"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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hgrapid - Jul 4, 2021 7:12 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2021
Hiram - Airola - IcebergTough day. Hot and lots of scree.
trexkerry - Dec 31, 2017 8:33 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2017
Hiram + AirolaFrom the end of Highland Lakes Road, I started on a use trail but lost it fairly quickly. Large snowfields on the steep slopes made navigation a touch trickier. Once up on the north ridge of Hiram its a fun knife edge walk on a use trail to the summit. I continued on to Airola Peak, its an easy descent to the saddle. There is one section on the north ridge route on Airola that was tricky, I opted for a chute to the left of the ridge which was very loose and unstable, I was not comfortable with the crappy rock to attempt normal class 3 moves as the rock was breaking off in my hands and chipping away as I tried to stand on it. So I stayed in the chute and bypassed the class 3 section on the ridge, from there its easy enough to make the summit. On descent I had similar problems, the chute is really crappy but I didn't see a way to stay on the ridge proper. This section is only about 50 feet but it really is bad.
I knew there was a use trail that would take me back to the car but I couldn't find it and wound up just going cross county on the slopes of Hiram before finding the trail about a quarter mile from the car.
Bob Burd - Oct 1, 2012 2:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2012
Traverse from HiramFive peak day in the Highland Lakes area. Trip Report.
David Naylor - Jul 30, 2012 12:36 am Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2012
Fun PeakI came up onto the north ridge via a difficult class 3 chute without taking the time to know there was a much easier way up. I did Hiram afterwards and could see the chute I came up from the distance and it looked pretty insane to attempt (by my experience level.) Anyway, I am glad I did it.
Noondueler - Nov 2, 2008 2:40 pm Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2003
North ridgeNice fall weather
derbilly - Sep 5, 2007 3:19 am Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2005
North RidgeClimbed Hiram, Airola, Iceberg and Pk 9366.
Jonodo - Aug 25, 2007 6:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2007
North RidgeClimbed after Hiram. Very nice day but a little windy. These two peaks make a great half day hike. Scree kinda blows though. The class 3 section would have been much more fun / easier without it! Didn't see another person all day. Nice views.