Scalplock Mountain and Lookout Climber's Log
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| ManyGlacierMountaineer | Winter Snowshoe Ascent  | |
| 2013 - w/ Mike Burr. | |
| Posted May 22, 2013 11:24 am | ||
| GlacierDan | Scalplock Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2011 | |
| Read awhite28's comments! | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2013 1:46 pm | ||
| WOLFrising | Snowshoeless in Winter | |
| Winter 2012 Climbed multiple times that winter while working at Isaak Walton Inn. The first summit took place after a guest of the Inn told me they encountered almost no snow on the trail. They lied. So I climbed the mountain in winter conditions without snowshoes...then got called into work. Very tiring day! The views of St. Nick make the whole thing worth it, though! | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2013 1:50 pm | ||
| awhite28 | Scalplock Date Climbed: Apr 24, 2011 | |
| Good early season snowshoe. I climbed this on the same date several years ago and walked to the lookout. This time we had snowshoes on at the start. Scalplock looked like a 1 story building with the 15+ feet of snow around it and the 8 foot wind drift on top. Spectacular! | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2012 11:47 am | ||
| distressbark | Scalplock snowshoe Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2011 | |
| Lost the trail around 5,500 feet and went straight up the deep snow from there. Enjoyable ridge walk with impressive cornices en route to the fire lookout. Fantastic views of Saint Nick and the wild southern section of the park. A perfect winter snowshoe! | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2011 7:15 pm | ||
| MtnNinja | Season Opener Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| With husband and friend James | |
| Posted May 20, 2011 10:52 pm | ||
| GlacierCountry | No Tourists Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| We had to post-hole a bit of snow for the last few hundred feet but it wasn't bad. This was a beautiful and warm day. We only passed one other hiker on the trail. This is remote and strenuous so no tourists will be found here, great solitude for mountain lovers. | |
| Posted May 18, 2011 6:31 pm | ||
| GNPgumpy | Scalplock Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010 | |
| 2010 June 6 with GMS 2011 Feb 20 with GMS | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2011 2:02 pm | ||
| pyerger | winter climb | |
| Snow shoed in the winter | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2010 1:18 pm | ||
| JFKitty | Scalplock Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Great hike with The Boys! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2010 8:36 pm | ||
| FlatheadNative | June Trip Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2010 | |
| Great day with vantana, echoguy, bret and ken. Great views of St. Nick. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2010 8:55 pm | ||
| EarMountain | Scalplock Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2007 | |
| 2010 in the spring with GMS 2007 with Bud, Jen Ron 2006 with April and Bud 2003 with a whole bunch on Nov. 1, 2003. 2002 with John, April, Dennis and Bud 2002 with Bud and Hedglin | |
| Posted May 25, 2010 5:24 pm | ||
| TwaMontana | Unexpected Goup Hike Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009 | |
| Was heading up solo when six other climbers I know showed up in the parking area. Had a great time. No snow at the trail head, about a foot at the lookout. | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2009 9:57 am | ||
| bfrench | Scalplock | |
| Check | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 11:59 pm | ||
| KristinaAL | Family Hike | |
| Don't remember the year but it worked out great for a family with 4 children. Too many low clouds for good views. There was a mauling on the trail exactly 2 weeks later and have heard of at least one other since. Sounds like a good trail for Grizz. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2008 12:33 pm | ||
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| rebelgrizz | Re: Family Hike | |
| Could've been Aug 1999. You should read Flatheadnative's article...Thrills to Spills in GNP. Mt. Clements section...click on "The Inside Trail" link. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2008 5:21 pm | ||
| jtellis | Great day hike Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2003 | |
| I first hiked up to the Scalplock lookout on a day off from working the West Entrance on 8/6/03. The various fires were making the air practically unbreatheable on the west side of the park, so on a suggestion I made it down to Walton to give this a shot. What a beautiful hike--one of my favorite day-hikes. The fields of flowers on the ridge below the final ascent to the summit/lookout are breathtaking. I startled the on-duty lookout as he was coming out of the outhouse, but had a nice conversation. Returned to Scalplock on 6/30/08 with my friend Tyler. Hottest hike of the summer as it was 100 degrees that day. Still, what a great time--clear skies all around, and saw nobody at all that day! Recently I read Doug Peacock's account of working at that lookout tower in "Grizzly Years" (I'd mistakenly thought he'd worked at Huckleberry); excellent insights into the life of a firewatcher. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2008 3:14 pm | ||
| The Levitator | Scalplock Lookout Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Awesome view of St. Nicholas! Hiked with Rebelgrizz, Tater, and JFK. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2008 10:04 pm | ||
| samh | Map Wheel Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2005 | |
| MFTC cleared the trail up to Scalplock and spent a half hour ogling all the visible peaks in the park through the map wheel in the lookout cabin. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 3:42 pm | ||
| jimegan | Scalplock mtn Date Climbed: May 19, 1994 | |
| Also 9/21/97 along with peaks 6954 and 7135 also 4/30/98 | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2008 9:08 am | ||
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