danblock - Jan 22, 2014 5:28 pm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2013
East Ridge
Went up the east ridge which was adventure. A lot of the ridge itself was loose rock, and the scree on the south slope was worse. Nice exposure to the north with one short section on the ridge with drops on both sides! We went down the west ridge.
emilie - Sep 21, 2013 2:37 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Winter day hike
Nice snow climb to the top of Round Top. Truly felt a bit sketchy and exposed to me on the top ridge, but I am a bit of a weeny about such things. Did this as training for a Himalayan expedition. :-)
JGHarrison - Aug 18, 2013 2:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013
Always our first high-ish peak of the season. I love the Carson Pass area. Great in any season. Round Top is an awesome half day jaunt, really nice views from the top. Lotsa people around usually. Last time in early July, there was no register.
craig512 - Aug 2, 2013 12:31 am Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2012
Awesome first peak
This is a great first peak to take people above 10k feet. I can't count how many times I've summited but usually do about once a year. July is usually perfect to view the green meadows and flowers on the way in. Winter backcountry ski ascents are awesome for the easy approach and excellent descents.
With my wife and our two dogs. A fun scramble, perfect weather, great views. An easy class 3 from the West Ridge. My wife and the dogs stayed on the west summit and were content. Someone took the register recently, the new one was started less than a week ago.
trexkerry - Jun 23, 2013 4:13 pm Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2013
With Elephants Back
Mistakenly stayed on the PCT and realized it on the back side of Elephants Back. Climbed loose scree and rocks up to Elephants Back summit and traveled cross country to hook up with the right trail at Round Top Lake. Enjoyed the class 3 climb at the end. Trip report at http://www.mountainhiker.org/trip_report.aspx?id=92
DrHill - Apr 19, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2013
Beautiful day
Attempted the Hidden couloir...but too much avalanche danger. Ended up heading up the west ridge
labgloves - Apr 15, 2013 12:16 am Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2013
West ridge
Beautiful spring day - many skiers out and about on and around this peak.
Larry Laverty - Apr 4, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2013
West Ridge
Wow! What a beautiful early-Spring day. Snow all the way in from Carson Pass. Shared the mountain much of the day with three top-notch skiers. I've visited a couple of other far less prominent places by the same name and if I were king would bestow this magnificent place with a more lofty name.
SEF - Feb 14, 2013 4:00 pm Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2013
Crescent Moon Couloir
Climbed in good snow conditions with dog. Dog had a great time and was quite playful in the gully. He would scamper up ahead then turn around and barrel down at me. I would brace for impact but he would veer to the side then repeat. Scrambled over to the summit to the E after topping out.
tbaranski - Sep 6, 2012 4:05 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2012
A nice climb
Arrived in Tahoe in the afternoon and this hike from Woods Lake Campground was the perfect length.
MarekB - Feb 20, 2012 11:33 am Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2012
twice
Beautiful winter day and easy ascent via W Ridge. First climbed W Ridge 19 Dec 2011, very windy, low visibility & rocks covered by rime ice.
mrchad9 - Feb 6, 2012 1:55 am Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2012
2x
Nice day up Crescent Moon Couloir under sunny skies. Just enough snow in the chute to (almost) completely avoid having to scramble over any rock near the top. Headed over to The Sisters after the summit visit.
First climbed on June 9, 2007 as part of a laid back backpacking trip.
WayneFry - Jan 1, 2012 11:28 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2011
Great climb
A good steep climb with a great top out (Cresent moon couloir)
ElGreco - Nov 29, 2011 4:11 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2011
West Ridge
With Ann. Strong winds, especially from the West summit onwards. If the Cascade volcanoes aren't loose enough for you, come to Round Top... All in all, a fun day out, but I'd far rather spend time on granite, even the loose stuff. Crescent Moon looks like a winner though! Have to come back for it.
Calling the West Ridge a "walk-up" is misleading. It's Class 2 until you get to the West summit. Getting from the West summit to the East (true) summit, is the crux of the route, and if you haven't made it to the East summit - well - then you haven't summited Round Top, sorry guys...
Getting to the summit involves negotiating very loose scree slopes, some with undesirable, cliffy runouts in the distance. How confident are you in stopping a slide on scree? It also involves Class 3 (the route we took was more like Class 4) scrambling on rock to mount the summit mound with virtually no protection opportunities, and it's not unusual for your foothold to give way or for your handhold to find itself sitting squarely in your hand, no longer attached to the rock, if you don't pick and test carefully.
There is a rappel/belay pole a few steps down from the summit marker if you want to make your descent safer and skip the crux downclimb. I bounce tested it and it seemed solid. The rappel is low angle/load too. A 30m rope is enough to get you past the difficult section, almost to the base of the summit mound.
bedellympian - Oct 7, 2011 4:46 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010
summer hike
Nice summer day hike with dad. Still some snow and saw some guys making turns with skis. Rain storm struck on the descent.
ScottyP - Sep 25, 2011 1:15 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2011
Nice Views
Via Woods to Winnemucca on way to 4th of July Lake. Prefer the chute in snow over the rock scramble
LincolnB - Sep 19, 2011 11:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2011
West ridge
Climbed from Woods lake via Round Top lake -- looks like the shortest approach. Stopped at the west peak because all the loose gravel was making me nervous.
