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| rmick25 | Re: Smokey July | |
| evil little creatures they are | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2009 12:35 am | ||
| montaneer | Smokey July  Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007 | |
| Hiked this peak during wildfire season and had to stop frequently to get some oxygen. One of the Bitterroots more demanding standard trail hikes. Lady bugs at the summit were vicious!! Ya... lady bugs can bite! | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2009 11:40 pm | ||
| Snowy | Trail | |
| Nice views, but a less exciting and fairly strenuous walk to get them. Overall a nice dayhike. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2009 2:08 pm | ||
| benjohnson | Trail | |
| Did this one with my dad several years back. We had an old copy of the Bitterroot Hiking guidebook that said the trail was 3.5 miles to the top. Right... | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2007 11:10 am | ||
| alpine climber | standard trail Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2007 | |
| 10/12/08 Hiked through the snow and fog to find blue sky on top. 9/22/07 The turning of the Larch made this hike very enjoyable. Little bit of rain on top, but still good views. Saw definite signs of "off-trail" motorcycle use (six inch troughs throughout alpine areas). Will be back when the snow falls. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 10:35 am | ||
| highice | winter w/ the mutt | |
| Broke trail with snowshoes to the summit, ouch. at least the dog was still able to follow in the deep tracks. 30 mph winds on top, so didn't hang out long. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2007 4:55 pm | ||
| mtn ear | Bluebird Day for a Ski Date Climbed: Dec 17, 2006 | |
| A group of 13 of us skied up in staggered formation. Couple dogs too. Upper 2000' provided for some good skiiung on way down. Wasn't enough snow covering burn area yet and no snow on first 1.5 miles of trail. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2007 10:09 pm | ||
| thephotohiker | Point-To-Point Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| 12jul08 - Bob Sihler and I made this one of the five summits we climbed during a point-to-point outing which began at the Camas Lakes Trailhead and finished at the standard trailhead for Ward Mountain. 24sep06 - I used the Camas Cirque West Ridge Route to reach the summit. It was far more interesting than just "hiking" to the summit on the standard trail. But I have to admit some places were pretty darn slippery from the melting recent snow. It was almost dangerous. I used the "standard" route to descend, making it a point-to-point outing. Very nice! 25jun05 - Climbed Ward for the first time with my wife, Linda. We found the standard trail to be rather uninteresting. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2006 10:21 pm | ||
| saintgrizzly | Trail Route Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2006 | |
| Very nice day, climbing with Moni. It appeared to us the snow on top was quite a bit less than on many of the surrounding peaks, so we congratulated ourselves on having made a good choice! The route up this mountain is all excellent trail, but the summit view is worth it—spectacular perspective of some of the most rugged of the Bitterroots! This was my second time doing Ward Mtn (first time sans camera), with the other climb—I think three summers ago—being on one of those hot summer days that made traversing the burn a torment, and the stream three-fourths of the way up a blessing! | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 5:17 am | ||
| montanaboy | Trail Route Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004 | |
| Probably a good idea that I picked a cool, breezy day for Ward. This can be a long, hot one otherwise. Except for a couple of hikers down low, had the place to myself. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 4:12 am | ||
| Moni | Trail Route Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2006 | |
| Vern and I just climbed this on Saturday. Vern was going to put up the page, got beaten to it. Fun but long hike. 4"of snow on top. 9 hours round trip, including an hour on top admiring the views. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 12:01 am | ||
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