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| WyoNative | Remote National Park  Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| I found this peak to be a nice hike except for the uphill on the scree over the last mile or so.........Great Basin National Park is very remote. I had perfect weather and shared the summit with 4 other groups. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2008 8:37 pm | ||
| Garfimi | Amazing!!! Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| I had an amazing time at GBNP. Wheeler peak offers great views at the top. It was overcast the whole time. The trail is great, fairly easy climb. The last thousand feet is steep. I loved the alpine flowers that lined the trail along the way. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2008 5:07 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Night Hike Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2008 | |
| Did a night hike while on a fieldwork mission, I think 1:45 from trailhead to summit. Smoke obscured the moonlit view, guess I'll have to go back. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2008 2:47 pm | ||
| BradBartick | Pretty nice jaunt for good views | |
| A likable peak and an easy route, if you leave out the long drive from Vegas. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2008 10:14 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2006 | |
| Easy hike to summit from campground at base. Summit views rival Telescope Peak and Sierra Blanca (NM). Continued on to Jeff Davis and a not-so-fun descent down the North Ridge in a storm that seemed to have developed out of nowhere. I've climbed 35+ years and never saw a storm come up so quick. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2008 4:09 pm | ||
| JDrake | Regular Route | |
| Went with my family as a teenager. Started out just looking at the ancient trees and ended up convincing mom and dad to let me break away and keep going. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2008 1:19 pm | ||
| lcarreau | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 6, 1990 | |
| It was 17 years ago since I visited that place. I remember seeing tons of deer beneath the peak. There was a "rock shelter" and a Heliograph Station on the summit. I don't know if its still there. The Bristlecone pines, just a short distance below the summit, are incredible! These mountains get plenty of lightning strikes during the summer, and lots of snow in the winter. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2007 12:26 pm | ||
| Frankly45 | Wonderful Day Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Left the trailhead at 7:00 AM and were back at the trailhead at 11 :30 AM. It was a great day except for some wind on the summit ridge. | |
| Posted Nov 22, 2007 4:11 pm | ||
| tombcronin | Windy Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2002 | |
| Very windy day; had to lean into it. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2007 6:37 pm | ||
| buzzdainer | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2007 | |
| Relatively easy dayhike from the campground. Tons of wildflowers. | ||
| Posted Oct 14, 2007 2:59 pm | ||
| phydeux | Basic trail slog- good view Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2007 | |
| Basic Class 1 trail slog, but good view of the Spring Valley and out towards Utah. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 12:09 am | ||
| JBRunyan | Getting out of Sin City Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2007 | |
| My buddy and I decided to get out of Las Vegas for a weekend and decided to climb Nevada's second highest. We ended up hiking up a rock slide gulley then hitting the ridge and following the trail to the summit. Pretty nice views, and it was the highest I have ever hiked to before. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2007 5:10 pm | ||
| pbogen | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| Great weather besides the relentless winds. GBNP is a great place that is spare of crowds! | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2007 11:37 am | ||
| mgp5000 | Big Hill + Chest Cold = No Fun Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Thought the worst of my cold had passed, but Mr. Wheeler made it known that I was mistaken. Got passed by several folks on the way up, but finally made it. Great views. Shared a bit of summit time with the Head Ranger at GBNP - nice guy. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:07 am | ||
| A Bit | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 9, 1996 | |
| Ran into early thunderstorms near the summit, but had a great hike up. Lots of wildlife around. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2007 1:58 am | ||
| lasvegaswraith | Love it Date Climbed: May 29, 2010 | |
| 4th or 5th trip up in the last few years, but never with this much snow - Snow level all the way to the trailhead on Memorial Day weekend! Epic, sunny day in Great Basin. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 1:22 am | ||
| Frankly45 | Wheeler in August 2007 Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| Tyler Thigpen, (Birmingham, Alabama) and RJ DePond (Cambria California) were the earliest to the summit this day. It was very windy but magically beautiful. The round trip took 4 hours and 45 minutes. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2007 6:49 pm | ||
| kelster | Stormy but pretty Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2007 | |
| There were a lot of clouds near the summit and there wasn't much of a view until it cleared up. Also, there were a bunch of deer along the trail. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2007 7:18 pm | ||
| rayray | Nice hike w/ great views Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2007 | |
| Started at the Wheeler Peak Trailhead (8.6 miles roundtrip). An easy hike considering nearly 3,000' elevation gain. Beautiful views from the summit. Wheeler has a commanding presence amidst the many 11K+ peaks in the area. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2007 6:41 pm | ||
| csnell | Easy and Breezy Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Easy walk-up. First ones to the summit that day. Had to skirt some snow drifts at mid-mountain and we it took a little bit of navigating to return to the trail but it was not hard at all. I was shocked at some of the people climbing this. Saw a kid climbing it in a Purdue basketball uniform. The ridgeline was really windy. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2007 2:21 am | ||
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