Granite Peak Climber's Log

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Matt Lemke

Matt Lemke - Aug 30, 2012 2:02 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012

12er #11/26  Sucess!

Climbed the standard east ridge. Fun scramble. Had to dodge storms and even got snowed on lol! Did same day as Tempest

Brian Kalet

Brian Kalet - Aug 27, 2012 11:49 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012

Southwest Couloir  Sucess!

1 night spent at Lone Elk Lake.

vanman798

vanman798 - Aug 20, 2012 10:24 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2012

SW Coulior  Sucess!

Had the peak to myself at 6:30 pm on August 18, 2012. What a beautiful area!



tigerlilly

tigerlilly - Aug 14, 2012 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2012

Ya, baby

Came up the south gully. Successful summit with crazy cousin Bob, Melinda, Josh, and Michael. For Bob, this was his 49th high peak! Good Job, Bob! SugrBear has spot on advice.

SugrBear - Aug 12, 2012 9:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012

SW Couloir Bowling Alley  Sucess!

Our group of 3 came up from Lady of the Lake to the SW Coul. Ran into a group on their way down to report two climbers stuck halfway up Granite after 2 out of a group of 6 were struck by rockfall. As reported to us, the climbers missed the SW Coul and went up a chute further west where they experienced rockfall and required a SAR team to get out after 2 nights on a ledge. We saw the SAR helicopter do an awesome job of plucking them off the mountain! We went up the Couloir and ran into others coming down that said, beware of rockfall, and this route is fairly easy and will likely become the most popular route. For safety's sake, I hope not. While the climb was only steep scrambling and mostly clear of snow, rockfall was a significant danger. There was a lot of very loose rock. At one point during our descent, I bumped a baseball size rock which rolled a few feet, bumped another which in turn sent a teetering fridge size rock hurtling at a group of 6 that had just appeared 300 feet below us. Fortunately they scrambled out of the way amongst our yells. Not that a helmet would have saved them but they had none. I would not climb this route without one. If you climb this route be very mindful of how many others are on the route and keep yourself in a position where you can find cover. The sides of the couloir are best for climbing and cover. I see why it is called the bowling alley by some.
The scramble up is fairly straight forward but do not underestimate it if you are a novice climber. There is exposure to moderate falls and long slides.We had a novice climber in our group who needed a belay in one spot on the way up. The top of the climb was well cairned and a fun scramble. Staying right at the top of the couloir was good advice from other posts. On the way down, we chose to repel a couple sections with 80'or rope (better with 120'). They could have been down climbed safely with with care.
It was a beautiful and awesome mountain. If you attempt it, respect it and you'll have a great time.

musicman82

musicman82 - Jul 25, 2012 5:58 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012

Via SW Couloir  Sucess!

Climbed with Chris (SP member Morlow) - some pretty tricky ice still in the SW Couloir!

JLuthanen

JLuthanen - Jul 3, 2012 10:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010

Holy hike! Tempest Peak was worth it

Hiked in late Friday, got up the killer switchbacks by dark. Put up tent in raging winds tucked into a small outlet at the start of Froze-To-Death. After trying to sleep for two hours with a buddy and I holding the insides of the tent up amidst 50+mph gusts, tried to keep the fly down via rocks. Ripped a guy line or two, tore the fly, broke the poles down and slept on top of tent. That worked til the rain came. Epic overnight, early start. Nearly accosted by a group of over eager piss vultures (mountain goats). Winds were rippin, clouds were mixed, we were beat, I had no rain jacket - bad news. Tempest was much less exposed, quicker, and worth the views from the top. Try for a repeat this summer

redneckpaul

redneckpaul - Jun 20, 2012 6:40 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1984

Summer of 84  Sucess!

It was August of 1984, don`t know the exact date. Me and a buddy decided to try and climb Granite. I had climbed a few Mountains before and I was young and dumb and I would try anything. But a guide book in Red Lodge to help with this. We made camp on FTD plateau and a thunder storm hit. We spent the night huddled in our tent with the wind and lightning cracking all around us. We woke up to a cold but clear morning and decided to go for it. There was no snow on the "snow bridge". We made it to where the class 4 and 5 stuff was. We couldn`t find our way beyond this. There was another party coming up behind us and they knew the route so we just followed them. I`ll admit it, it was scary with a lot of exposure. We made it to the summit about 11 AM or so with the help of the other party. It was cold but a nice clear day. we spent a half hour on the summit and made our way down again with the help of the other party. These guys were real cool about helping us as we couldn`t of done it without them. Anyway we got back without any problems. Then I found out a few months later that Granite Peak is one of the most difficult state highpoints to climb. Good thing I didn`t know that when we were climbing it.

bbreaker - Feb 4, 2012 12:51 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2001

Nice  Sucess!

