Mount Haeckel Climber's Log

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tb00957 - Aug 25, 2011 5:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011

from haeckel-wallace col  Sucess!

snow made it interesting.

bc44caesar

bc44caesar - Aug 22, 2011 1:29 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011

Northwest Arete  Sucess!

Solo day trip, 5 hrs to summit. Used crampons to get to the col, but the snow was fairly soft. Started up the wrong ridge, climbed some in the gully, and finally got on the NW Arete. Downclimbing the arete was probably as fun as climbing up it though. Discovered on the way back that traversing the lake-shore on either side of Hungry Packer is not possible. I highly recommend the route!

fatdad

fatdad - Jun 24, 2011 8:23 pm

NW Arete  Sucess!

Soloed this from Hungry Packer a good 20 years ago, descending the E. Ridge. A great day in the mountains.

Daria

Daria - Aug 20, 2010 11:46 am Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2010

Haeckel/Wallace traverse  Sucess!

Class 4, with a 5th class crux move. Day hike traverse to Wallace afterward. Beware of dangerous sliding boulders in the area

A-Lex

A-Lex - Nov 24, 2009 12:39 pm

NW Arete  Sucess!

This route was awesome!! I definitely understand the 100 Classics standing. The route is typical Sierra 4th, meaning you can choose any number of ways between 4th and mid 5th. I skirted across the snow field kinda high and hit some harder rock (5.6ish), so I think staying low by the lake and then coming up the gully to the notch would alleviate having to climb that harder terrain.

seano

seano - Sep 1, 2009 9:31 pm Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2009

From Wallace  Sucess!

Mostly class 2.

Climber Dave

Climber Dave - Aug 31, 2009 5:01 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009

Wallace Haeckel traverse  Sucess!

Part 2 of Wallace Haeckel traverse. Route looks pretty loose and crappy from down low, but the traverse and the final climb up Haeckel was the best part of the day. Really fun scrambling up to the summit block. Not nearly as bad as it looks, much better than the slopes around Wallace.

bechtt

bechtt - Aug 14, 2009 12:36 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009

Traverse  Sucess!

From Picture Peak and Hungry Packer Peak. On to Wallace -- Day 3 of the 2009 Sierra Challenge.

boyblue

boyblue - Aug 12, 2009 11:25 pm Date Climbed: Oct 2, 1988

South Ridge Solo  Sucess!

A fun route. The chimney just below the summit was my favorite part. The long painful march back to the TH at Sabrina that evening: Not so much fun, but part of the game, right?

fossana

fossana - Jul 3, 2008 12:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008

traverse from 13,332  Sucess!

Traverse from Peak 13,332. Climbed up one of the crack system on the headwall to make it interesting. Left too late to do Wallace as well.

dshoshone

dshoshone - Oct 17, 2007 5:59 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007

East face  Sucess!

Climbed peak 13,380 from Midnight lake first,I highly recommend the class 3-4 north ridge. Then on to Haeckel,very easy compared to 13,380.

bearbnz

bearbnz - Oct 3, 2007 12:48 pm Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007

NW Arete - Not  Sucess!

Hiked in with the intention of climbing the NW Arete, but the approach was choked with steep, brittle ice, and we had only aluminum crampons and mountaineering axes, so the approach was out of our league. Climbed the north ridge for a bit, then traversed over to the east ridge, and scrambled up from there.

XC Champ - Jul 27, 2007 1:16 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006

South Ridge; Out of Echo  Sucess!

Whish I could do this everyday

plume

plume - Jul 2, 2007 3:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007

Northeast face to ridge  Sucess!

Seeing that snow was icy leading up to the NW arete and that we hadn't any crampons we instead headed up the moraine to the third arete on the left and went up nice class 4 ledgges to meet the east arete route, then, to the summit. Great climb with the German wife on a peak named for her fellow countryman.

Pantilat

Pantilat - Jun 20, 2007 2:40 am Date Climbed: May 26, 2007

South Ridge from Hungry Packer lake  Sucess!

Great view!

thebeave7

thebeave7 - Nov 15, 2005 1:17 pm

Route Climbed: Traverse from Mt Wallace Date Climbed: 9/24/05  Sucess!

A very enjoyable scramble, though a dusting of snow along the ridge made is spicier than it should have been. Tried to down climb the SE Face, a mistake. It is a nasty maze of class 4-5 chutes and cliffs. Recommend traversing toward the S ridge before heading down into the cirque.

ExploreABitMore

ExploreABitMore - Aug 14, 2005 12:46 pm

Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 08/14/05  Sucess!

Fun climb. A little looser in spots than I was expecting, but not bad. Perfect weather while climbing, but a few hours later it was overcast and thundering. Ironic that our register entry reads "Not a cloud in the sky".

Matthew Holliman

Matthew Holliman - Nov 17, 2004 9:13 pm

Route Climbed: East Ridge / South Face Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2004  Sucess!

Pretty easy scramble if you keep to the left, mostly just sandy ledges up to a short class 3 summit block. (Mt. Wallace was much harder!) Airy summit with some nice views.

Bob Burd

Bob Burd - Oct 20, 2004 12:20 am

Route Climbed: East Ridge / South Face Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2004  Sucess!

Day five of the 2004 Sierra Challenge, climbed with Mark, Michael and Matthew. Traversed over to Mt. Wallace and back via Echo Lake. Trip Report

asmrz

asmrz - Nov 10, 2002 11:06 am

Route Climbed: NW Rigelhuth Arete Date Climbed: July 26, 2002  Sucess!

Penelope May and I climbed this clean, esthetic arete from our camp at Hungry Packer Lake. We found the glacier very icy and the last few hundred feet a challenge with alluminum crampons and axes. The descent is very loose and steep. But the arete is beautiful and mostly class 4. Recommended.

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