Had the place to myself. It is a slog up loose rocks. Greats views at the top.
LazyJSkwires - Aug 10, 2021 12:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2021
Smoky times
Used the signed Tukuhnikivatz footpath trail to climb Tuk first, then did the ridge to get to Peale. I think there were a couple class IV moves as I ascended one of the rocky outcrops, once on the ridge it was a quick walk to Peale. Descended the gully and made my way back to the truck. Did not see anyone else on the mountain and the smoke obscured what could have been good views. 8/8 ultra prominent peaks in Utah for me
Scott - May 20, 2021 1:19 pm Date Climbed: May 16, 2021
Mount Peale
It was quite an ordeal to start this climb. We got a late start driving the night before and were planning on using the La Sal Pass Trailhead. I got the vehicle stuck in a snowdrift and we spent a few hours trying to dig it out with our ice axes before setting up the tent on the road and going to bed.
In the morning, I tried to dig out the vehicle again. Kessler and I walked down the road looking for anyone that might have a tow chain. We walked nearly six miles before finding anyone. Thankfully, they helped us out and we were grateful.
We didn't start until 10:00 AM which meant we missed the window of frozen snow and which meant that we would have postholing to do. We postholed up the drainage and made our way to the gully near timberline. Once we were in the part of the chute where the snow was compacted by previous avalanches, things sped up and we climbed to the summit, mostly on snow.
There were two other people on the summit. We took a rest and then headed back down the ridge and traversed over to the head of the snow gully. From there it was a quick glissade (1.5 hours up; 10 minutes down) back down into the trees, where we made our way back to the trailhead.
aarobkol - May 9, 2021 4:30 pm Date Climbed: May 8, 2021
Spring Peal/Tuk scramble
Starting from about 9800 feet on the road, I scrambled straight up the bare slopes of Mt. Peale. Then traversed across a mix of bare rock and snow to the Razor Fang. Only one or two sections required real class 3 scrambling, and these sections had fairly stable rock. The more difficult sections were easily bypassed by descending a few feet down the slope. Then a steep climb up the snow-covered ridge to Tukuhnikivatz
Matt Lemke - May 3, 2021 5:11 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2021
Peale and Tuk
Ascended directly up the south side of Peale, then traversed to Tuk over the Razor Fang. Ran into 50+ skiers on the top of Tuk.
mstender - Sep 24, 2020 10:00 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2020
From La Sal Pass
We camped at Medicine Lake and started the hike from La Sal Pass. There was an easy to follow use trail with cairns all the way to the top.
Camped at the (new-ish) end of 4WD road 4725 at 38.427967, -109.243643. The higher portion of the road is now blocked by a berm, boulders and a fence rail. Met an inquisitive marmot at the summit. He circled my pack and I and made a raid when my back was turned but I caught him.
trexkerry - Dec 31, 2017 8:56 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2017
Trail hike
Used microspikes in the couloir, was pounded by a thunderstom on descent. Still loved the hike though!
technicolorNH - Oct 10, 2016 11:25 pm Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2016
Not as good as Tuk
After hitting Tuk I tried the ridge line but went lower on the south slopes after the going got a little too spicy for me. It wasn't until afterwards that I read the 'Razor Fang' entry and it's aptly named. There were a couple of very jagged gaps on the ridge. The descent off Peale reminded me of coming down Mt Bross in Colorado. Once out of the avalanche chute some routefinding was required to get back to the trailhead.
I had a fairly easy time going up the snow in the couloir, but at first almost got into trouble trying to bypass the snow on the talus. I'd wanted to cross the ridge over to Tuk as well, but one of my dogs had issues with her paws on the talus so I had to descend the couloir again--what a fun glissade! I wrote up a trip report on my blog here: http://udink.org/2016/07/11/mount-peale/
Judd97 - Jun 23, 2016 10:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2016
Middle La Sal Traverse
Climbed up from Gold Basin then crossed the Fang to Mt. Peale before descending the ridge NW of Mt. Mel back to the car.
