connelljanis - Jun 12, 2018 5:03 pm Date Climbed: May 22, 2018
yes!
Yep, it was hard, but I did it. Wasn't really hard until going down. That park sucks. Was very cold and windy at the top. Met a woman at the peak who was hiking it for her 22nd b'day.
jessbee - Jun 6, 2018 10:15 pm Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2018
Snow in Arizona
Super cold and windy above treeline. Snow obscured part of the trail as it headed up to the ridge. We wore all the layers today. Surprised to see people heading up in shorts. Beautiful summit and we had it to ourselves for a half hour! Nice windbreak on top.
marciamallow - May 26, 2018 12:12 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2014
HP #25
Sunny at the bottom, snowing at the top
gimpilator - May 6, 2018 10:00 am Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2018
CPrice1024 - Mar 5, 2018 2:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2016
Great Climb
Climbed on a cloudy day but still had great views all the way up
Wheelbarrow - Feb 6, 2018 7:00 am Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2017
Spontaneous road trip!!
Left SLO, CA at midnight and got to the summit some 15 hours later. Little snow on the trail but freakin cold at the top! Didn't even know it was there until we were on our way to the Grand Canyon Rim to rim to rim and wondering what to do our first day in AZ.
cmarks7clouds - Sep 22, 2017 10:29 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 1984
Arizona's Humphrey's Peak
A good trek for the novice altitude seeker. It isn't really difficult, yet it provides enough to instinctively communicate to its traveler if this is the sort of thing he or she really wants to continue.
It was hot at start but was very long sleevish and the jacket felt good on top. Wind was moderate and sky was partly cloudy. It is a good trek to do in that there is reward at the top and
enough of an effort is required to give a feeling of achievement once on top. I would suggest to go before July though if you want some decent snow travel and photos. Thanks for the log book!
skinnywhitecomic - Aug 11, 2017 11:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2017
HP #36
This was my 36th highpoint and my girlfriend's 6th. I had no problems, but my girlfriend may have suffered from a bit of high altitude sickness. But she pushed through it, and summited just before the storms came in. It's a great hike, and we both really enjoyed it!
crussellbowden - Jul 11, 2017 1:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2016
rtgomez90 - May 21, 2017 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2016
AZ summit
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climber46 - Oct 24, 2016 7:56 am Date Climbed: May 21, 2012
Humphreys
Climbed Humphreys Peak on 5/21/2012. I was not well acclimatized. It took me 4 hours to hike 3 miles, 3,000 vertical feet. Nice hike! It took only half as long to descend.
awilk7 - Oct 3, 2016 4:28 pm Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2016
Nice Fall Hike
A friend and I summitted Humphrey's Peak on Saturday, October 1, 2016. It had been rainy most of the week, so we anticipated that the trail would be relatively muddy (the ranger at the trailhead speaking with hikers also indicated we should expect such conditions, as well as ice, potentially). It ended up being mostly dry on the ascent.
The fall colors were beautiful, and cloudy conditions for the majority of our hike kept us cool (temps in the 30s to low 50s) and out of direct sunlight. A breeze/light wind swept across the main ridge as we worked that section of the hike on the ascent, as well as on the descent. A snow/graupel mix began to fall once we were on the summit, and continued until we dropped back down off the main ridge.
We found the trail, though fairly rocky, to be very well maintained and easy to follow. Hiking through the high, moist forests and alpine zone enveloped in a cloud also made it clear that this was not the typical Arizona desert landscape. The trail was beautiful.
As a warm-up for my next day Rim to Rim to Rim, I decided again for Humphreys Peak. I thought (right or wrong I don't know) that a few hours hike will do me good. I'm not a big fan of this mountain since I don't find either the hike or the views particularly interesting/beautiful. However, I think the warm-up effort was good enough. I started the hike at 4:55 AM. It was a very windy day, in excess of 30 mph. On the summit and coming down from the summit to the saddle, the wind was fierce, gusts were blowing me off trail like I was nothing. One thing I want to bring to everyone's attention: the summit box is entirely empty. Someone must have had enough of all of the junk that was in there (and I know from last year that the box was full of all possible useless stuff), that did the mountain a favor and removed almost everything from it. There were only a few pens and pencils and a small roll of duck tape. No registry. If anyone reads this and wants to do hikers a favor, bring a big notebook up there for people to sign.
