hiker100 - Jun 16, 2006 10:27 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Route Climbed: South Face June 10, 06
Hit snow about the last 1500 feet. Used snowshoes as the snow was a bit soft and you'd sink quite a bit. Easy traverse over to the true summit across a little snowfield. Left at 6:00a.m. summitted at 10:45. We're able to glissade 1000 feet with alot of moving sideways to stay in the snow. Definitley not the 3000 foot glissade we were eyeing back in early May.
Dorkteam6 - Jun 14, 2006 6:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2003
Misguided adventure.
We recieved some directions from mockba on a way to climb up from big willow canyon. This was early in my hiking days and we got terribly lost. My brother and I kept summiting the ridges to the north, but could not ridge walk over. We finally decided to drop down to the west by the reservoir. We pumped some water and summited out of the valley to the south above Alpine. From this direction we easily got to the top. Afterwards we dropped down below and found a cool area full of cairns. After some more exploring we came down the trail of eagles cache which has no water till the bottom. Once to the bottom we had to walk back down the shoreline tail to out cars. 19 miles R/T and 16 hours.
Jeremy Franchow - Jun 8, 2006 5:29 am Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2007
Route Climbed: Cherry Canyon Logging Trail
-06/14/07 Cherry Canyon Logging Trail. Other than one other person, had the entire trail to myself. Had the summit to myself. Route description was spot on!
-07/08/04 Finally got on top of this great mountain. Super views of Salt Lake and Utah valleys. A favorite, can't wait to get up there again!
highonpeaks - May 5, 2006 6:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1998
South Face (Alpine Trail)
This is one of my favorite Mountains on the Wasatch! The first time I attempted it I made it however ending with seach and rescue coming after my friends and I because worried parents thought we had gotten hurt because we really late returning home.
I have attempted twice more via Big Willow and Bear Creek but ran out of time once I reached the cirque. This mountain is an butt kicker but for some reason I always want to do it again!
JLarsen - Apr 29, 2006 6:20 am Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005
Route Climbed: Bear Canyon/Cherry Logging Trail
Great fun!! Finally did it, took long enough. It is a killer hike with a spectacular summit. I went with Ammon Hatch who had the idea to descend Big Willow. Turned out we went down via Little Willow cause of talus. When we got to the Cabbin we decided to take a 30 minute nap then continue. We did the whole thing in about 10 hr's.
Tracy - Apr 6, 2006 4:49 am Date Climbed: Oct 31, 1987
1987 route: from town of Alpine; 1989 route: Jacob's ladder
October '87 - Climbed with Danny Worwood and had to climb through some snow. One and half years later on May 13, 1989 I climbed it again with Scott Towsey. The second route seemed longer but was more fun due to all the snow and sunny conditions. Also the summit approach was more technical coming from the north rather than from the south.
Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: September 24, 2005.
Sept. 24, 2005: Up Jacobs Ladder, Down Bear Canyon. Shared an overnight campsite with deer in meadow above Jacobs Ladder. Leaving packs at camp made the summit hike a walk in the park. Fantastic overnight adventure with my son Aaron and dog Eli.
October 9, 2004: Jacobs Ladder. All day hike. 6 am to 10 pm. Cindy, Liz, Aaron, Jonathan and dog Eli all made summit by 2 pm. Visited with deer and rattler on the descent.
Route Climbed: South Face via Alpine and Hamongogs Date Climbed: July 15, 2000
Hard work to get there but all worth it once you hit the granite. Rattlesnake on the trail. Seeing the West face from I-15 just doesn't give you any idea how huge that thing is.
Route Climbed: Bear Canyon/Little Willow descent Date Climbed: September 17, 2005
Finally did this peak that has been haunting me my whole life. It was the hardest mountain I have done yet, but in every way it was worth it. Perfect time of year to do it. The weather was very cool. About the Little Willow descent: I did this in an attempt to find the most direct descent. Overall, it was faster than going back down Bear Canyon, but there were a lot of obsticles and route finding involved for the majority of the descent. Not easy. I think I'd rather do a big willow descent, but the talus turns me off from that.
