White Mountain Peak Climber's Log

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Pharmacist

Pharmacist - Oct 4, 2009 3:13 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009

Highest Peak for me so far  Sucess!

Drove from Vegas, camped at the locked gate, hiked 3 hours 45 minutes to the summit. Took a detour and did Barcroft Mountain on the way back.

cdewhurst

cdewhurst - Sep 21, 2009 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009

cdewhurst  Sucess!

Mountained bike on the downhill and walked most of the uphill. Relatively easy hike, all trail and no obstacles. Was a little tired from Monty and Boundary the day before. Smoke from the fires limited the view a little.

CWessels

CWessels - Sep 21, 2009 2:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2009

East Side  Sucess!

Easy hike with beautiful and unique views of the eastern wall of the Sierra. This mountain range has a very special feel to it. A trip to the bristlecones afterward is a must!

Kara

Kara - Sep 15, 2009 3:37 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2009

Unexpected Joy  Sucess!

What a treat! I was only told it was a 'walk-up'. But the 14 miles round trip w/3500' was wholesome. Went the day *after* they open it to Bancroft...so I had the summit and return to myself. What a treat, what a beautiful mountain, unlike any other 14er. Bike would be the way to go.

Shawn

Shawn - Sep 10, 2009 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009

Second time  Sucess!

Cold/windy start at the gate, but the hike up was awesome with just a long sleeve shirt, pants and hat. Very comfortable the entire time. Summit was actually still and great temperature, cool and comfortable. Views were stellar in all directions, awesome 360 degree views in all directions. Labor Day Weekend, so quite a few people, but it actually was nice and met some cool people. Summited with wife and 2 friends, all had a great time.

mrchad9

mrchad9 - Sep 9, 2009 7:12 pm

Re: 58th California County Highpoint

Yup- in the Tacoma. Rangers told us the open hood helped with Marmots, the day before we drove by the trailhead and it was a funny sight to see a dozen vehicles all with their hoods open. I still think it likely does nothing though. We knew the tire was going flat during the hike- I was just happy we made it to the trailhead and could deal with it afterwards.

mstender

mstender - Sep 3, 2009 11:57 am Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009

Finally!  Sucess!

Finally made it to the summit after having to bail in a snow storm a few years back. Great views from the summit! I really like the landscape. We saw lots of marmots but no big horn sheep.

SageHawk

SageHawk - Sep 2, 2009 9:12 pm Date Climbed: Jun 13, 1990

Eazy 14er  Sucess!

Bagged this one several times. Took both my sons up on different occasions to bag their first 14er. I love the White Mountains and this peak never disappoints.

Blackmouth

Blackmouth - Sep 1, 2009 8:57 pm Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2009

Mountain Bike  Sucess!

Mountain biked from the Barcroft gate. Enjoyed a windless summit with beautiful views. The ride down took us a little over an hour. Mountain biking down was an awesome experience for a non-mountain biker, I wish I could do that on every summit.

fedak

fedak - Aug 31, 2009 11:07 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009

The road  Sucess!

Acclimation hike for a trip up Whitney the next day.
Slept at Barcroft Gate. (Note to the Koreans who got up at 4:30- your tents were *not* soundproof)

Pics are here.

cab

cab - Aug 31, 2009 10:29 am Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2009

Road from Barcroft Gate  Sucess!

Rode mountain bike from Barcroft gate to the base of the peak then stashed it and walked the rest of the way up. It was tough riding even that easy road due to the elevation (and the fact that I'm not really a mountain biker) but it was great having the bike for the way down. Would have had great views across the valley to the Sierra but it was pretty smoky due to fires.

ridgeline

ridgeline - Aug 19, 2009 8:20 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009

fun, quick elevation  Sucess!

Good workout, quick elevation, views, nice day.

Peak Freak

Peak Freak - Aug 18, 2009 12:09 am Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2009

Great ride down!  Sucess!

Rented mountain bikes in Mammoth, camped at the trail head, rode up & flew down. Wooooo hooooo! Thanks, Phillip for being my partner in crime on this one.

SpiceMan

SpiceMan - Aug 14, 2009 12:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009

Quick  Sucess!

That was a nice stroll

McCannster

McCannster - Aug 13, 2009 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009

21st CA County HP  Sucess!

Cool, easy hike. Met some other Sper's up there. Good views, a little hazy, but good nonetheless. 3rd CA 14er.

mdostby

mdostby - Aug 10, 2009 9:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009

4th time  Sucess!

Hiked with friend Joan Pan. Perfect day.

Mountain_girl

Mountain_girl - Aug 9, 2009 12:44 pm

Moonlike

I loved the moonlike landscape, very bare and raw. Plus from this range you have an amazing view of the entire Sierra! We camped at Barcroft gate and attempted to hike in the morning, but because we drove to this altitude (3600m) from 50m in the same day, the symptoms of AMS made us quit. We will be back more acclimatized, after at least one hike beforehand.

justing

justing - Aug 4, 2009 6:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009

On open house day

Hiked to approximately 13.7k with Jaimie before she totally ran out of gas. Her highest elevation yet though, and she did great. The views were tremendous on a nice clear day.

Luciano136

Luciano136 - Jul 22, 2009 2:13 pm

Re: 58th California County Highpoint

Funny coincidence! Did you have the Tacoma? We were parked right next to you in the Merc ML. We noticed the open hood and rather flat rear passenger tire but had no idea who the truck belonged to.

mrchad9

mrchad9 - Jul 21, 2009 7:38 pm

Re: Switchback road?

I was in one of the groups well behind you, everyone made it out but true the lightning did get fairly interesting as the day went on. One boomed pretty close just as we crossed the ridge and started down to the Barcroft facility.

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