Red Lake Peak Climber's Log

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blmcclain

blmcclain - Apr 3, 2005 8:36 pm

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005  Sucess!

Summitted with rgreene after a late start. Ditched the snowshoes on the lower ridge just above the snowpark as the snow was windblown and firm. To add some excitement, we scrambled up the Class 3 section just above the lower ridge and below the saddle. Made the summit in 2 hours and nearly got blown off the peak by the 50 mph+ winds. Great 360 deg views from the summit. Highly recommended peak!

rgreene

rgreene - Apr 3, 2005 3:17 am

Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005  Sucess!

Summitted with blmcclain. Passed Eric L and bros on their way down - Brian and I took a fun class 3 rock variant between the snow chutes to the summit. 3.5 hour roundtrip including too much time on the deadly cold windy summit!

Eric L

Eric L - Apr 2, 2005 10:16 pm

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005  Sucess!

I climbed this peak with my bros Ryan and Abi. We climbed up a chute on the south side of the peak. It was windy as hell but also a lot of fun. To reach the summit we did some mixed climbing.

kovarpa

kovarpa - Nov 23, 2004 12:16 am

Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: November 20, 2004  Sucess!

Nice 2.5 hour hike in a fine company of Vendulka, Kris and Shannon. Windy as hell.

Felsberg

Felsberg - Nov 15, 2004 1:09 pm

Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2004  Sucess!

Climbed with Johnny, Steve, and Jan - Snowshoed up the SW ridge and skied off the west face. The summit crags were made exciting by partial snow cover. The snow was a bit heavy but the descent was still a blast.

txmountaineer

txmountaineer - Oct 12, 2004 4:04 pm

Route Climbed: Dusty Couloir to Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: October 08, 2004  Sucess!

My wife and I climbed up from Carson Pass during our trip to the Tahoe area for my birthday weekend. The conditions were grand except for the nasty side-hilling required to enter the gulley. I'll post a trip report shortly.



Daniel

Jonodo

Jonodo - Oct 11, 2004 8:26 pm

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: October 11, 2004  Sucess!

Unbelievably windy and cold!!! At times I was almost pushed over by it. I guess the direction was ok in that it plastered me to the rock on the final class 3 or 4 summit block. Snapped a few photos and bailed. Super clear views. I could see all the way to Tower Peak, about 45 miles...see pics.

tahoeberne

tahoeberne - Aug 13, 2004 11:06 pm

Route Climbed: SW Rdige Date Climbed: Circa 1988  Sucess!

This whole area is beautiful both summer and winter.

John

John - Aug 6, 2004 12:18 pm

Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004  Sucess!

Hiked with Josh and Ryle. Nice views and a fun summit block.

chskier

chskier - Jun 1, 2004 12:41 am

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: May 31, 2004  Sucess!

Ascended the gully between Castle Rock and Red Lake Peak then descended the Southwest Ridge. Nice little half day hike with a fun scamble to the top for rewarding views of Round Top, Tahoe, Desolation and so forth. Can't wait to ski it next season.

hyperbolictans

hyperbolictans - Mar 8, 2004 12:32 pm

Route Climbed: southwest ridge Date Climbed: 7th march 04  Sucess!

perfect weather for a hike/climb up. Snow is compactifying after more than a week w/o precipitation. started off from trailhead at 9:45am, summitted at 12:30pm. my first solo winter ascent

I was inexperienced and a bit blind and went up towards the wrong false summit, (to the highpoint southwest of the 'real' false summit) b4 realizing my mistake. Climbed up the summit crag from the east. As this novice climber realized, climbing down the crag is more difficult than climbing up.

derbilly

derbilly - Feb 24, 2004 3:23 am

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: February 9, 2003  Sucess!

It's fun climbing the knobby conglomerate. We encountered some coyotes on the way down.

scottfromcali

scottfromcali - Dec 12, 2003 12:31 pm

Route Climbed: Std. route PCT east to summit? Date Climbed: March 20. 2002  Sucess!

I climbed this peak solo 3 times (twice in winter) its fun, straight forward, with amazing views of Round Top, Hope Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mice Lake, Cables lake. A beautiful winter playground in this backcountry. Oh yes, windy.

Felsberg

Felsberg - Jun 10, 2003 1:49 pm

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: June 1

Fun hike with a small but fun summit crag. Highly recommend traverse to Steven's Peak. Descent was straight down from Steven's Peak to hjghway, followed by a short hitch-hike back to car.

PICS

keema

keema - Apr 20, 2003 7:44 am

Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge? Date Climbed: April 19, 2003  Sucess!

With a fresh layer of snow, Joel and I headed straight out of the parking lot toward the summit. Our route was actually pretty much parallel to the ridge but below it until the large crag a bit below and south of the false summit. Ditched the snow shoes as most of the snow up here had been blown off. Make sure you not only get the parking permit but dispaly it. I had mine but forgot to put it on the dash (how stupid) and now have the $75 ticket. I will be fighting it. Was able to send in a copy of my permit and $10 and all is forgiven

Bob Burd

Bob Burd - Mar 14, 2003 7:36 pm

Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 22, 1998 / Feb 16, 2002 / May 13, 2005  Sucess!

An easy climb from Carson Pass, climbed this after climbing Round Top earlier in the day. Trip Report



In 2005 did a traverse from Carson Pass to Luther Pass with Matthew. Nice spring day. Trip Report

Matthew Holliman

Matthew Holliman - Mar 14, 2003 3:59 pm

Route Climbed: SW ridge Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2003; Dec 13, 2003; May 13, 2005  Sucess!

Very fun climb. First time, I climbed the face of the summit block directly--good holds and great fun. The second time I climbed it with Bob in a driving snowstorm; we found Yamagata's gully and tagged the summit the easy way.



The third time was with Bob again; this time, we traversed from Carson Pass over to Luther Pass (tagging Red Lake, Stevens, and Waterhouse), hitching a ride back to our car. Fun day.

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