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| Cedar | Main Trail  Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006 | |
| Windy with few people. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2010 1:20 pm | ||
| bruceg | cloudy no view! | |
| 1989 Spring hike with some snow, Great hike, cloudy and no view, will have to do it again | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2010 4:41 pm | ||
| mhengst | Up from Shorty's Well Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2010 | |
| Did the hike from Shorty's Well and out to Mahogany Flats where we had dropped a car. Nice little dayhike. | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2010 7:33 pm | ||
| Sean Kenney | Happy Halloween! Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2010 | |
| I made it. Shoty's Well to the summit. Perfect weather. Just enough snow to scrape up some water on top. 58 hours round trip. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2010 11:34 am | ||
| fedak | Main Trail Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010 | |
| Main trail up, Over Bennett/Rogers and back the service road on the way down. Little hazy on the summit and it was pouring in Panamint Valley off to the west. Pics and commentary here. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2010 6:41 pm | ||
| tonyo | Nice Hike Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010 | |
| Hiked with my wife, Pattie, and son, Matthew. Matt made it up in 2:20; it took us a little bit longer. Nice, though somewhat hazy views. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2010 8:16 pm | ||
| Dean | Great hike Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2010 | |
| This had been on my to do list for quite a while. It was nice to get it on a really nice weather day. It was 117 in the Valley but we stayed at Mahogany Flat and were treated to a great star show and nice temps. I went up the service road to get Rogers first and picked off Bennett on the way out. I was the only one on the peak which seemed strange since it is so popular. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2010 2:26 pm | ||
| boyblue | From Charcoal Kilns Date Climbed: Feb 19, 1984 | |
| With partner Dave McLaughlin. Camped near Mahogany Flat. Lots of snow/ice on upper 1500 feet. Very cold windy and clear- impressive extensive view from top. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2010 6:20 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Telescope Peak Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2010 | |
| From Mahogany Campground. I thought this was a great hike. It was a clear day and we had an expansive view from the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2010 12:47 pm | ||
| Brian Frederick | Nice hike Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2010 | |
| My son and I dayhiked it from Mahogany Flat. Good weather, great views | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2010 4:25 pm | ||
| calipidder | Thanksgiving hike Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2005 | |
| We spend every thanksgiving in death valley, but due to the lack of space in the car we've always drawn the line at hauling along snow and ice gear. Every year we'd eye Telescope but snow would keep us from the hike we both really longed to do. 2005 was our year - the path to the summit was completely clear in late November, and although it was in the teens and windy as heck we jumped at the opportunities and hiked it. Incredible views, I need to get back there in conditions I can enjoy them instead of hunched over against the wind and cold. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2010 8:17 pm | ||
| ckerth | Mahogany CG Date Climbed: May 29, 2010 | |
| Climbed Bennett on the way up. Clear day with great views. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2010 3:12 am | ||
| rowjimmy | Cold and Windy! Date Climbed: May 27, 2010 | |
| On a recent through-hike of the Panamints from Aguereberry Point to Ballarat, my companion and I climbed Telescope Peak from Mahogany Flat. While it was extremely cold and windy, with clouds swirling about the summit for most of the morning and afternoon, snow was not an issue in terms of the climb. While snow is on the peak, it is mostly avoidable and where you do walk on it, it's not on steep or difficult terrain. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2010 7:55 pm | ||
| therockimage | Amazing View! Date Climbed: May 15, 2010 | |
| Went up via the service road to Roger's Pk, descended onto the main trail and continued to Telescope Pk, then went up and over Bennett Pk on the way back. This route made for a fantastic climb. | |
| Posted May 16, 2010 2:46 am | ||
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| missymtngirl | Re: Amazing View! | |
| Was there snow up there when you climbed? | |
| Posted May 26, 2010 6:04 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | Thanksgiving Weekend Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2005 | |
| The first of many Thanksgiving weekends I'd start spending driving around the deserts of CA. Planned to camp on the summit, but very strong wind and freezing temperatures forced us to camp at the saddle before the final push. Luckily we found a spot just big enough for a tent completely out of the wind with a great view into the valley, was still one of the coldest nights I've ever spent out. | |
| Posted May 9, 2010 5:01 am | ||
| Pharmacist | Telescope from Charcoal Kilns Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2010 | |
| Gate was closed at Charcoal Kilns due to snow. We snowshoed up Bennett, then Telescope, then Rogers on the way back. We went down the north side of Rogers and glissaded down a gully back to the road and walked the rest of the way back to the Charcoal Kilns. Good day, great views of Spring Mountains and Sierra Nevada. Perfect! | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2010 12:58 pm | ||
| dropacoil | Telescope Peak Summit Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2010 | |
| Reached summit 3-25-10- Jeff Gorski and Greg Arnold. Crampons and ice axe required for final ridge- 2 inch hard pack with ice underneath. Long day- 10 hours RT from Mahogany Flats camp. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2010 1:02 pm | ||
| kunz82414 | Post hole trek Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2010 | |
| Knee high to waist high snow for most of the trip, but successful nevertheless. Was wishing I had my skis, but never would have expected this much snow. | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2010 2:00 pm | ||
| zolek7 | Was little hazy Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009 | |
| Great hike, was little hazy! Could not see Mt. Whitney, as I was hoping for. Take plenty of water and leave some on the summit if you have extra. | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2009 7:27 pm | ||
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