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| Kadee | Twice - 02/04/06 & 04/02/06  | |
| I love this peak! This is a desert classic. The rock is very interesting and the scramble is very fun. | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2008 4:27 pm | ||
| Wasatchvoyage | Great scramble + incredible geology. Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2008 | |
| I got up way early and arrived at the mountain at 8:00 a.m. from Salt Lake. The early morning lighting made for some decent photos. I followed the route around the south-east side and scrambled to the summit from the south. As mentioned from everyone before me here, the rock is very fragile and most every hand-foothold had to be tested before being utilized. Seemed like class 2-3 scrambling for most of the route, however I got side-tracked on one portion on a class 4 cliffband. This area is a geological dream. After getting back to the truck at the road, I headed north and scouted and found some pretty cool fossils in the limestone. Very cool peak, and the area around it. Fun! | |
| Posted Nov 14, 2008 7:50 pm | ||
| Scott Wesemann | A little spooky Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Matthew Van Horn. We spent some time hiking around the East side, trying to find a route to the top. Eventually, we thought we saw a good route on the south side, so we headed up, but we soon got ourselves into some class 3 stuff and that ended up being horrifying, as the rock was brittle and I had a few holds break off in some precarious places. It definitely got my heart beating. On the way down we found an easier route that was class two the whole way. If you climb this peak, I would suggest backing off of anything that requires any sort of climbing, as the holds can’t be trusted. The route finding is also somewhat of a challenge. This is an incredibly unique peak with great views and it was over 70 degrees out there, while it was barely 50 in SLC. (For a trip report, please see the Notch Peak page, as I combined Notch and Crystal) | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:15 pm | ||
| Matthew Van Horn | Otherworldly Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2008 | |
| Scott W and I drove down to Crystal Peak after camping in Ibex (we climbed Notch Peak the day before). We had some route finding problems and made the climb more difficult than necessary. The way down was much easier. Beauty of a mountain! | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2008 9:18 pm | ||
| jtree | Close Call Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2007 | |
| My brother Mark and I scrambled to the top. The rock is friable and caution is advised. At one point my brother dislodged a couple of bowling ball sized rocks which narrowly missed me. This is a volcanic based rhyolite, but it is not like any other rhyolite I have climbed on. This little peak is quite unique in many ways and well worth a visit. One can also find many fossils (mostly shells, but my brother found a trilobite) in the talus and rocks located across the road directly to the north of Crystal Peak. We had the best luck looking approximately three to five hundred yards from the road. DJR | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2007 12:31 pm | ||
| Bob Sihler | Found my own ways up and down Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006 | |
| Made it between two thunderstorms; very fun, unique, and scenic | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2006 4:20 am | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: Many Date Climbed: April 30, 2006 Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2006 | |
| This is one of the strangest mountains I have ever climbed. It is a small mountain but worth exploring because it is so unique. I felt like I was climbing up swiss cheese because the mountain is full of holes that make good handholds. | |
| Posted May 2, 2006 2:50 am | ||
| Scott | Cool place. | |
| Climbed a few times in the 1990's. Small, but very interesting peak. From afar, it looks like a snow covered peak in the middle of the hot desert, but its just the white rocks. | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2006 8:49 pm | ||
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