Vitaliy M. - Jun 19, 2011 2:28 pm Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
x3
East ridge in 2011
Crescent moon couloir in March 2010
and regular route in Dec 2009 (first time I used crampons haha)
danblock - Jan 22, 2014 5:28 pm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2013
East RidgeWent up the east ridge which was adventure. A lot of the ridge itself was loose rock, and the scree on the south slope was worse. Nice exposure to the north with one short section on the ridge with drops on both sides! We went down the west ridge.
emilie - Sep 21, 2013 2:37 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Winter day hikeNice snow climb to the top of Round Top. Truly felt a bit sketchy and exposed to me on the top ridge, but I am a bit of a weeny about such things. Did this as training for a Himalayan expedition. :-)
JGHarrison - Aug 18, 2013 2:10 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013
with the sistersreally nice day hike
AceSierra - Aug 8, 2013 5:20 pm
Our Yearly IntroAlways our first high-ish peak of the season. I love the Carson Pass area. Great in any season. Round Top is an awesome half day jaunt, really nice views from the top. Lotsa people around usually. Last time in early July, there was no register.
craig512 - Aug 2, 2013 12:31 am Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2012
Awesome first peakThis is a great first peak to take people above 10k feet. I can't count how many times I've summited but usually do about once a year. July is usually perfect to view the green meadows and flowers on the way in. Winter backcountry ski ascents are awesome for the easy approach and excellent descents.
Marmaduke - Jul 23, 2013 2:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2013
Fun ScrambleWith my wife and our two dogs. A fun scramble, perfect weather, great views. An easy class 3 from the West Ridge. My wife and the dogs stayed on the west summit and were content. Someone took the register recently, the new one was started less than a week ago.
trexkerry - Jun 23, 2013 4:13 pm Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2013
With Elephants BackMistakenly stayed on the PCT and realized it on the back side of Elephants Back. Climbed loose scree and rocks up to Elephants Back summit and traveled cross country to hook up with the right trail at Round Top Lake. Enjoyed the class 3 climb at the end. Trip report at http://www.mountainhiker.org/trip_report.aspx?id=92
DrHill - Apr 19, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2013
Beautiful dayAttempted the Hidden couloir...but too much avalanche danger. Ended up heading up the west ridge
labgloves - Apr 15, 2013 12:16 am Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2013
West ridgeBeautiful spring day - many skiers out and about on and around this peak.
Larry Laverty - Apr 4, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2013
West RidgeWow! What a beautiful early-Spring day. Snow all the way in from Carson Pass. Shared the mountain much of the day with three top-notch skiers. I've visited a couple of other far less prominent places by the same name and if I were king would bestow this magnificent place with a more lofty name.
SEF - Feb 14, 2013 4:00 pm Date Climbed: Feb 3, 2013
Crescent Moon CouloirClimbed in good snow conditions with dog. Dog had a great time and was quite playful in the gully. He would scamper up ahead then turn around and barrel down at me. I would brace for impact but he would veer to the side then repeat. Scrambled over to the summit to the E after topping out.
tbaranski - Sep 6, 2012 4:05 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2012
A nice climbArrived in Tahoe in the afternoon and this hike from Woods Lake Campground was the perfect length.
MarekB - Feb 20, 2012 11:33 am Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2012
twiceBeautiful winter day and easy ascent via W Ridge. First climbed W Ridge 19 Dec 2011, very windy, low visibility & rocks covered by rime ice.
mrchad9 - Feb 6, 2012 1:55 am Date Climbed: Feb 5, 2012
2xNice day up Crescent Moon Couloir under sunny skies. Just enough snow in the chute to (almost) completely avoid having to scramble over any rock near the top. Headed over to The Sisters after the summit visit.
First climbed on June 9, 2007 as part of a laid back backpacking trip.
WayneFry - Jan 1, 2012 11:28 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2011
Great climbA good steep climb with a great top out (Cresent moon couloir)
ElGreco - Nov 29, 2011 4:11 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2011
West RidgeWith Ann. Strong winds, especially from the West summit onwards. If the Cascade volcanoes aren't loose enough for you, come to Round Top... All in all, a fun day out, but I'd far rather spend time on granite, even the loose stuff. Crescent Moon looks like a winner though! Have to come back for it.
Calling the West Ridge a "walk-up" is misleading. It's Class 2 until you get to the West summit. Getting from the West summit to the East (true) summit, is the crux of the route, and if you haven't made it to the East summit - well - then you haven't summited Round Top, sorry guys...
Getting to the summit involves negotiating very loose scree slopes, some with undesirable, cliffy runouts in the distance. How confident are you in stopping a slide on scree? It also involves Class 3 (the route we took was more like Class 4) scrambling on rock to mount the summit mound with virtually no protection opportunities, and it's not unusual for your foothold to give way or for your handhold to find itself sitting squarely in your hand, no longer attached to the rock, if you don't pick and test carefully.
There is a rappel/belay pole a few steps down from the summit marker if you want to make your descent safer and skip the crux downclimb. I bounce tested it and it seemed solid. The rappel is low angle/load too. A 30m rope is enough to get you past the difficult section, almost to the base of the summit mound.
bedellympian - Oct 7, 2011 4:46 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010
summer hikeNice summer day hike with dad. Still some snow and saw some guys making turns with skis. Rain storm struck on the descent.
ScottyP - Sep 25, 2011 1:15 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 2011
Nice ViewsVia Woods to Winnemucca on way to 4th of July Lake. Prefer the chute in snow over the rock scramble
LincolnB - Sep 19, 2011 11:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2011
West ridgeClimbed from Woods lake via Round Top lake -- looks like the shortest approach. Stopped at the west peak because all the loose gravel was making me nervous.
Vitaliy M. - Jun 19, 2011 2:28 pm Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011
x3East ridge in 2011
Crescent moon couloir in March 2010
and regular route in Dec 2009 (first time I used crampons haha)