Judd97 - Aug 25, 2016 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2016
HP #25
Halfway there? Sorta?
Made it to the top and back to the trees before the storms came in. Nice summit; fun hike.
jdmorehouse - Jun 27, 2016 8:56 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2016
2nd Time Around
Extremely crowded on the trail. According to a ranger, there were likely 500 people out there. I left the parking lot at 6:15 a.m. and it was already crowded. Unbelievable.
hightinerary - Jun 16, 2016 7:24 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1998
First of Many
My first 12er.
BobEnein - Jun 7, 2016 3:11 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2016
Beyond Great!
Hit the trail pretty early, it was a beautiful day indeed on all fronts, lots of people on Humphrey's Trail, some traffic jams beyond the saddle. Still some snow but nothing insurmountable, you don't need Spikes as opposed to 5 weeks ago when the snow was 4 feet high and the trail disappeared and was very hard to follow. Views from the summit are breathtaking and well worth it. This hike in winter is almost 3 times as difficult. Finally I bagged this mountain after 3 unsuccessful winter attempts in the last 10 years.
Glabella - Mar 13, 2016 10:34 am Date Climbed: May 8, 2013
Beautiful journey
Son 19 and I 51 signed the book on this morning after a 4 hour beautiful hike up to Humphreys Peak. Horizontal snow and ice on all the trees, some wildlife, ruffed grouse not caring who is watching. A fresh snowfall the night before made for beautiful scenery. A bit tricky getting down since it's easy to see the peak but hard to see direction to base. Anyhow passed a young couple near the peak as they were on their way down.only saw 5 other people that morning. Later that day we travelled to GC NP and the next day climbed down to cottonwood campground. US Southwest has such diversity and made fr a great 2 week adventure which also included Havasupai, Arches, Carlsbad and Page area.
jobomont2 - Feb 14, 2016 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2016
Snow Summit
Snow mostly all of the way. Warmer weather made it a posthole nightmare. Much tougher than a summer Ascent but well worth it! Almost no wind at the top with great visibility. Grand Canyon in clear sight.
connelljanis - Jun 12, 2018 5:03 pm Date Climbed: May 22, 2018
yes!Yep, it was hard, but I did it. Wasn't really hard until going down. That park sucks. Was very cold and windy at the top. Met a woman at the peak who was hiking it for her 22nd b'day.
jessbee - Jun 6, 2018 10:15 pm Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2018
Snow in ArizonaSuper cold and windy above treeline. Snow obscured part of the trail as it headed up to the ridge. We wore all the layers today. Surprised to see people heading up in shorts. Beautiful summit and we had it to ourselves for a half hour! Nice windbreak on top.
marciamallow - May 26, 2018 12:12 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2014
HP #25Sunny at the bottom, snowing at the top
gimpilator - May 6, 2018 10:00 am Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2018
Humphreys, AgassizCold before dawn. trip report
CPrice1024 - Mar 5, 2018 2:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2016
Great ClimbClimbed on a cloudy day but still had great views all the way up
Wheelbarrow - Feb 6, 2018 7:00 am Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2017
Spontaneous road trip!!Left SLO, CA at midnight and got to the summit some 15 hours later. Little snow on the trail but freakin cold at the top! Didn't even know it was there until we were on our way to the Grand Canyon Rim to rim to rim and wondering what to do our first day in AZ.
cmarks7clouds - Sep 22, 2017 10:29 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 1984
Arizona's Humphrey's PeakA good trek for the novice altitude seeker. It isn't really difficult, yet it provides enough to instinctively communicate to its traveler if this is the sort of thing he or she really wants to continue.
It was hot at start but was very long sleevish and the jacket felt good on top. Wind was moderate and sky was partly cloudy. It is a good trek to do in that there is reward at the top and
enough of an effort is required to give a feeling of achievement once on top. I would suggest to go before July though if you want some decent snow travel and photos. Thanks for the log book!
skinnywhitecomic - Aug 11, 2017 11:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2017
HP #36This was my 36th highpoint and my girlfriend's 6th. I had no problems, but my girlfriend may have suffered from a bit of high altitude sickness. But she pushed through it, and summited just before the storms came in. It's a great hike, and we both really enjoyed it!
