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| Luciano136 | Road closed to Telescope - Wildrose instead Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006 | |
| We were supposed to do Telescope Peak on Sat 03/04/06 but ended up doing Wildrose Peak. We called Death Valley before we left Friday (03/03). They said it was snowing at the Wildrose campground (4100feet) and they closed the road past the campground about 1+ miles before the kilns. We weren't very warm in our tent Fri night (22 degrees). We got up around 5:30am and started driving up the road; there was snow and everything was frozen solid. Telescope looked pretty plastered with snow. As the road was closed, we only drove past the sign to the kilns and decided on doing Wildrose Peak. Looked like Telescope had good snow above 9000 feet with about 1 foot around 10000 and maybe 2 feet on top? We probably would've made it up to Mahony flat and Telescope but it would've been a looong day and we were not supposed to drive that far. Wildrose was fun though. There was snow right at the trailhead and we lost the trail. We x-countried to the saddle and picked up the trail again there. Views were endless! The snow was melting when we came down. Above 9000 feet, it remained cold and it looked like the snow up Telescope wasn't melting at all. Definitely a peak worth climbing; you can see Whitney to the west and Badwater to the east! Watch out for mountain lions; we saw multiple prints in the fresh snow. | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2006 6:04 am | ||
| Frankly45 | Wildrose Peak Trail  Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2006 | |
| Got down just before it started to storm, very nice trail | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2006 3:56 pm | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: Wildrose Peak Trail Date Climbed: December 17, 2005 | |
| Started from the Charcoal Kilns at the late hour of 3:18PM. Power hiked to the summit arriving there just before sunset at 4:40PM. Too cold and windy up there; stayed only 5 minutes taking one picture and signing the summit register. Left summit at 4:45PM. Jogged down and got back to Charcoal Kilns at 5:41PM (car-to-car: 2hrs 23min). A dry winter so far: trail is completely snow free. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2005 9:16 pm | ||
| brianhughes | Route Climbed: from Charcoal Kilns Date Climbed: Nov. 22nd, 2005 | |
| Very enjoyable hike to the summit. Filled my pockets with a winter's supply of pine nuts (unless that's illegal, in which case I'm only kidding). Didn't notice a summit register, but then I never really made it a point to look for one. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2005 1:19 am | ||
| internate | Route Climbed: Wildrose Peak Trail Date Climbed: May 1, 2005 | |
| What a relief to get out of Death Valley, where the temperature was in the upper 90s. The trail is pretty easy going. There were patches of snow near the top, but it was easy to walk around the big ones, and to step right through those I couldn't walk around -- without getting my feet wet. From up there, it looks like it will take several weeks for the snow to recede from the North slope of Telescope Peak. | ||
| Posted May 19, 2005 4:50 am | ||
| brusy | Route Climbed: wildrose peak trail Date Climbed: February 13, 2004 | |
| Sunny windy and clear day with nice view of the Telescope Peak and Valleys from the top. Be ready for some deep snow and gravel and don't forget to leave a note in the box...:) | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 7:30 pm | ||
| granite4brains | Route Climbed: Charcoal Kilns Date Climbed: 11/2003 | |
| Nice hike, too bad we only got to see the view from the ridge for about two minutes. White out and snow the rest of the time. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2005 11:17 pm | ||
| amochka | Route Climbed: Wildrose Trail Date Climbed: 3/26/2002 | |
| We were roasting in the valley after a few days of hiking around and were looking for a way to cool down for an afternoon. This hike was perfect...much cooler up in the mountains. A nice trail with great views down into the valley and the salt pan below. This was my fourth trip to D.Valley and the first time I made it up into the mountains....loved it so much I came back the next year to climb Telescope. Wonderful view! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2004 1:17 am | ||
| cbuelow | Route Climbed: Wildrose Peak Trail Date Climbed: April 24, 2004 | |
| Solo stroll to the top. Clear day with great views of the Sierras, Charleston and White Mountain Peak. The trail was completely snow free with only a few snowbanks visible near the trail. A nice warmup to Telescope. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2004 8:34 pm | ||
| pilz8 | Date Climbed: march 2002 | |
| climbed this peak with my wife and climbing buddy charlie sloan. excellent views of the sierras and death valley. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2004 9:03 pm | ||
| hyperbolictans | Route Climbed: variation on standard route Date Climbed: 28th dec 2003 | |
| followed blmcclain up the peak. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2004 6:01 pm | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: Wildrose Peak Trail with minor deviation Date Climbed: Dec. 28th, 2003 | |
| Camped at the Kilns on a very cold night. Temps down to 10 deg F! Started out on the wrong trail and summited a minor peak to the SE. Navigated back to the trail and made the summit. Beautiful blue skys and great views of the NP and the Sierras. Unbelievable contrast! Can't wait to tackle Telescope! | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2004 2:49 am | ||
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