Been to the cirque via this route two additional times with no summit. Descended bear canyon both those times.
Subsequent climbs: 4/26/08 - via Big Willow
8/01/09 - Up Jacob's Ladder, Down Little Willow (never again)
Route Climbed: Little Willow up, Big Willow down. Date Climbed: July 25, 2005
It was a long hike but a good hike. It was crazy at the summit because of static electricity in the air, our hair was standing up on end and when we pulled the camera out to take a picture we could hear the electricity passing through it. Needless to say we didn't spend much time on the summit. I disagree with many and feel that Lone Peak is not one of the more exciting climbs in the wasatch, at least not from the routes I have taken.
Route Climbed: Cherry Canyon, Big Willow Canyon, Draper Ridge, Alpine (South Face) Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2003, many other times
I had been wanting to climb Lone Peak for a long time. I always thought it was such a cool mountain. We started early in the morning and hiked up Bear Canyon Trail. We reached Outlaw Cabin pretty fast. We got to the cirque and hiked up to the summit ridge. The knife-edge ridge wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was fun scrambling. We stayed on top and took pictures before we headed back down. It's a long hike but definitely worth it. I don't understand why the route from Alpine has such a bad reputation. I thought it was very enjoyable.
Route Climbed: Jacob's Ladder, Bells Canyon Date Climbed: 1885-89
Easily the coolest summit in the Wasatch. From Bells Canyon was a long day, but fun - picking our way along the rugged north ridge. 1 short rap was required over one easy 5th class drop.
Route Climbed: Bells Canyon Date Climbed: August, 1956
Though the details of the climb have faded with time, I made it to the summit via Bells Canyon on the first and only time I attempted to climb this mountain. Ronald DeWaal set out with me but fell behind. I attained the summit boulders well before he did. I had left the summit and was on my way down when I heard a loud whoop and looked across the way to see Ronald standing atop the summit boulder. He had tried to climb Lone Peak a couple of times previously and was ecstatic that he had finally made it. Whoopie!
I own a burial plot in the cemetary of Alpine. When I finally pass from this world, I hope to be buried below Lone Peak next to my pioneer forebears.
Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 11, 2001
Started in Alpine at the trail to the First Hamongog. Very difficult route. Not technical, just physically exhausting. Hike to the "twin peak" then traverse to the true summit. Some of the best views in the Wasatch. Well worth it!
Route Climbed: Jacobs ladder Date Climbed: june/1/02
Long day trek, really bad weather severe over cast and strong cold winds. This has to be one of my favorite peaks in Utah for the scenery alone. Left for the summit at 8:00 am and made it back to the car at 4:00pm.
Route Climbed: Bighorn Pk - Lone Pk Ridge over S summit Date Climbed: October 16th, 2004
This was the final peak of the day, after starting out in Coalpit Gulch. Joe Bullough and I climbed N & S Thunder Mountains, Bighorn Pk, and Lone Pk before descending Bear Canyon to end our 12 hr 'stroll' in the Wasatch. :-)
hiker100 - Jun 16, 2006 10:27 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
Route Climbed: South Face June 10, 06Hit snow about the last 1500 feet. Used snowshoes as the snow was a bit soft and you'd sink quite a bit. Easy traverse over to the true summit across a little snowfield. Left at 6:00a.m. summitted at 10:45. We're able to glissade 1000 feet with alot of moving sideways to stay in the snow. Definitley not the 3000 foot glissade we were eyeing back in early May.
Dorkteam6 - Jun 14, 2006 6:55 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2003
Misguided adventure.We recieved some directions from mockba on a way to climb up from big willow canyon. This was early in my hiking days and we got terribly lost. My brother and I kept summiting the ridges to the north, but could not ridge walk over. We finally decided to drop down to the west by the reservoir. We pumped some water and summited out of the valley to the south above Alpine. From this direction we easily got to the top. Afterwards we dropped down below and found a cool area full of cairns. After some more exploring we came down the trail of eagles cache which has no water till the bottom. Once to the bottom we had to walk back down the shoreline tail to out cars. 19 miles R/T and 16 hours.