Across FTD plateau.

DarrenKnezek

DarrenKnezek - Nov 17, 2011 9:19 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011

Granite in less than 24 hours  Sucess!

We started hiking around 7 in the morning up West Rosebud. Unbelievable granite walls everywhere! So cool! The switchbacks from hell felt super easy and before we knew it we were on the Froze to Death Plateau. We hiked across this plateau (not too fun with all the talus) and arrived at the bottom of the saddle around 4 pm. Along the way we took our time and ate and took lots of pictures. Getting to the snowbridge from the saddle took less than an hour. The snowbridge was an ice bridge and very dangerous. I would solo the rock climbing pitches and then clip into a belay and belay my wife up on a 100 foot rope. Got to the top, stayed for about a half hour and then headed down. My wife would rappel and then I would solo down the pitches. We got to the icebridge before dark. The hike out was fun, but the GPS was essential in the dark to not get lost and save time. We got back to our car before 7 am. Enough time to drive into Columbus, east breakfast, and take a nap before driving back to Utah!

nickL

nickL - Oct 26, 2011 1:48 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2011

East Ridge/ S Face  Sucess!

Hiked across the FTD Plateau in light rain to my camp at 11,700 ft the day before, then a 5:00 am start on a perfectly clear morning. Made the top at around 9:00 am, and made 3 raps to avoid the sketchy downclimbing. Made it back to camp just in time to sit out an afternoon hailstorm, and make the soggy hike back to the car. Glad the weather gave me a chance on my first attempt at this beast!

ianc82

ianc82 - Sep 9, 2011 4:05 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2011

Wow.   Sucess!

Bivied about 2/3 across the ftd plateau. Left next morning around 7:30. summitted around 11:30 am. we descended with 2 other climbers whom were nice enough to let us use their rope to get down the class 4+/5 section.

Tie-Dye Mike

Tie-Dye Mike - Sep 7, 2011 2:31 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011

HP #11  Sucess!

Went up West Rosebud route. Stayed on Froze-to-Death Plateau. Summited after an Alpine Start at 4am. Took 13 hrs from middle of FTDP to summit and return. Such an amazing mountain and accomplishment!

americanswiss

americanswiss - Sep 7, 2011 3:13 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2011

Granite  Sucess!

East Ridge. Found the route finding to be much easier than described. Helped out a group that needed a rescue that took two days.

kteichert

kteichert - Jul 17, 2011 12:34 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011

HP #26  Sucess!

Oh my gosh, what a BEAST!!! Did this monster in one day, and almost fully regret it. I am glad to be done with that one. I normally don't write trip reports, but this one is very deserving of one. There are some things I'd like to share that may be helpful. So pics and trip report to come.

pdeangeli

pdeangeli - Oct 7, 2010 12:17 pm Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2010

FTD via Mystic Lake

Weathered off, turned back at snow bridge. :( One of the most fun trips yet, due to great partners, location, etc.

moneal

moneal - Aug 22, 2010 11:19 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2010

East Ridge via East Rosebud Trail  Sucess!

Absolutely perfect weather on FTD plateau. Snow bridge was easy to walk across. Had the mountain entirely to ourselves. Technically it was pretty easy but I found the route finding to be difficult to stay on the 4th class stuff. We used hip belays in a few spots and down climbed everything instead of rapping. 7 hrs in from East Rosebud to Tempest. 6 hrs round trip to summit and then 5.5 more hours back down to East Rosebud.

lloyd

lloyd - Aug 20, 2010 10:45 am

East Ridge

Second attempt. Long approach. I thought the hike from W. Rosebud was a better choice than E. Rosebud. 8 hours from W. Rosebud to 12,000 feet on FTD (with some route difficulties). Four hours from high camp to summit (belayed snow bridge and one move on climb). I don't think I'd want to do climb without rope for raps.

rmick25

rmick25 - Aug 17, 2010 6:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010

Route: East Ridge/South Face via East Rosebud  Sucess!

Quick two day summit. Weather was good overall, aside from a thunderstorm on way out. Decent amount of snow and water on Froze-to-death. Snow all the way from Tempest-Granite col to snow-bridge. Left ice-ax and crampons behind after bridge. After climbing first section. Realized axe wouldn't have been a bad idea to have after two scetchy snow traverses. Was solo and got bit off route and ended up climbing 5.6-7? chimney in plastic boots(over-kill? yes. only boots I had at time though) Fantastic fun overall.

reboyles

reboyles - Mar 13, 2010 7:49 am Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007

SW Couloir  Sucess!

We did the SW Couloir in perfect weather. See Splattski's report on the SW Couloir route page.

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