Telescope Peak Climber's Log

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alpspitze

alpspitze - Jun 16, 2007 6:45 pm Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2007

Mahogany Flats Trail  Sucess!

Great weather, almost 100 in the valley but only 35 and windy on top. Good view of the Sierra's.

MoabPeakBagger

MoabPeakBagger - Jun 9, 2007 8:24 pm Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2006

winter ascent  Sucess!

up from Charcoal Kiln. Cramponing the last few miles-- intense, beautiful.

johnm

johnm - May 11, 2007 11:55 pm Date Climbed: May 11, 2007

From mahogany Flats  Sucess!

Great day for a climb. Weather was great views were a bit hazy. Got to watch the Naval Pilots from China Lake maneuvering high up above.

Guilty

Guilty - Apr 24, 2007 10:15 pm Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2006

Mahogany Flats  Sucess!

Drove up from a field trip and started late for hiking/running in the winter. Very windy and cold on top. To cold to video but I did! Roundtrip 3 1/2 hours.

Dave Daly

Dave Daly - Jan 2, 2007 7:13 pm Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2006

From Shorty's Well  Sucess!

What a slog!! The first 5 miles from Shorty's Well simply blows! Funny how a few people that were camped out along the road asked us where Deb and I were coming from. Where else?!? The only other possibility....transported by a UFO? :P ANYWAY....got a chance to visit the Primrose Mine directly across from the South Fork ridgeline....spooky! Couldn't have made the summit without my partner and wife Deb! :)

tpdwr

tpdwr - Dec 19, 2006 12:06 am Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1972

From mahogany Flats  Sucess!

Got very sunburned on this day!

forjan

forjan - Oct 16, 2006 7:28 pm Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006

Shorty's Well to Telescope Peak's summit  Sucess!

I finally did the infamous Shorty's Well (Badwater) to Telescope Peak's summit hike. Thanks to awagher for playing chauffer. We were a group of 7 people, divided into two smaller groups. One group started half an hour earlier: Ron Hudson, Kathy, Wendy and Paul. The other group was pmorash, RSN473 and myself (we started at 3:00AM from Shorty's Well at an elevation of -253'). I reached Telescope's summit at 1:10PM. Stayed there over an hour while the others arrived. Bagged Bennett Peak on the way out. Got to Mahogany Flats just before 4:30PM.

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Route Climbed: Mahogany Flat Trail
Date Climbed: December 4, 2004

I hiked with agorokhov. I was only able to drive my car to the Charcoal Kilns parking lot (elev ~ 6900'), which was icy by the way. We started this snow hike of Telescope Peak at the late hour of 8:40AM from the Charcoal Kilns. Took a lunch break at Arcane Meadows (9,630') just before noon. Then, we bagged Bennett Peak (9,980') and continued onto Telescope. We put crampons and pull out the ice axe at about 10,400'. I reached the summit at 2:42PM. Waited for Alex who arrived at the summit at 3:21PM. An absolutely clear winter day. Excellent views to the east: could see all the way to Charleston Peak in Nevada. Snapped some pictures and headed down at 3:31pm. I told Alex I was going to move ahead as I wanted to bag Rogers Peak (9,994') before it was too dark. I reached the summit of Rogers Peak at 5:18PM. Made it down to my car at 6:41PM (10 hrs car-to-car). Alex got to the car an hour later at 7:40PM. It was cold at the Charcoal Kilns icy parking lot. The temperature was around 18 F.

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Route Climbed: Mahogany Flat trail (normal route)
Date Climbed: April 29, 2000

Trail on 4/29/00 was mostly snow free except the last few hundred feet from the summit. Ancient bristlecone pines appear just above the 10,000 ft level. Great views of Death Valley to the east and the High Sierra to the west.

danny-boy

danny-boy - Oct 4, 2006 12:20 am Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2005

Nice views  Sucess!

Lots of wind

Eleutheros

Eleutheros - Oct 2, 2006 1:42 am

Overnight  Sucess!

Parked at Charcoal Kilns because truck was so low on gas, I didn't want to risk the extra mile up to Mahogany Flats. Stayed overnight just below the summit. Las Vegas lights were visible at night. Incredible sunrise.

BLT

BLT - Sep 25, 2006 6:14 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006

from Mahogany Flat  Sucess!

Great peak with unparalleled 360 view of endless mountain ranges. Quite a bit of smoke in the air today (from the Day Fire in Los Padres NF, I think) that began to obscure the view of the High Sierra by mid-afternoon.

rhyang

rhyang - Sep 18, 2006 2:28 pm

April 2002  Sucess!

Came up cross-country from a camp in Tuber Canyon, up to Arcane Meadow, where we joined the trail. Trip led by Desert Survivors.

Bob Bolton

Bob Bolton - Sep 14, 2006 12:56 am Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2006

Mahogany Flat trail  Sucess!

Thoroughly enjoyed this hike. Weather was perfect with a cool breeze.

boisedoc

boisedoc - Sep 11, 2006 6:00 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2002

Cool hike  Sucess!

nice hike in a very interesting area

jklinke

jklinke - Sep 5, 2006 6:16 am Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006

Mahogany Flats Trail  Sucess!

A beautiful hike with great views. This one was for you Jim.

mdash

mdash - Sep 4, 2006 10:28 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2005

Main Trail  Sucess!

Memorial Day Weekend 2005--still snowy along the ridgetop. Ran up and enjoyed gorgeous views.

kngalaric

kngalaric - Aug 9, 2006 4:03 am Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006

Always a little hazy

Second time summitting, and the view is definitely better in winter.

dcurless

dcurless - Jun 29, 2006 6:33 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005

Mahogany Flats Trail  Sucess!

Nice trail. Lots of flowers (and even a small patch of snow) when I was there.

madmallard

madmallard - Jun 24, 2006 3:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2006

third ultra-prominence in three days  Sucess!

I had telescope to myself this day. this summit made three ultra-prominence peaks in three days, and along with rogers and bennett, six peaks in three days.
does anyone know who jenny harder (death valley) is?

sierramtngoat

sierramtngoat - Jun 16, 2006 11:41 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 1999

Mahogany Flats  Sucess!

I did this with Maria as part of a two week trip visting National parks in Cal, Utah, and Wyoming. Easy hike, tought road in a rental. Watch out for the rabits on the drive up!

tdoughty

tdoughty - May 14, 2006 11:07 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2006

all in a day  Sucess!

with james barnett. woke up in the alabama hills and drove from lone pine to mahogany flats, hiked the peak (snow on final ridge to top) then drove to great basin falls for the night.

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