Jeremy Franchow - Jun 8, 2006 5:29 am Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2007
Route Climbed: Cherry Canyon Logging Trail-06/14/07 Cherry Canyon Logging Trail. Other than one other person, had the entire trail to myself. Had the summit to myself. Route description was spot on!
-07/08/04 Finally got on top of this great mountain. Super views of Salt Lake and Utah valleys. A favorite, can't wait to get up there again!
highonpeaks - May 5, 2006 6:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1998
South Face (Alpine Trail)This is one of my favorite Mountains on the Wasatch! The first time I attempted it I made it however ending with seach and rescue coming after my friends and I because worried parents thought we had gotten hurt because we really late returning home.
I have attempted twice more via Big Willow and Bear Creek but ran out of time once I reached the cirque. This mountain is an butt kicker but for some reason I always want to do it again!
JLarsen - Apr 29, 2006 6:20 am Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005
Route Climbed: Bear Canyon/Cherry Logging TrailGreat fun!! Finally did it, took long enough. It is a killer hike with a spectacular summit. I went with Ammon Hatch who had the idea to descend Big Willow. Turned out we went down via Little Willow cause of talus. When we got to the Cabbin we decided to take a 30 minute nap then continue. We did the whole thing in about 10 hr's.
Tracy - Apr 6, 2006 4:49 am Date Climbed: Oct 31, 1987
1987 route: from town of Alpine; 1989 route: Jacob's ladderOctober '87 - Climbed with Danny Worwood and had to climb through some snow. One and half years later on May 13, 1989 I climbed it again with Scott Towsey. The second route seemed longer but was more fun due to all the snow and sunny conditions. Also the summit approach was more technical coming from the north rather than from the south.
aiadvisors - Jan 6, 2006 1:31 am
Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: September 24, 2005.Sept. 24, 2005: Up Jacobs Ladder, Down Bear Canyon. Shared an overnight campsite with deer in meadow above Jacobs Ladder. Leaving packs at camp made the summit hike a walk in the park. Fantastic overnight adventure with my son Aaron and dog Eli.
October 9, 2004: Jacobs Ladder. All day hike. 6 am to 10 pm. Cindy, Liz, Aaron, Jonathan and dog Eli all made summit by 2 pm. Visited with deer and rattler on the descent.
younkin - Dec 1, 2005 1:02 am
Route Climbed: open book Date Climbed: 198?wonderful granite, good climb, good view from top!!!!
Rob Thompson - Nov 6, 2005 9:41 am
Route Climbed: Various Date Climbed: Various2005 Sep 25 via Trail of the Eagle w Sam & Sue Hanson
2002 Sep 21 via Jacobs Ladder w Gordon Swenson
1992 Sep 19 via Jacobs Ladder w John Castano, Scott Collins & Bob
1987 Oct 3Big Willow overlook via Jacobs Ladder w Matt Torres & Mike Scharman
1983 Aug 20 via Jacobs Ladder/Question Mark Wall w Dave Kilborn
1981 July 11 via Jacobs Ladder w Sam Hanson, Peter Cook, Mike Iker, Tom Moke and Jerry.
1976 Nov 6 via Movie Road w Gordon Swenson
1974 June 15 via Movie Road w Cliff Moser and Jeff Morgan
1972 June 18-19 Wilderness Survey lead by Alexis Kelner via Draper Firebreak/Ridge. Roped decent from Big Willow shelf into Bells Canyon.
1967 Oct 14 via Lone Rock w Tom May
1965 Sept 8-10 via Bells Canyon/Big Willow Cirque w Tom May & Dave Kilborn
rockhop23 - Oct 8, 2005 9:01 pm
Route Climbed: South Face via Alpine and Hamongogs Date Climbed: July 15, 2000Hard work to get there but all worth it once you hit the granite. Rattlesnake on the trail. Seeing the West face from I-15 just doesn't give you any idea how huge that thing is.
