Great Basin National Park > Wheeler Peak > Climber's LogWheeler Peak Climber's Log
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| Hulio | Normal Route  Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2004 | |
| A beautiful morning turned into some pretty marginal weather by noon. There were only five people on the mountain that day - including three guys who had made an alpine start and were on the summit for sunrise. Saw lots of deer that day and the winds on the ridge were VERY strong. Awesome views. Great experience. | |
| Posted May 15, 2006 10:45 pm | ||
| Tracy | regular route before this was in a National Park | |
| I believe I have the year correct on this (approx. Aug, 1973). I was only about 11 or 12 at the time. I climbed this one with my Mom and Dad (Lois and Lawrence) my older brother Barton, and my sister Jane and my brother Eric. My mom and Jane haven't hiked above 13,000 feet since. | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2006 5:09 am | ||
| splattski | variation of the regular route Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2004 | |
| Art and I climbed through horrible postholing conditions (with snowshoes on!) to finally get decent snow above the lake. Saw old footprints in the snow on top. T-shirts on the summit during a "winter" climb. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2006 2:23 am | ||
| jfrishmanIII | Standard Trail Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2003 | |
| Wonderful afternoon, lots of solitude. I only saw two other hikers, just above treeline, who had turned back and tried to deter me with tales of unbearable wind. Not too bad though, and the aspens below were at the height of color. | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2006 3:58 am | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: Standard Trail Date Climbed: June 11, 2003 | |
| Great hike from the beautiful meadows- there was no one else in the park! A little bit of snow at the top and the Bristlecone Forest was amazing! | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2005 12:45 am | ||
| jjsochacki | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 2005 | |
| Lots of snow and high winds. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 1:05 pm | ||
| Bob Sihler | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: July 11, 2002 | |
| beautiful hike-- I even had the summit to myself for a few minutes | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2005 9:31 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: August 16, 2005 | |
| Nice hike. Just as I was heading down, some thunder heads started moving in so I stepped up the pace. As I was driving back down to the valley, it got pretty rough up there. I then drove to Moab with these dark clouds behind me most of the way. 1:35 to the top. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2005 3:16 pm | ||
| tdoughty | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July '87 | |
| Great view. That's one hell of a summit carin! | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 1:04 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: Augsut 28, 2005 | |
| 3 hours roundtrip | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 7:46 pm | ||
| SusanM | Route Climbed: Via Jeff Davis and up the East face of Wheeler Date Climbed: August 13, 2005 | |
| What a fun route. Much better than the trail, if you like to climb. Other summit date: August 7, 2004 via trail. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 1:00 am | ||
| RenoBob | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: 2 times since 1989 | |
| Always lots of deer on the trail and wind across the ridge line. | ||
| Posted May 10, 2005 6:02 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: July 5, 2004 | |
| The trail is easy up this big mountain. The day started out nice with a clear blue sky. Then the clouds started to build up. When I got to the top I hurried and took pictures. Then all of the sudden the hair on my head stood straight up and my camera shocked me. It was quite an electrifying experience. Everyone on the summit started running back down the trail. Lightning was all around us and it started hailing as we descended down the plateau. It turned out to be a very interesting day. | |
| Posted May 2, 2005 12:56 am | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Standard Wheeler Route Date Climbed: Oct 1987 | |
| Easy climb with beautiful scenery and rugged ridges and cliffs all around that makes it look tougher than it is. | ||
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 11:42 pm | ||
| Nate D | Route Climbed: the easy way Date Climbed: 1985 | |
| A relatively mild hike for a large and beautiful mountain. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2005 4:40 pm | ||
| jtree | Route Climbed: From Baker lake Date Climbed: June 1990 | |
| My group combined this peak with Baker and Pyrimid Peak. We camped at Baker Lake. In the night a boulder came off the Wheeler Massiff and tumbled for what seemed like 10-12 seconds befor hitting the water on the other side of the lake. We thought that was the end of it, but the crashes turned into "SPLOOSHES AND SPLASHES," as it continued to move through the water toward our tent. Just at the point that I was jumping out of the sleeping bag and getting ready to run for my life, the boulder finally stopped. That was fifteen years ago and I still remember that incident with vivid recall. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2005 1:28 pm | ||
| bechtt | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 1998 | |
| Nice climb -- perfect day | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2004 2:38 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Route Climbed: Wheeler Peak Summit Trail Date Climbed: 6 Oct 2004 | |
| Beautiful day on a beautiful mountain. A little breezy on the saddle and snow on the trail from the saddle to the summit. It wasn't icy, so it was a great hike. | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2004 1:44 pm | ||
| Bob Bolton | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: September 9, 2004 | |
| Gorgeous day, with clouds forming in mid-afternoon. Enjoyable peak! It was my 6th 5000-foot+ prominence peak in 6 days, on my way to 8 in 8 days. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2004 11:30 pm | ||
| ecallahan | Route Climbed: Wheeler Peak Summit Trailhead Date Climbed: 24 July 2004 | |
| Awesome looking peak offers awesome views from the top. Who would have thought this would be Nevada? Non-technical climb, easy up and back. Saw a crew of deer just hanging out above the saddle. Signed the mailbox registry at top. Wish my dogs could have come. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2004 2:15 pm | ||
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