the class 3 section very interesting. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2009 7:20 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Dayhike Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008 | |
| Great views on this one. Not too hot (thankfully). The roads near I-15 to get to this one are confusing to say the least. | ||
| Posted Oct 11, 2008 8:25 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Summit Detour Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2008 | |
| Hit the summit while resampling some Pinus monophylla for a complete chronology. Parked near the end of the road past the picnic area, went up the second gully from the left, and sampled trees all the way to the south ridge. Gained the summit, turned and followed the climber's trail back along the east ridge and down the cliff band. Followed the base of the cliff band, sampling trees back to the truck. Still a great peak! | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2008 10:50 pm | ||
| jimegan | CLARK MTN Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2002 | |
| CLIMBED WITH LVMC | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2008 8:15 am | ||
| MoabPeakBagger | beautiful north ridge Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2005 | |
| Climbed via the beautiful north ridge. Very steep coming out of the "cirque" type formation on the north side, then some wonderful scrambling. Very spicy coming down the east side of the summit, and then steep as hell back into the "cirque". The White Fir are incredible!! | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:43 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | From end of road Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2007 | |
| Quicker than I expected, and colder. Lost a bit of time attempting to head directly up the wash, but decided that 5th class moves on questionable rock 100 feet off the deck wasn't for me that day. The knife edge was fun on the way down. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2007 9:48 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | From the picnic area Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2007 | |
| Quick ascent/descent. A bit of class 3 on the ridge, guess I didn't know the cliff headwall was the primary way up. I wandered up and back along the base of the cliff instead. Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2007 9:03 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | variations on usual Date Climbed: May 15, 2005 | |
| Clark Mt May/05 For the hike, we basically took the "southeast ridge" route. However, we didn't take the traditional "class 3" section on descent; instead we just went down the knife edge. The latter route is composed of good, frictional rock... but may be a bit tough on those who don't like exposure. Personally, I don't like loose rock (I have three scarred fingers to help exlain why), so I didn't want to descend the DPS class 3 route. As for the road in: the map posted May 11, 2005 by ScottyS is good. Three people rode up to the picnic grounds in my Subaru Outback, but I had to watch clearance, and did bottom out a few times. Whatever you do, DON'T take the powerline road described in the older DPS notes (it's supposed to go by the substation). There is a road just a bit to the east that is MUCH better. | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2007 4:26 am | ||
| Anya Jingle | South Ridge Traverse Loop Date Climbed: Nov 16, 2005 | |
| Fun hike. We descendend the standard route finding an airplane wreck along the way . Slideshow is here: Clark Mountain Traverse | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 1:11 am | ||
| thebeave7 | East Ridge/Picnic Area Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2007 | |
| The drive to the picnic area went well, though as of Jan 3rd I would say the end of the road(after you leave the wash) is too rough for a LC 2WD, unless you want to scrape the crap out of your car. Followed the wash til the end, then took a straight line up to the cliffs, this route was loose and brushy, not recommended. Accidentally climbed a chute in the middle of the knife-edge E ridge, then scrambled along for a hundred feet or so. Straight forward after that, took the easy C3 gulley down. Car-car in just over 2h, a nice break during the drive from Cali->Colorado. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2007 6:48 pm | ||
| Desert Solitaire | The Dragon Cliffs!! Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2006 | |
| Climbed from the South Side with D Mantle before heading off for New York. The limestone cliffs are amazing! Class 3 headwall felt more like class 2. Very little brush, wind, and overall very pleasant. Fantastic 100 sq mi views across the desert. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 2:54 am | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Route Climbed: SE Ridge Date Climbed: 22 January 2006 | |
| This was a nice climb even though it was only 25 degrees on top and the wind was blowing about 30 MPH. It took me about 4 hours round trip. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2006 10:02 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: From the SE Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2005 | |
| Headed up here on my way back to the Bay Area from Las Vegas, the final peak on a thoroughly enjoyable ten day tour of southern NV/UT. This was a spur-of-the-moment decision, so I had only the DPS guide with me for beta. The crux is finding the TH, as the DPS directions are rather outdated now. (I posted updated directions, including GPS waypoints, on the main page: link). After thoroughly exploring the labyrinth of dirt roads around the mountain, I eventually went up via the standard DPS route, and was rather amused to find a rappel sling above the third class section (?!). On the descent, rather than returning via the headwall, I continued following the east ridge down to a very short, very easy downclimb to the easy slopes below the cliffs, then headed right to rejoin my ascent route. I highly recommend this variation--it's a great, airy little knife edge, with some of the best 3rd class I've found on a desert peak yet. Very enjoyable. Might even be easier than downclimbing the headwall, too. Stopped at the Mad Greek cafe in Baker for dinner (presumably the best Greek food you'll find in the Mojave desert, but they don't really have the best gyros in the USA as they claim), and ended up stopping and sleeping in my car before Kramer Junction rather than continue fighting the relentless stream of holiday traffic. The drive back from Las Vegas on a Thanksgiving weekend Sunday was pretty brutal... The remainder of the drive on Monday morning was much less stressful. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2005 10:23 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: From the south Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2005 | |
| What can I say? The mountain was completely socked in. I couldn't find my way to the picnic area through the maze of dirt roads all over the place - I set off on foot, a couple miles away from the mountain, and just explored my way to the base of the mountain. Never seeing the picnic area (in an entirely different drainage), I started up a steep, loose gully. From there, I found myself in a winter wonderland at the base of the prominent cliffs on the mountain's south side. There was some decent snow on the ground, the trees were frozen over with huge clumps of ice dangling from the branches - visibility was 50 feet or less. I was leaving cairns all over the place just to find my way back down later. I navigated by compass, intuition, and a rudimentary understanding of the route. I came to the base of the headwall and recognized it from pictures I'd seen. Just to be sure, I continued eastward along the cliffs for awhile and scrambled up to the ridge crest (rather knife-like toward the east). Back at the headwall, I found it to be rather icy (and dangerous). It was steeper than I'd expected. The exposure wasn't too bad - but enough to hurt you. Once at the top of the headwall, then above the class 3 ramps and ledges above that, I wandered up to the apparent summit, which was marked by a cairn. The visibility was non-existent, but I knew from researching the net that the actual summit was still 1/4 mile or so away westward along the ridge. I continued on and bagged the true summit, signed the register with a bogus name, and left. Rather snowy, very icy - no views the entire day. Short hike - but pretty cool in wintry conditions. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2005 12:14 pm | ||
| streeyyr | Clark Mountain Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2002 | |
| A big and impressive Mojave Desert peak. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2005 8:33 pm | ||
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