Umpah Point Climber's Log

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gimpilator

gimpilator - May 6, 2018 9:11 am Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2018

Yep  Sucess!

trip report

jdmorehouse

jdmorehouse - Jan 21, 2014 12:15 pm Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2014

First Mophah, then Umpah  Sucess!

Coming over from Mopah, we climbed the east face of Umpah. On the descent I went left down a broad gully that led around to the north side of Umpah, where I found a broad ramp that led back down to the drainage we took out. The other three went down on the other side, coming out somewhat behind me. We hiked out the south wash back to the cars in the dark. I stayed over and climbed Turtle Mountains HP the next day.

cab

cab - Jan 22, 2013 4:32 pm Date Climbed: Jan 20, 2013

North Face  Sucess!

Not quite as cool as Mopah, but still a worthwhile climb. The summit can be gained from the south via easy Class 3.

mhengst

mhengst - Feb 2, 2011 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2011

North Face  Sucess!

Jack Kieffer and I led a Sierra Club DPS group of 11 participants up this after hitting Umpah.

Had a bit of an issue following the route guide we'd brought along so we ended up picking something interesting looking and going for it. Some interesting bits of 3rd class and an all around beautiful day. Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewhengst/sets/72157625721289549/

tdoughty

tdoughty - May 3, 2010 1:38 pm Date Climbed: May 2, 2010

Round 'Bout  Sucess!

Hiked in late Saturday with the wind blowing incredible flower fragrance in my face, ummmm. Spent a quiet night in the wash below the peak under a partial moon, and was awakened by the sound of a song bird rejoicing with the morning sun. Straight forward hiking up was soon interrupted by head-walls, ridges, and route finding questions. A frontal assault on the upper ramparts was repulsed (I'm a chicken s**t when I'm out here by myself). Not one to give up easily, a traverse around south and over to the west side granted access to the summit via easy scrambling. No summit register? Wind was a bit brisk all weekend thus keeping temps reasonable.

jimegan

jimegan - Feb 8, 2008 8:14 am Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2004

UMPAH PK  Sucess!

CLIMBED WITH ED

Also climbed with LVMC 1/27/18

Deb

Deb - Feb 20, 2007 4:55 pm Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2007

Bright Sunshiny Day  Sucess!

Via East Ridge, my love and I had a wonderful easy day tagging Umpah with plenty of warm sunshine and gentle breeze. The crux of this climb was actually on the descent when a grumpy swarm of bees was encountered - no damage to equipment or injury to personnel.

MoapaPk

MoapaPk - Apr 1, 2006 9:08 pm Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2006

Oom-pah-pah  Sucess!

Climbed with BW, Siberian, Dr Ed and NN. Some went from top of east ridge, around to N side of peak, and then S to summit; some went the traditional S way. Rock on N side is crumbly in places; route may look bad, but there is always a class 2-3 way -- keep looking, and be prepared to retrace your steps.

Mopah/Umpah/OldWoman

BranchWhitney - Apr 1, 2006 3:54 am Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2006

Route Climbed: East Ridge  Sucess!

Perfect second peak after climbing Mopah.

cp0915

cp0915 - Jan 3, 2006 12:17 pm

Route Climbed: N face gully to upper east ridge Date Climbed: December 31, 2005  Sucess!

Not quite as sweet as Mopah, but a nice peak nonetheless.

Bob Burd

Bob Burd - Dec 23, 2005 11:50 pm

Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2005  Sucess!

With Matthew, below. This turned out to be a relatively easy and straightforward day after two previous days of returning by headlamp. Trip Report

Matthew Holliman

Matthew Holliman - Dec 20, 2005 11:47 am

Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: Dec 11, 2005  Sucess!

Fun scramble after tagging Mopah earlier in the morning. The crux on the east ridge was a short, awkward, loose class 4 chimney just below the summit. We found an easier class 3 bypass a bit to the south that avoided this on the descent.



Climbed with Bob. This was day #3 of our four day tour of the Mojave desert--seven hours CTC, by far the earliest finish yet.

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