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| Heaton | Re: Paramount | |
| Yep, baby is now in her mid twenties and loves hiking as much as my wife and I do, also ran her first marathon this year. Now I'm a geology professor in South Dakota, but I get back to the Wasatch once or twice a year. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2009 9:21 pm | ||
| byates | Great fall colors  Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2009 | |
| Climbed Shingle Mill first then over to Freedom, exciting ridge, as said before check your holds, I would not recommend a large group, to much loose stuff to drop on folks. We hit it at peak fall colors, it would be hard to be this peak and the Rock Canyon drainage for that. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2009 10:24 am | ||
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| kteichert | Re: Paramount | |
| P.S. I also wanna know who Tim Heaton is. He had signed the registry like a bazillion times, and also had taken his 7 month pregnant wife on that hike. That baby must've been born climbing. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2009 10:53 pm | ||
| kteichert | Paramount Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2009 | |
| I think this is the peak that is featured on Paramount's logo, not Ben Lomond. It is absolutely breathtaking from all sides. One of the best hikes in the Wasatch Range. Took about 2 and a half hours from trailhead. The knife edge was awesome, but my dog was able to do it. Just take extra precaution and make sure every step is sure. I slipped once and thought I was going to join the billy goats at the bottom of the east coulier. Scary moment. Fantastic views of Provo Peak from the summit. Thank you vanman for the page. This is a fantastic peak. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:35 pm | ||
| aprovance | via Dry Fork TH Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2009 | |
| I had wanted to climb this one for quite some time, especially when I read that there was a dicey knife-edged ridge that had to be traversed to reach the summit. Hiked it with kteichert and we reached the summit in a little over 2.5 hours from Dry Fork TH. Beautiful skies, great views, with temps 35 degrees at the summit with the wind. Knife-edge was not nearly as crazy as I thought, just take the time to have solid footing and hand holds and you'll be fine. Found the summit registry mentioned by vanman798, and took a picture of it to post on here. After Freedom, we then hit Shingle Mill Peak. I look forward to doing this one again! A great day! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 3:45 pm | ||
| thigbee | Not Too Bad Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2009 | |
| Great mountain! I climbed this thing twice over the summer, once via the north face snow gullies and once via a technical rock and scrambling route on the north face. I added both routes to MountainProject.com. I've done the traverse from Freedom to Shingle Mill (in the rain...) and it wasn't nearly as exposed or scary as everyone made it sound. I'd call it class 3. Just don't be stupid, watch where you put your hands and feet, and you'll be fine. | ||
| Posted Aug 21, 2009 12:57 am | ||
| buffgato | Dry Fork Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| We hiked from Rock Canyon and took the Dry Fork route to Cascade Saddle, taking on Freedom Peak first and then heading over to Shingle Mill afterwards. In a word: scary. This climb was a bit more than I wanted to chew, and I refuse to return without getting more experience on other difficult climbs. Dangerous is certainly an accurate description, but I should also mention the nice views. Props to my skilled and fearless climbing buddy--couldn't have done it without him. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2008 3:39 am | ||
| vanman798 | Dangerous Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2007 | |
| It's an easy walk up the dry fork trail, from Squaw Peak Road (trail), to the saddle between Shingle Mill, and Freedom Peak, but from there, to the peak, it is dangerous. I did it in November when there was patches of snow, two or three inches deep. When I had to cross the snow, on the knifes edge one follows to the peak, it was unnerving because the snow wasn't enough to provide foot holds but instead made the rocks and the shale, of the steep slope, dangerously slick. It was tough going up, so imagine how much tougher it was to go down. A good thing to remember is that 80% of mountaineering accidents happen on the descent, so extra caution needs to be exercised when coming down a mountain. In the write up for this mountain the author states that the knife edge one follows to the peak is similar to the one on the Pfiefferhorn. That is definately not the case! The knife edge on the Pfiefferhorn is level, and over large rocks, and you can only fall off one side. Whereas, the knife edge on Freedom Peak is very steep and over shale or talus, and one wrong move and you will fall over either side. I do agree with the statement in the write up which says "Ropes not required but somewhat scary". To me that is a class 4 climb. I suggest you do as I did, and bag Freedom Peak first then scramble up Shingle Mill, as Shingle Mill is easy, and you can do it even after Freedom has tried your nerves and sapped your energy. Oh, by the way, to the south (maybe a foot) of the cairn on the peak of Freedom I found an 8 ounce glass jar under the rocks with paper and pencil inside which serves as a log book for the peak. It hadn't been signed since 1996, but logs went back as far as 1976. The header on the paper said "Storm Mountain", so I wonder if that is what it used to be called before "Freedom". | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2007 11:55 am | ||
| madjohnbo | Route Climbed: Dry Fork Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2006 | |
| Fun climb to the top. THe descent off the top was tough. Talus on steep slopes made it hard to get a good footing. Still a fun climb, worth the effort. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2006 6:23 am | ||
| lpollock | Route Climbed: Dry Fork Date Climbed: June 19, 2004 | |
| I think this is an underrated area of the Wasatch mtns. The views are spectacular but you rarely see anyone. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 6:48 pm | ||
| rockhop23 | Route Climbed: Via Dry Fork Date Climbed: May 22, 2004 | |
| Reached the summit in whiteout conditions and therefore didn't enjoy good views. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 10:43 pm | ||
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