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| theflyingmountaineer | Great way to end a 3-day Mineral King backpack  Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2009 | |
| This made for an amazing end to an amazing trip. The weather was absolutely perfect, although there seemed to be a fire to the south somewhere pushing a bunch of smoke northward into Lost Canyon. My highest peak to date!! Keep your eyes open for a trip report soon to come. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 3:32 am | ||
| thholder | Sawtooth pass Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| Dayhike from Mineral King | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2009 4:28 pm | ||
| jspeigl | From Sawtooth Pass Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| An easy overnighter from Monarch Lake. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2009 11:24 pm | ||
| Bascuela | Last one up for the season? Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2008 | |
| The weather dropped on the summit approach. Made the summit, but was robbed of the view! | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 3:33 am | ||
| BigJordan | Nice! Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Day hike from base camp at columbine lake. Very nice. Ran out of water though at the top. only brought one liter, hard hike back to camp. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2008 3:32 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | Sawtooth Pass on a warm, clear day Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| I opted to stay in the shade of the newer trail to Sawtooth Pass on the way up as it was hot in the sun. I took the old trail back after summiting via Sawtooth Pass. Descending on the old trail is rough on tired legs and feet for someone who might enjoy jogging or walking quickly down the softer and more gradaual new trail. Great views with very little Central Valley haze. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 3:42 am | ||
| danman3156 | Northwest ridge Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006 | |
| Did it with a few of my friends, a nice relaxing afternoon trip. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2006 6:47 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Traverse to Needham Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006 | |
| Climbed Sawtooth and Needham with Matthew in a warm up for Black Kaweah the next day. Trip Report | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 8:42 pm | ||
| bechtt | Old Sawtooth Pass Trail Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2006 | |
| Quick afternoon hike under storm clouds. 6 hour r/t starting at 2PM -- a bit of hail on top but great views. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 3:25 am | ||
| catullus | Route Climbed: NW ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Climbed up NW ridge, climbed down South ridge to Amphitheater Lake. Started at 3:30am with the hope that we'd climb both Sawtooth and Needham. At 9:30am we were the first in the summit register for the day. Decided to chill at Amphitheater Lake instead of climbing Needham. Even though it was labor day weekend, we didn't see any other parties until we were halfway back down (at Crystal Lake). | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 2:56 am | ||
| jsorber | Capping off a great Trip Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2004 | |
| Evan and I peaked sawtooth on the 2nd to last day of our 7 day backpacking trip starting at Crescent meadow, going over the Kaweah gap, coming up lost canyon and ending out of Mineral King. Definately a highlight. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2006 6:50 am | ||
| mrjdobbs | Sawtooth at Sunrise Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005 | |
| I climbed Sawtooth in the dark just to see the sunrise from the summit. It was truly amazing. First I watched the crescent moon rise...then the sun came up. It flashed from behind Needham and sent rays in every direction. This sunrise was probably the most emotional and awesome sights I have ever seen. The route wasn't too difficult except for the sand. My headlamp went out halfway up and I have to use a mini maglight the rest of the way. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2006 4:37 pm | ||
| jjsochacki | Route Climbed: Ridge from Sawtooth Pass Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Climbed Sawtooth during seven trip back to Lodgepole. Glacier Pass to Hands-and Knees Pass is preferable to get over to Five Lakes. Smoky views due to numerous fires. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 12:46 pm | ||
| DeeDee | Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: September 15, 2002 | |
| Pile of sand with a nice summit block. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 10:36 pm | ||
| SeanReedy | Date Climbed: July 24, 2005 | |
| A quick hike up along the old trail to the Sawtooth Pass area, followed by a moderate scramble to the peak and a risky scramble/slide/climb staight down to Upper Monarch Lake to attempt to avoid the potential lightening of an incoming thunderstorm. Take care to try to follow the intended route and stay where the most footprints are so you avoid risking your life free climbing down the cliff bands like I did. The new trail to the Southwest of Lower Monarch Lake made a more gradual hike back down to Mineral King. The views were more than worth the effort! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 8:02 pm | ||
| Langenbacher | Route Climbed: from Mineral King via Sawtooth Pass Date Climbed: July 28, 1996 | |
| Trip with Debbie and Fritz (my wife and my brother). ~ 13.6 miles r.t. 4500 ft. elevation gain parked at Timber gap / Sawtooth pass trail head ~8am. 5 hours up (8am-1pm), 4 hours down. Fire a few miles north caused haze which gradually obscured the nice view of Cirque, Langley, Muir, Whitney, Russell, but Mt. Kaweah still visible all day. Deb tried to go east down to Columbine lake from sawtooth pass, but chickened out and waited ~2 hours at the pass for me and Fritz to bag the peak. The route from the pass to the peak was a nice scramble. The very summit block was too scary for us to stand on, so we just put our hands on top of it. Couldn't find a register. Fritz and I hope to go back to Sawtooth pass this summer and climb big Kaweah. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2005 5:26 pm | ||
| granite4brains | Route Climbed: NW Ridge from Sawtooth Pass Date Climbed: 09/26/99 | |
| We had a blast running back down the scree from sawtooth pass that day. Nice and easy climb and Monarch Lakes is a nice place to camp. Really cool moonrise over sawtooth peak the nighte before we climbed. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2005 10:22 pm | ||
| Freddys27 | Route Climbed: From Mineral King Date Climbed: Summer 2001 | |
| This was the only accomplishment on a two night trip. I got either altitude sickness or a mild flu and so our plans were dampened. The summit was still fun, and I remember the the creek east of Columbine Lake fondly. | ||
| Posted Mar 2, 2005 7:05 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: NW Ridge (ascent) / SE Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2004 | |
| Sep 18, 2004, NW Ridge (ascent) / SE Ridge (descent): Sawtooth-Needham-Rainbow-Florence dayhike out of Mineral King. Sawtooth was buried amongst clouds when I arrived up there--the Kaweahs were visible for all of about thirty seconds, then poof!, they vanished into the fog. Sawtooth is an unusual climb in that the trail approach is sloggier than the cross-country... loose sand led up to the pass, then solid boulders to the summit. Sep 9, 2006: I never planned to return, but Bob twisted my arm into coming up here again as a warm-up for the Black Kaweah dayhike the next day. It wasn't a classic climb on the second visit, either. | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2004 8:37 pm | ||
| Steve Larson | Route Climbed: Northwest ridge Date Climbed: August, 1977, or thereabouts | |
| Climbed this with a small group of friends from the Sierra Club. The trail out of Mineral King was blazing hot, and there was no water until we reached Columbine Lake. Yuck. But the peak was worth the effort. Awesome 360 degree view! | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2004 11:56 pm | ||
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