Cirque Peak Climber's Log

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Steve Larson

Steve Larson - May 11, 2007 11:18 pm Date Climbed: May 11, 2007

Easy day hike  Sucess!

Easy day hike via cottonwood pass. A bit cooler than I expected up high--it never got above about 45 degrees, while it was about 70 in the parking lot. Go figure. A burger at WPS afterward, of course.

trailhuggersarah

trailhuggersarah - Jan 9, 2007 7:40 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006

Route Climbed: Traverse from Langley Date Climbed: 09-02-06  Sucess!

Mighty fine.

Climber Dave

Climber Dave - Dec 21, 2006 2:48 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006

Great finale after Langley  Sucess!

Great views of the cirque and Langley from the summit

tpdwr

tpdwr - Dec 18, 2006 11:41 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 1990

Route Climbed: From Langley  Sucess!

Great viewpoint!

Augie Medina

Augie Medina - Mar 6, 2006 10:22 pm

Route Climbed: Scramble over from High Lake Date Climbed: Sept. 9, 2000  Sucess!

From our High Lake camp, we took a route from the lake that involved some 3d class rock. Took us less than 2 hours. On the return, we followed the northwest ridge to New Army Pass and dropped back down along the switchbacks to High Lake.

R Pollard

R Pollard - Sep 17, 2005 12:20 am

Route Climbed: New Army Pass Date Climbed: September 16 2005  Sucess!

Day hiked from Horseshoe Meadow. Left at 6:40, got back at 2:45. Super weather. Took a bunch of pictures, did something funny with the camera and only had one when I got back. It had to be that one

Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire - Sep 5, 2005 4:55 pm

Route Climbed: Traverse from Langley Date Climbed: August 12, 2005  Sucess!

Interesting landscape at the summit plateau connecting Langley and Cirque. Saw a few jackrabbits in this very desolate terrain. Nothing tough, but just a long ridgeline traverse that was a lot longer than it seemed.

uwjennie

uwjennie - Aug 16, 2005 7:48 pm

Route Climbed: Traverse from old army pass Date Climbed: 8/13/05  Sucess!

It's a slog over to Cirque from the top of old army pass.

Brian Kalet

Brian Kalet - Jun 1, 2005 11:25 am

Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: May 29, 2005  Sucess!

Skied from the South Ridge. Trip Report

ExploreABitMore

ExploreABitMore - Mar 4, 2005 10:27 pm

Route Climbed: South Slopes Date Climbed: 06/19/04  Sucess!

Climbed from Chicken Spring Lake, via the PCT and South Slope. Really nice views.

Matthew Holliman

Matthew Holliman - Nov 22, 2004 12:38 am

Route Climbed: West Ridge (traverse from Langley), down South Ridge to Cirque Lake Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2004  Sucess!

Langley-Cirque dayhike. I'm glad I expended the little extra energy to stop by the South Fork Lakes on the return, rather than following the drainage all the way down from Cirque Lake. The lakes were absolutely stunning--one of the more beautiful places I saw all summer in the Sierra. Great day.

Bob Burd

Bob Burd - Nov 19, 2004 11:38 pm

Route Climbed: N-S Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2004  Sucess!

Day 10 of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, dayhiked Langley & Cirque. Trip Report

josephgdawson

josephgdawson - Jul 20, 2004 3:05 pm

Route Climbed: New Army Pass Date Climbed: July 18, 2004  Sucess!

Bag it, tag it, sell it to the butcher in the store.



Went up New Army Pass - total bore. Descended via Old Army Pass to my camp at Cottonwood Lake #3 and found that a much more direct and fun route.

sierradiscgolfer

sierradiscgolfer - Jul 8, 2004 11:34 am

Route Climbed: East ridge from Cirque Lake Date Climbed: October 1996  Sucess!

This peak marked a return to peakbagging after a 15 year hiatus. A nice, relatively easy, nearly 13K peak.

Joe Hanssen

Joe Hanssen - May 2, 2004 4:22 pm

Route Climbed: New Army Pass Date Climbed: Aug. '02  Sucess!

Great bonus peak with Langley.

Rick Kent

Rick Kent - Mar 10, 2004 6:55 pm

Route Climbed: Cottonwood Pass / PCT Date Climbed: June 22, 2003  Sucess!

Great views. This is definitely one of my favorites along with Langley.

lidijagrazulis

lidijagrazulis - Feb 19, 2004 12:41 pm

Route Climbed: Class 2 scramble up from High Lake Date Climbed: June 2, 2002  Sucess!

New Army Pass had lots of snow and we hadn't brought ice axes or crampons, so we chose the more direct scramble up from the lake. Fun climb!

Scott M.

Scott M. - Feb 16, 2004 12:31 pm

Route Climbed: From Cirque Lake Date Climbed: July 18, 1986  Sucess!

Had a nice afternoon while my wife read back at our camp. Been up this a few times and every route was enjoyable.

Dave K - Jan 3, 2004 3:39 pm

Route Climbed: Normal route (sort of) Date Climbed: June 2000  Sucess!

I climbed this twice in one week: once by myself and once with my friend Mike as part of a traverse from Langley. I found several perfectly formed smokey quartz crystals.

Tom Kenney

Tom Kenney - Jan 3, 2004 1:39 am

Route Climbed: West Slope and Cirque Peak Traverse Date Climbed: Early 1990s and 27-JUL-1999  Sucess!

I've hiked this peak twice. The first time was in the early 1990's with partner Dave Patton. We hiked from Chicken Spring Lake around the Sierra crest to the sandy west slope, then up to the summit.



The second time, 27-JUL-1999, I did the Cirque Peak Traverse, starting at Horseshoe Meadow and hiking counterclockwise. Made for a long, satisfying day hike.

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