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| MoapaPk | shorty's->Telescope  Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| First, hats off to those who do the full hike, returning down that miserable talus back to Shorty's. We had a ride waiting at Mahogany; 22 miles and 11500' accumulated was enough. Second, do the road in the dark so you will pass this tedious part without massive boredom. Started at the well at ~3:30AM; picked the timing so there was a crescent (almost quarter) moon that rose at 1:30 AM. Got to top ~1:25, back to Mahogany ~3:30PM. I'll post the map for our route on the ridge-- seemed better than guidebook suggestions, as it was a stable ridge with cairns and a switchbacked pack trail much of the way. I think this is the route suggested by Dave Daly, but I didn't see cairns at the very bottom of the route -- maybe they were washed away -- and we certainly never had the loose crap one sees in the picture of Deb. For a 1-day "how much gain can I do?" test, I would greatly prefer this to GC rim2rim2rim -- there isn't the beauty, but there also isn't the mule pee/poop, and there aren't hordes of people and digusting outhouses. Did the trail years ago, after a snowy year. This time (2007) was the first time I'd seen the peak without snow :^( | |
| Posted Nov 4, 2007 3:40 pm | ||
| panweilin | Shorty's Well -> Telescope Peak -> Mahogany Flat Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2006 | |
| Started 4am from Shorty's Well (-252 ft), bagged Telescope Peak (11,049 ft) 7pm, descended to Mahogany Flat 11pm. | |
| Posted Oct 25, 2007 3:16 pm | ||
| graham | From Shorty's Well Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007 | |
| Hiked up from Shorty's Well (Badwater) with TonyC and ET. Exited via Mahogany Flats. Luckily, we got a ride back to Furnace Creek by some nice tourists | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2007 8:28 pm | ||
| midwest hiker | dayhike from mahogany Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2007 | |
| made it all the way up to Mahogany Flat in my Honda Accord (which I was immensely grateful for at the end of the day). Perfect weather--sunny and very little wind. Didn't see anyone all day til I was almost back to the trail head on the way down. Brutal switchbacks toward the end; thought they'd never end! :) But overall, great hike and phenomenal views. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2007 2:41 pm | ||
| lasvegaswraith | from Mahogany | |
| Climbed from Mahogany flats. Gotta try it from Badwater next time. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2007 1:32 am | ||
| derbilly | Trail Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Decided to take a break from the rigorous schedule of the challenge and change up the scenery. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 9:09 pm | ||
| mlarkin2002 | Dayhike Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Dayhike from mahogany cg, picked up bennett and rogers as well. | ||
| Posted Aug 13, 2007 11:20 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Mahogany Flats Trail Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2007 | |
| Great weather, almost 100 in the valley but only 35 and windy on top. Good view of the Sierra's. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2007 6:45 pm | ||
| MoabPeakBagger | winter ascent Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2006 | |
| up from Charcoal Kiln. Cramponing the last few miles-- intense, beautiful. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:24 pm | ||
| johnm | From mahogany Flats Date Climbed: May 11, 2007 | |
| 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. | |
| Posted May 11, 2007 11:55 pm | ||
| Guilty | Mahogany Flats Date Climbed: Dec 9, 2006 | |
| 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. | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2007 10:15 pm | ||
| Dave Daly | From Shorty's Well Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2006 | |
| 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! :) | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2007 7:13 pm | ||
| Deb | From Shorty's Well Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2006 | |
| Happy New Year's? UGH - the trip from Shorty's Well to our bivy site about 10 miles in was torturous; I did NOT enjoy that leg of the trip. Summit day on New Year's Eve was accompanied by beautiful weather and reasonable snow conditions. Over-shot our turnaround time by 7 minutes but still summitted with stiff winds and made safely back to camp under a bright waxing moon without headlamps. Met two dudes completely overdressed-to-kill coming off the false summit (slackers that came from Mahogany Flats); I am quite sure that Dave and I are the last summiteers of 2006. Made it out alive with an inventory of boo-boos on New Year's Day. :/ | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2007 4:26 pm | ||
| tpdwr | From mahogany Flats Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1972 | |
| Got very sunburned on this day! | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2006 12:06 am | ||
| forjan | Shorty's Well to Telescope Peak's summit Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006 | |
| 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. ---------- 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. ---------- 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. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2006 7:28 pm | ||
| awagher | shuttle Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2006 | |
| Walked up the trail after shuttling cars from Death Valley for a group doing Badwater to Telescope...nice weather. A little snow up there. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2006 2:36 pm | ||
| danny-boy | Nice views Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2005 | |
| Lots of wind | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2006 12:20 am | ||
| Eleutheros | Overnight | |
| 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. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2006 1:42 am | ||
| BLT | from Mahogany Flat Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006 | |
| 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. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2006 6:14 am | ||
| rhyang | April 2002 | |
| Came up cross-country from a camp in Tuber Canyon, up to Arcane Meadow, where we joined the trail. Trip led by Desert Survivors. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 2:28 pm | ||
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