Great Basin National Park > Wheeler Peak > Climber's LogWheeler Peak Climber's Log
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| Bob Burd | Wheeler Peak Trail  Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2011 | |
| Along with Bald, Baker, and Jeff Davis. Trip Report | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2011 2:07 pm | ||
| xpda | Ridge Route Date Climbed: Aug 16, 1997 | |
| Made it, after a couple of valiant unsuccessful Winter attempts. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2011 1:03 am | ||
| voxnihili | Great Hike Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2011 | |
| Beautiful scenery on the hike up, amazing views from the top. A little breezy on the ridgeline but not too bad. Definitely worth the trip. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2011 6:26 pm | ||
| cjwhat | Windy walk up Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2011 | |
| People were turning around at the ridge below the final buttress due to high winds ... and the wind did rock! I left Rico at the base of that ridge and ascended the the buttress on the north side; which was somewhat sheltered. It took 3 hours and 15 minutes from the trailhead to the top. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2011 7:51 pm | ||
| danomike | Did it again! Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011 | |
| We were trying to go for Jeff Davis via the Wheeler trail. Too much wind that day and we would have been in it for the entire Wheeler to Jeff Davis traverse. The rangers are recommending snow shoes, but you don't really need them now. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 12:26 pm | ||
| seano | Standard route Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2011 | |
| Freaking windy up high, almost blow-you-over windy. NV should really give Boundary to CA and make this its highest peak -- it's much more interesting and appropriate. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2011 8:07 pm | ||
| danomike | Wheeler Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2001 | |
| It was a fun trip about 10 years ago. It's worth going out there! | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2011 10:35 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Lots of snow still Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011 | |
| I was greeted at the TH by giant mounds of snow, so I decided to go with pants and boots versus my anticipated shorts and running shoes. It turns out that most of the trail is snow free and I only had to negotiate snow for a few 50 yd sections on the ascent. The bluebird day made for a beautiful summit experience! | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2011 11:14 am | ||
| Vasler | Wheeler Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2010 | |
| Great Basin was always a mysterious NP, but living in Vegas and being a bit worn on the Spring Mountains, I drove to the isolated park. Wheeler is the flagship mountain and can be extremely windy (It was when I was there). People unprepared for the wind chill turned back shortly after treeline. There are wind shelters along the way that are fun to rest at and build upon. If you're on the Lonliest Highway in America, take time to ramble up this peak (& check out the caves too). | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2010 3:20 pm | ||
| robot one | From Buck Mtn Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Nice | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2010 10:19 am | ||
| badmajick | Nice hike Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2010 | |
| Started at 0600 on the summit about 0900, spent a lot of time taking pictures, then a nice hike down. Virtually no wind, and a nice clear sunny day. Over the three day weekend 29 miles and a gain of 9500 ft! | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2010 4:23 pm | ||
| PocketsOfBlue | Leisurely hike w/ the lady Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2010 | |
| Nice, moderate afternoon hike with Katherine. About five hours round trip. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2010 7:59 pm | ||
| Day Hiker | Wheeler Peak Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010 | |
| Up via Summit trailhead (1:59; 4.3 mi; 2900 ft). Down via Alpine Lakes/Glacier trailhead (1:19; 4.1 mi; 3100 ft). | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2010 12:23 pm | ||
| jimegan | Wheeler Pk Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010 | |
| climbed from Wheeler Pk campground enroute to Jeff Davis | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2010 12:18 am | ||
| blueshade | Wheeler Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010 | |
| Third consecutive day of climbing. Did Castle Dome two days prior and Mt. Shasta the day before. Peaked in 1:37 without trying hard and round trip in 2:45 running down to make an earlier cave tour. Would be a nice practice hike for something larger. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2010 11:09 am | ||
| redmond | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2010 | |
| Great climb. Some snow on the lower parts of the trail, but overall beautiful and fairly easy hike up. | ||
| Posted Jul 8, 2010 5:27 pm | ||
| Pharmacist | triple peak day Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2010 | |
| climbed wheeler up the main trail, then down and over to jeff davis, then around the south side of wheeler and up to baker, then back up wheeler a 2nd time and down the trail, with the last couple miles in the dark. started at 11:15am, back to the truck about 9:30pm. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2010 7:30 pm | ||
| Peanut | Awesome Day Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2009 | |
| Could not have asked for better weather. Incredible views that day and, as a first time climber, found the last mile or so very challenging as I was not expecting it to be so steep. Met Jim Johnson of Fernley hiking to the top for his 83rd birthday. Great achievement! The rest of his family was there as well. This was the first year he had not climbed a 14er because his children had begged him not to - I love it! | ||
| Posted Apr 26, 2010 10:07 am | ||
| SKI | The start of it all | |
| Climbed this when I was 9 years old, fell short of the summit but took pictures with my cousin that made it look as though we had topped out. Hahaha no one believed us, of course. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2009 12:37 pm | ||
| utclimber | Ski Tour Date Climbed: May 13, 2006 | |
| Climbed Wheeler as a ski tour, timed right after the road opened. | ||
| Posted Nov 24, 2009 12:52 am | ||
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