Took a video of the trip with my GoPro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcZgkeh8ds
AbinadiWitness - May 24, 2016 5:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2014
Fun in the La Sals :)
:)
Paul McClellan - Sep 9, 2015 12:22 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2015
La Sal Pass
From La Sal Pass up the south couloir.
Mlasky - Jul 26, 2015 4:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2014
Plan B Peak
Did the Peale - Tuk traverse today. Went under the fang rather than over. Overcast day kept the temps comfortable. Had gotten rained out of our CO 14ers trip, so backtracked to the La Sals....made for an excellent Plan B mountaineering day. Beautiful aspens on the way up. Forested gem in southern Utah.
Brian Kalet - Jul 18, 2015 9:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2015
3 Peaks
With 5420 & 5290.
JDrake - Aug 27, 2014 5:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2014
La Sal Pass
Drove down from Utah County and truck camped at the pass. Hiked the next morning. Some amazing views of the area.
scgrant - Aug 12, 2014 12:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2014
Mount Peale
From La Sal Pass. This completed the Utah County Highpoints for me. I needed Mount Waas and Mount Peale going into 8/7/2014 and did Waas on 8/7 and Peale on 8/8. From La Sal Pass I went up the obvious couloir to the ridge and then on to the summit. From Mount Peale I followed the ridge over Mount Laurel to Mount Mellenthin. Returning the same way I got to the three way junction on the ridge for Peale, Mellenthin, and Tukuhnikivatz and then headed over Peale's NW peak and on to Tuk. This was a fantastic two days in the La Sal's where I was able to stand on the top of 10 different 12,000' peak.
Tracy - Jul 23, 2014 5:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2014
from La Sal Pass
Hiked this one with my daughter Tori on a warm July day
sharpa - Jun 14, 2014 11:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2014
from La Sal Pass
Great weather. The glissade down the couloir was the highlight of the hike.
MMclimbhigh - Sep 8, 2022 6:42 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2021
Tuk/Peale TraverseTuk/Peale Traverse. Up Tuk - Razor Fang Traverse - Up Peale. Great loop hike!
eferesen - Jul 21, 2022 1:46 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2022
Hard DayHad the place to myself. It is a slog up loose rocks. Greats views at the top.
LazyJSkwires - Aug 10, 2021 12:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2021
Smoky timesUsed the signed Tukuhnikivatz footpath trail to climb Tuk first, then did the ridge to get to Peale. I think there were a couple class IV moves as I ascended one of the rocky outcrops, once on the ridge it was a quick walk to Peale. Descended the gully and made my way back to the truck. Did not see anyone else on the mountain and the smoke obscured what could have been good views. 8/8 ultra prominent peaks in Utah for me
Scott - May 20, 2021 1:19 pm Date Climbed: May 16, 2021
Mount PealeIt was quite an ordeal to start this climb. We got a late start driving the night before and were planning on using the La Sal Pass Trailhead. I got the vehicle stuck in a snowdrift and we spent a few hours trying to dig it out with our ice axes before setting up the tent on the road and going to bed.
In the morning, I tried to dig out the vehicle again. Kessler and I walked down the road looking for anyone that might have a tow chain. We walked nearly six miles before finding anyone. Thankfully, they helped us out and we were grateful.
We didn't start until 10:00 AM which meant we missed the window of frozen snow and which meant that we would have postholing to do. We postholed up the drainage and made our way to the gully near timberline. Once we were in the part of the chute where the snow was compacted by previous avalanches, things sped up and we climbed to the summit, mostly on snow.