crussellbowden - Jul 11, 2017 1:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2016
ITS BEEN TOO LONGhttp://peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=755486
rtgomez90 - May 21, 2017 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2016
AZ summitCheck
climber46 - Oct 24, 2016 7:56 am Date Climbed: May 21, 2012
HumphreysClimbed Humphreys Peak on 5/21/2012. I was not well acclimatized. It took me 4 hours to hike 3 miles, 3,000 vertical feet. Nice hike! It took only half as long to descend.
awilk7 - Oct 3, 2016 4:28 pm Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2016
Nice Fall HikeA friend and I summitted Humphrey's Peak on Saturday, October 1, 2016. It had been rainy most of the week, so we anticipated that the trail would be relatively muddy (the ranger at the trailhead speaking with hikers also indicated we should expect such conditions, as well as ice, potentially). It ended up being mostly dry on the ascent.
The fall colors were beautiful, and cloudy conditions for the majority of our hike kept us cool (temps in the 30s to low 50s) and out of direct sunlight. A breeze/light wind swept across the main ridge as we worked that section of the hike on the ascent, as well as on the descent. A snow/graupel mix began to fall once we were on the summit, and continued until we dropped back down off the main ridge.
We found the trail, though fairly rocky, to be very well maintained and easy to follow. Hiking through the high, moist forests and alpine zone enveloped in a cloud also made it clear that this was not the typical Arizona desert landscape. The trail was beautiful.
Diesel - Sep 30, 2016 11:30 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2016
AgainAs a warm-up for my next day Rim to Rim to Rim, I decided again for Humphreys Peak. I thought (right or wrong I don't know) that a few hours hike will do me good. I'm not a big fan of this mountain since I don't find either the hike or the views particularly interesting/beautiful. However, I think the warm-up effort was good enough. I started the hike at 4:55 AM. It was a very windy day, in excess of 30 mph. On the summit and coming down from the summit to the saddle, the wind was fierce, gusts were blowing me off trail like I was nothing. One thing I want to bring to everyone's attention: the summit box is entirely empty. Someone must have had enough of all of the junk that was in there (and I know from last year that the box was full of all possible useless stuff), that did the mountain a favor and removed almost everything from it. There were only a few pens and pencils and a small roll of duck tape. No registry. If anyone reads this and wants to do hikers a favor, bring a big notebook up there for people to sign.
Judd97 - Aug 25, 2016 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2016
HP #25Halfway there? Sorta?
Made it to the top and back to the trees before the storms came in. Nice summit; fun hike.
hgrapid - Jul 7, 2016 7:42 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2016
Easy hike - Group of 4Group of 4 on a nice Independence Day.
jdmorehouse - Jun 27, 2016 8:56 am Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2016
2nd Time AroundExtremely crowded on the trail. According to a ranger, there were likely 500 people out there. I left the parking lot at 6:15 a.m. and it was already crowded. Unbelievable.
hightinerary - Jun 16, 2016 7:24 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1998
First of ManyMy first 12er.
BobEnein - Jun 7, 2016 3:11 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2016
Beyond Great!Hit the trail pretty early, it was a beautiful day indeed on all fronts, lots of people on Humphrey's Trail, some traffic jams beyond the saddle. Still some snow but nothing insurmountable, you don't need Spikes as opposed to 5 weeks ago when the snow was 4 feet high and the trail disappeared and was very hard to follow. Views from the summit are breathtaking and well worth it. This hike in winter is almost 3 times as difficult. Finally I bagged this mountain after 3 unsuccessful winter attempts in the last 10 years.
Glabella - Mar 13, 2016 10:34 am Date Climbed: May 8, 2013
Beautiful journeySon 19 and I 51 signed the book on this morning after a 4 hour beautiful hike up to Humphreys Peak. Horizontal snow and ice on all the trees, some wildlife, ruffed grouse not caring who is watching. A fresh snowfall the night before made for beautiful scenery. A bit tricky getting down since it's easy to see the peak but hard to see direction to base. Anyhow passed a young couple near the peak as they were on their way down.only saw 5 other people that morning. Later that day we travelled to GC NP and the next day climbed down to cottonwood campground. US Southwest has such diversity and made fr a great 2 week adventure which also included Havasupai, Arches, Carlsbad and Page area.
jobomont2 - Feb 14, 2016 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2016
Snow SummitSnow mostly all of the way. Warmer weather made it a posthole nightmare. Much tougher than a summer Ascent but well worth it! Almost no wind at the top with great visibility. Grand Canyon in clear sight.