Route Climbed: North Slopes Date Climbed: 15 Aug 2004
Camped below the route on Sat...started up at 5:00a.m. and caught a beautiful sunrise half way up. We followed the couloir most of the way by climbing the rock on either side and then took a direct path up to the summit. Continued on the ridge traverse to Wilson after that.
Route Climbed: Kilpacker Basin Date Climbed: June 20, 2004
Wow...what a beautiful campsite at Kilpacker. The end of the climb can be difficult as the route can disappear on you when there is snow coverage...pretty awesome though!
Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: August 2003
A late summer freeze cemented the scree on the north face solid, so we had no problems with the infamous rockfall. Still, wear a helmet. Traversed to Mount Wilson. Another group on the mountain had a miserable + dangerous descent of this route - be careful.
Route Climbed: Kilpacker Basin Trailhead Date Climbed: July 5, 2003
Kilpacker Basin was wonderful but my favorite part of this hike was the last mile. The rock scrambling and class 3 stuff were great although quite loose. This was by far the toughest mountain I have climbed (not that I have climbed that many). It is a mountain that demands all of your attention. I had the priviledge of climbing this mountain with Aaron Johnson, my sweetheart and favorite climbing partner. We had a great day weather wise which assisted our efforts.
bc44caesar - Aug 16, 2004 12:20 am
Route Climbed: North Slopes Date Climbed: 15 Aug 2004Camped below the route on Sat...started up at 5:00a.m. and caught a beautiful sunrise half way up. We followed the couloir most of the way by climbing the rock on either side and then took a direct path up to the summit. Continued on the ridge traverse to Wilson after that.
Peter Eliassen - Jul 22, 2004 3:50 pm
Route Climbed: Kilpacker Basin Date Climbed: June 20, 2004Wow...what a beautiful campsite at Kilpacker. The end of the climb can be difficult as the route can disappear on you when there is snow coverage...pretty awesome though!
ctruscot - Jul 11, 2004 8:21 pm
Route Climbed: El Diente and ridge over to Wilson from Silver Pick trailhead Date Climbed: Jyly 9, 2004Thursday and Friday joined a guide and three others on this
climb of El-Diente and Wilson via the ridge. See trip report.
DaveC - May 20, 2004 9:33 pm
Route Climbed: north chutes Date Climbed: june 02miserable route. awesome campsite in Navajo basin, but without snow, avoid the north side and do kilpacker.
hhsilleck - Jan 10, 2004 7:09 pm
Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: August 2003A late summer freeze cemented the scree on the north face solid, so we had no problems with the infamous rockfall. Still, wear a helmet. Traversed to Mount Wilson. Another group on the mountain had a miserable + dangerous descent of this route - be careful.
RyanS - Oct 24, 2003 2:19 pm
Route Climbed: South Slopes via Kilpacker Basin Date Climbed: June 14, 2003We spent a delightful day in the Lizard Head Wilderness, and even bumped into fellow SPer NickD while we were out there. Here's my TR.
Matt Mahoney - Jul 27, 2003 10:48 pm
Route Climbed: Silver Pick Date Climbed: July 20, 2003Traversed from Mt. Wilson, then climbed Wilson Pk. The climb down was slow on rotton loose rock when I wasn't glissading.
mtnhiker13 - Jul 9, 2003 11:33 am
Route Climbed: Kilpacker Basin Trailhead Date Climbed: July 5, 2003Kilpacker Basin was wonderful but my favorite part of this hike was the last mile. The rock scrambling and class 3 stuff were great although quite loose. This was by far the toughest mountain I have climbed (not that I have climbed that many). It is a mountain that demands all of your attention. I had the priviledge of climbing this mountain with Aaron Johnson, my sweetheart and favorite climbing partner. We had a great day weather wise which assisted our efforts.
rmjwinters - Jun 24, 2003 2:40 pm
Route Climbed: Kilpacker Basin-South Slopes Date Climbed: June 22, 2003Beautiful hike through Kilpacker Basin. I did this as a day hike in about 8 hours. See trip report for more details.