There were two other people on the summit. We took a rest and then headed back down the ridge and traversed over to the head of the snow gully. From there it was a quick glissade (1.5 hours up; 10 minutes down) back down into the trees, where we made our way back to the trailhead.
aarobkol - May 9, 2021 4:30 pm Date Climbed: May 8, 2021
Spring Peal/Tuk scrambleStarting from about 9800 feet on the road, I scrambled straight up the bare slopes of Mt. Peale. Then traversed across a mix of bare rock and snow to the Razor Fang. Only one or two sections required real class 3 scrambling, and these sections had fairly stable rock. The more difficult sections were easily bypassed by descending a few feet down the slope. Then a steep climb up the snow-covered ridge to Tukuhnikivatz
Matt Lemke - May 3, 2021 5:11 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2021
Peale and TukAscended directly up the south side of Peale, then traversed to Tuk over the Razor Fang. Ran into 50+ skiers on the top of Tuk.
mstender - Sep 24, 2020 10:00 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2020
From La Sal PassWe camped at Medicine Lake and started the hike from La Sal Pass. There was an easy to follow use trail with cairns all the way to the top.
sipho - Sep 12, 2018 9:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2018
Nice day on Mt. PealeCamped at the (new-ish) end of 4WD road 4725 at 38.427967, -109.243643. The higher portion of the road is now blocked by a berm, boulders and a fence rail. Met an inquisitive marmot at the summit. He circled my pack and I and made a raid when my back was turned but I caught him.
trexkerry - Dec 31, 2017 8:56 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2017
Trail hikeUsed microspikes in the couloir, was pounded by a thunderstom on descent. Still loved the hike though!
technicolorNH - Oct 10, 2016 11:25 pm Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2016
Not as good as TukAfter hitting Tuk I tried the ridge line but went lower on the south slopes after the going got a little too spicy for me. It wasn't until afterwards that I read the 'Razor Fang' entry and it's aptly named. There were a couple of very jagged gaps on the ridge. The descent off Peale reminded me of coming down Mt Bross in Colorado. Once out of the avalanche chute some routefinding was required to get back to the trailhead.
Udink - Jul 12, 2016 12:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2016
Mount Peal, from the couloirI had a fairly easy time going up the snow in the couloir, but at first almost got into trouble trying to bypass the snow on the talus. I'd wanted to cross the ridge over to Tuk as well, but one of my dogs had issues with her paws on the talus so I had to descend the couloir again--what a fun glissade! I wrote up a trip report on my blog here: http://udink.org/2016/07/11/mount-peale/
Judd97 - Jun 23, 2016 10:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2016
Middle La Sal TraverseClimbed up from Gold Basin then crossed the Fang to Mt. Peale before descending the ridge NW of Mt. Mel back to the car.
Took a video of the trip with my GoPro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcZgkeh8ds
AbinadiWitness - May 24, 2016 5:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2014
Fun in the La Sals :):)
Paul McClellan - Sep 9, 2015 12:22 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2015
La Sal PassFrom La Sal Pass up the south couloir.
Mlasky - Jul 26, 2015 4:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2014
Plan B PeakDid the Peale - Tuk traverse today. Went under the fang rather than over. Overcast day kept the temps comfortable. Had gotten rained out of our CO 14ers trip, so backtracked to the La Sals....made for an excellent Plan B mountaineering day. Beautiful aspens on the way up. Forested gem in southern Utah.
Brian Kalet - Jul 18, 2015 9:24 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2015
3 PeaksWith 5420 & 5290.
JDrake - Aug 27, 2014 5:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2014
La Sal PassDrove down from Utah County and truck camped at the pass. Hiked the next morning. Some amazing views of the area.
scgrant - Aug 12, 2014 12:17 am Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2014
Mount PealeFrom La Sal Pass. This completed the Utah County Highpoints for me. I needed Mount Waas and Mount Peale going into 8/7/2014 and did Waas on 8/7 and Peale on 8/8. From La Sal Pass I went up the obvious couloir to the ridge and then on to the summit. From Mount Peale I followed the ridge over Mount Laurel to Mount Mellenthin. Returning the same way I got to the three way junction on the ridge for Peale, Mellenthin, and Tukuhnikivatz and then headed over Peale's NW peak and on to Tuk. This was a fantastic two days in the La Sal's where I was able to stand on the top of 10 different 12,000' peak.
Tracy - Jul 23, 2014 5:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2014
from La Sal PassHiked this one with my daughter Tori on a warm July day
sharpa - Jun 14, 2014 11:35 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2014
from La Sal PassGreat weather. The glissade down the couloir was the highlight of the hike.