Sphinx Mountain Climber's Log
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| MTfred19 | West gully  Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2012 | |
| The loop hike up and over Helmet Saddle and down the other side - including an ascent of Sphinx Mountain - is one of the greatest possible day hikes known to mankind. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2012 4:06 pm | ||
| JLuthanen | Scenic beyond scenic Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011 | |
| From the views of the Madison Valley, to the saddle connected to the Helmet, this hike was all smiles. Good hiking buddy, fun snowfield to cross at the top ... weather was stellar. Knife edge southern exposure towards top was sketchy but fun | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2012 10:25 pm | ||
| mansfieo | Sphinx Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2011 | |
| 1st time in the Madisons and in any mountains in Montana. Montana is a cool place. | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2011 5:02 pm | ||
| WoollytheMammoth | Beautiful fall day | |
| Last good weekend of 2010. Beautiful day, could see as far as the Tetons to the south and Pilot Peak to the east. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2011 2:12 am | ||
| gato | Sphinx Ski Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2010 | |
| Climbed and skied the west face. It's a sad day when the best turns are wind-blasted ice... | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2010 10:45 am | ||
| ianc82 | Amazing Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2009 | |
| Epic day without many clouds. One of the most memorable scrambles from this past summer. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2009 3:11 am | ||
| geosean | West Gully Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2008 | |
| Great snow climb, went up the gully and ridge just South of it to the summit ridge, then down to Helmet saddle and out. Saw a griz in the lower meadow. | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2009 3:25 pm | ||
| Bond | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed (approx): June 2002 | |
| The first peak that I ever tagged. While in the gully, a small runoff creek slowly formed as we hiked, which was apparently a daily routine. Such a neat occurence and a really beautiful hike. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 11:27 pm | ||
| samh | Walkin' Uphill Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| What a great summit. Gain the saddle on a Friday night, camp out. Wake up, make some coffee, summit an hour or two later, leave, hike out the loop down Bear Creek and be home in the evening. Views are great, summit is nice. Get out there and bag it! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 1:08 am | ||
| ivyonup | Camped at top | |
| This was a nice hike to the top. Nothing too difficult, but worth the effort. We camped at the saddle and had a gorgeous view of the stars and the night sky. | |
| Posted May 5, 2009 11:08 am | ||
| gbrill | Normal Route Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008 | |
| My buddy Dave and I climbed the peak via the northwest ridge. A good hike, summited in about four hours with whiteout conditions. The whiteout gave it a very surreal feeling. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2008 1:19 am | ||
| wyomtman | Standard Hike Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2006 | |
| Unique mountain, great hike with my buddy Alex. Ice next time. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2007 5:47 pm | ||
| Alcas24 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Somewhat easier than I expected. The Helmet is a very impressive formation. Maybe another day... | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2007 1:04 am | ||
| gato | Lowe Direct Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2006 | |
| Epic alpine route on a huge north face. Only took something like 5 tries to hit the right conditions... | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 12:21 am | ||
| MoabPeakBagger | climbed (along with helmet) Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2004 | |
| Climbed this peak along with the Helmet. Better views from the Sphinx, but more exciting climbing on the Helmet. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:41 pm | ||
| Hamilton | Lowe Direct Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2006 | |
| Thanks to low snow conditions and fat ice, Garrett Stevens and I managed to climb the complete North Face via the Lowe Direct. It's an incredible route when it's in. Be careful on the approach - I kicked off a small slab avalanche and took a ride before I managed to jump off the moving slab. | |
| Posted May 10, 2007 1:52 am | ||
| b. | No Ice Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006 | |
| Looking for early season ice on the north face. Nothing there, so we hiked to the summit. Second time hauling my ice gear up there for nothing. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2006 8:08 pm | ||
| CBakwin | Date Climbed: November, 2004 | |
| See iceaxeman's post. Enjoyed the company, this took us about 5 1/4 hours up, but we had packs. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2004 4:02 pm | ||
| Jerry L | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: November 14, 2004 | |
| Climbed with (3) SP'ers (Freespirit, Rollinred, & Steve Ball). Set-up camp at the saddle, then headed for the summit. Reached the summit at 4:00 p.m., hung around for a few mintues, then made a mad dash for camp before dark hit. Then we enjoyed some hot choclate and star gazing. Once again I had a great time in the Montana mountains. | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2004 5:34 pm | ||
| Steve Ball | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: November 14, 2004 | |
| Met Freespirit, Iceaxeman and Rollinred at the trailhead parking area at 9:30 in the morning. They were planning on camping at the saddle. I couldn't camp since I had to get back for school on Monday. Anyway it was a great day for hiking, warm temps for November and blue skies. We got to the saddle an the others set up their camp and I began to head up from the saddle. Instead of going up the gully I decided to go up the ridge directly up from the saddle. I made it to about 9800 ft before turning around because I was short on time. All and all is was a great day in the mountain with some new friends from the summit post. | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2004 11:13 am | ||
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