Ammon Hatch - Sep 18, 2005 2:05 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005
Route Climbed: Bear Canyon/Little Willow descent Date Climbed: September 17, 2005Finally did this peak that has been haunting me my whole life. It was the hardest mountain I have done yet, but in every way it was worth it. Perfect time of year to do it. The weather was very cool. About the Little Willow descent: I did this in an attempt to find the most direct descent. Overall, it was faster than going back down Bear Canyon, but there were a lot of obsticles and route finding involved for the majority of the descent. Not easy. I think I'd rather do a big willow descent, but the talus turns me off from that.
Been to the cirque via this route two additional times with no summit. Descended bear canyon both those times.
Subsequent climbs:
4/26/08 - via Big Willow
8/01/09 - Up Jacob's Ladder, Down Little Willow (never again)
Reach11 - Aug 31, 2005 11:43 pm
Route Climbed: Bear Canyon Date Climbed: August 30 2005Also climbed on July 12 2004 via Jacobs Ladder. Honestly, I didn't think the BC route was any easier than the Ladder. Very windy on top!
jkendal2 - Jul 27, 2005 1:52 am
Route Climbed: Little Willow up, Big Willow down. Date Climbed: July 25, 2005It was a long hike but a good hike. It was crazy at the summit because of static electricity in the air, our hair was standing up on end and when we pulled the camera out to take a picture we could hear the electricity passing through it. Needless to say we didn't spend much time on the summit. I disagree with many and feel that Lone Peak is not one of the more exciting climbs in the wasatch, at least not from the routes I have taken.
mountaingazelle - May 1, 2005 2:38 am
Route Climbed: Cherry Canyon, Big Willow Canyon, Draper Ridge, Alpine (South Face) Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2003, many other timesI had been wanting to climb Lone Peak for a long time. I always thought it was such a cool mountain. We started early in the morning and hiked up Bear Canyon Trail. We reached Outlaw Cabin pretty fast. We got to the cirque and hiked up to the summit ridge. The knife-edge ridge wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was fun scrambling. We stayed on top and took pictures before we headed back down. It's a long hike but definitely worth it. I don't understand why the route from Alpine has such a bad reputation. I thought it was very enjoyable.
Nate D - Mar 1, 2005 1:32 pm
Route Climbed: Jacob's Ladder, Bells Canyon Date Climbed: 1885-89Easily the coolest summit in the Wasatch. From Bells Canyon was a long day, but fun - picking our way along the rugged north ridge. 1 short rap was required over one easy 5th class drop.
Nyle Walton - Feb 14, 2005 11:14 am
Route Climbed: Bells Canyon Date Climbed: August, 1956Though the details of the climb have faded with time, I made it to the summit via Bells Canyon on the first and only time I attempted to climb this mountain. Ronald DeWaal set out with me but fell behind. I attained the summit boulders well before he did. I had left the summit and was on my way down when I heard a loud whoop and looked across the way to see Ronald standing atop the summit boulder. He had tried to climb Lone Peak a couple of times previously and was ecstatic that he had finally made it. Whoopie!
I own a burial plot in the cemetary of Alpine. When I finally pass from this world, I hope to be buried below Lone Peak next to my pioneer forebears.
marauders - Dec 23, 2004 1:29 am
Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: August 11, 2001Started in Alpine at the trail to the First Hamongog. Very difficult route. Not technical, just physically exhausting. Hike to the "twin peak" then traverse to the true summit. Some of the best views in the Wasatch. Well worth it!
mfox79 - Dec 13, 2004 12:49 am
Route Climbed: Jacobs ladder Date Climbed: june/1/02Long day trek, really bad weather severe over cast and strong cold winds. This has to be one of my favorite peaks in Utah for the scenery alone. Left for the summit at 8:00 am and made it back to the car at 4:00pm.
PellucidWombat - Oct 19, 2004 10:23 pm
Route Climbed: Bighorn Pk - Lone Pk Ridge over S summit Date Climbed: October 16th, 2004This was the final peak of the day, after starting out in Coalpit Gulch. Joe Bullough and I climbed N & S Thunder Mountains, Bighorn Pk, and Lone Pk before descending Bear Canyon to end our 12 hr 'stroll' in the Wasatch. :-)
sheldonjr - Oct 18, 2004 9:42 pm
Route Climbed: AlpineEverything about this route is just painful.