"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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Dean - Oct 16, 2009 9:26 pm Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2009
3rd timeThe first two times I hiked up and this time I thought I'd test the road situation so I went up Israel Canyon (awful) and went out via Mercer canyon road and Soldier Pass (better). This is a good conditioner for me and isn't that far away so I'll probably snowshoe it this winter. I really don't recommend driving it.
Kadee - Nov 24, 2008 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2005
Short DayAnother peak to get that was close to home. Had good views looking over at the Wasatch.
Tracy - Oct 25, 2007 2:41 am Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2019
successful 30 years after first attemptFirst attempt was in late winter/early spring of 1989 and I didn't quite make it to the highpoint. I had my wife and my +/-3-month-old son Lance with me in our 1984 Subaru 4x4 GL Wagon. After getting stuck in the snow for about a half hour while trying to drive over to the "Lake No. 2" benchmark, I decided to save it for another day.
30 years later, I was visiting my same son (Lance) after the birth of his second child and drove back to Israel Canyon to try it again. I had an early morning start and it had been a heavy snow year. The gate near the bottom of the canyon was closed and locked. I decide to attempt it on foot. According to my Strava app on my phone, I hiked 6.77 miles with 2,164 feet of elevation gain. Half of that was on fairly firm snow. I hurried along because I didn't want to get caught having to post-hole through snow on the way back due to the day's rising temperatures. Round trip only took 2 hours and 9 minutes. Perfect weather!
Scott - Feb 17, 2005 10:19 am
CavesClimbed this peak to visit caves with the HS Alpine Club.
Dean - Feb 17, 2005 9:04 am
Route Climbed: Clark-Losee Ridge Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2005Needing some good exercise and having a half day to play with, my wife dropped me off near a housing area of Saratoga Springs, just off of highway 68. I aimed for the ridge that looked most promising and found my way up the ridge that separates Clark and Losee canyons. It was straightforward and relatively easy until I hit snow deep enough to posthole through which greatly slowed my progress. I had left my snowshoes in the vehicle, never dreaming there would be enough snow to cause me problems. (doh)
Once I hit the snowmobile traveled roads on the top of the plateau, the going got easier. 4 hours for 4 miles was pretty slow and to top it i off, I had forgot my sunscreen and a hat. I paid for that the next day. Still, it was a good conditioner, just what I had wanted. I then decided to go out via the Israel canyon road and I followed it for 4 miles back to where my wife picked me up. It took less than 2 hours to get back down but I had snow for 3 of the 4 miles.
It was obvious that snowmobiles made frequent use of this road but I saw none on the day I visited the area.