South Tent Mountain (UT) Climber's Log

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aepler315 - Nov 21, 2023 12:53 am Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2023

Peakbagging road trip  Sucess!

Came here after doing East Benchmark. The transition between the mud and snow zones was pretty sketchy, but passable. My 2001 CR-V made it. The mountain had some slick mud on the lower slopes. Other than that, a straightforward hike up a mountain. Really nice views.

Dundeel

Dundeel - Oct 8, 2023 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2023

Via SW slope and saddle between North and South Tent.  Sucess!

Fairly easy route up open slopes and along summit ridge.

ericnoel

ericnoel - Oct 6, 2023 5:00 pm Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2023

South Tent  Sucess!

West Slope to North Ridge

paulhbrown - Sep 26, 2023 6:36 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2023

Early autumn  Sucess!

Parked at the turnout on the SW side of North Tent Mountain, ascended N Tent via the old 4WD road, then descended to the saddle between N Tent and S Tent. Rough use trail follows the ridge to S Tent.
Our descent took us back to the saddle, then steeply down the slope to Beck's Ditch. A very good (i.e., almost level & easily followed) trail abuts the ditch to within half a mile of the turnout, and then a sheep trail leads north of the ditch back to the cars.

vanman798

vanman798 - Jul 14, 2021 9:51 am Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2021

From FR 054  Sucess!

Took a left turn to the east from Skyline Drive on to FR 054, and parked below the saddle between North Tent and South Tent Peaks. It's a bit steep but not crazy and I managed to find my way up to the top of the saddle within 30-35 mins. This is a SW approach. From the top of the saddle to the Peak took another 15 or 20 mins.

Fletch

Fletch - Aug 30, 2019 9:02 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2019

nice day  Sucess!

yay

dfox

dfox - Feb 3, 2019 3:14 pm Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2018

South Tent Mountain via Spring Creek Canyon  Sucess!

Finished my trip to the Utah county high points in the Wasatch Plateau with South Tent Mountain (my 13th Utah county high point). I really enjoyed the hike, but Skyline Drive from the top of Spring Creek Canyon to South Tent Mountain is just as awful as everyone says it is. The ruts take more out of you than the hiking does!

Garon Coriz

Garon Coriz - Oct 29, 2018 6:35 pm Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2018

One of the Last Wasatch Plateau  Sucess!

Some thorny brush on the way up but pretty mellow hike overall. It took me a while to get around to tagging this peak so it was quite a nice feeling to finally be at the "top" of the range.

Udink

Udink - Jul 18, 2016 9:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2004

One of my first county high points  Sucess!

I hiked South Tent when I was first getting into hiking. Reading my trip report from back then sounds pretty pathetic. http://udink.org/2004/08/16/south-tent-mountain/

DarrenKnezek

DarrenKnezek - Sep 3, 2015 12:56 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2015

Fun Peak  Sucess!

Really fun peak on a great late summer day. Loads of elk hunters everywhere. I must have been asked half a dozen times if I saw any elk. Glad I wore a brightly colored shirt!

yadahzoemtn

yadahzoemtn - Jul 6, 2014 10:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2014

From Spring City  Sucess!

Miko, Nala and I drove the road up Spring City Canyon. When we hit Skyline Drive the road was extremely rutted and I decided I would rather hike than take a chance. We gained the ridge and went over North Tent Mountain and then on to South Tent Mountain. On the way back we went back over North Tent. This put our journey at 6.0 miles gaining 1546 vertical. Fun day.

scgrant

scgrant - Jun 30, 2014 6:51 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2014

North and South Tent  Sucess!

Following Skyline Drive heading north we reached impassible snow drifts in the road at a pass at around 10,880 feet. We parked here and hiked the road about 3 miles to the base of North Tent. In the process we lost about 500' of elevation. We then hiked up the open slopes to North Tent before following the ridge to South Tent. On our descent we angled under North Tent, to avoid climbing it again, and worked our way back to Skyline Drive, and back to my truck. This was my third CoHP today and fourth in the past two days.

seano

seano - Apr 30, 2013 2:03 pm Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2013

From above Spring City  Sucess!

Snowshoed up from about 7800' on the road from Spring City, without too much postholing. Trip report.

apachedino

apachedino - Apr 25, 2013 3:15 pm Date Climbed: May 30, 2012

Camped on North Tent  Sucess!

Deceded to camp on the nice flat summit of North Tent on a perfectly still night and then had a liesurely stroll to South Tent in the morning. Outstanding sunrise!

Brita

Brita - Nov 2, 2012 4:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2012

South Tent in Sanpete  Sucess!

I should have worn more leg protection as this was all bushwhacking. It was a very pretty area and I enjoyed looking at the wild flowers. I'm hoping to get a book to help me identify them next year. Being from Arizona, I not familiar with Utah flora.

joseyinnet

joseyinnet - Aug 26, 2012 8:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012

Hot and humid  Sucess!

Heat, humidity, bushwhacking and flies made this one kind of a miserable slog. Beautiful area though.

runbyu1

runbyu1 - Aug 12, 2012 1:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2012

Up the saddle...no trail.   Sucess!

Went up the saddle between North and South peaks and then proceeded to the top of South Tent. Nice area. In retrospect, I would have went up North Tent first and followed the ridge...likely would've been much easier than all the cross country bushwacking we had to do. Shocked that there is really no trail or marker for the Sanpete County high point!

strongbadreggie

strongbadreggie - Aug 10, 2012 6:37 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2012

Two Tents in one night  Sucess!

Climbed North Tent from the North Ridge from Skyline Drive. Continued along the saddle to South Tent. Took the same route back. Much better without fog!

strongbadreggie

strongbadreggie - Aug 10, 2012 6:35 pm Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2011

Got stranded....  Sucess!

Climbed the mountain from the south side of the saddle. Reached the summit as the fog of an approaching blizzard set in. Got lost on the north side in Black Canyon, thinking I was still on the south side at the head of Canal Canyon. Had to make an emergency shelter of pine boughs to keep me and Rocky (my dog) warm for the night. Sanpete County Search and Rescue found me the next afternoon.

ZeeJay

ZeeJay - Oct 29, 2011 9:29 pm Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2011

Mud, mud, and more mud  Sucess!

Took the Ephraim Canyon Road to Skyline Drive. This road is now in excellent shape and is much better than the road from Spring City. The section of Skyline Drive to the base of N Tent was only marginally rutted and for the most part was pretty good and was way better than the section from the top of the Spring City Road to the base of N Tent which looked too rutted for our lowly Subaru when we viewed it last week. However, once things unfroze, it was mud city and we now own the world's dirtiest car. Last week my husband used a snow shovel to get the mud off of our driveway. Tonight he said it was too dark so I guess I see how bad it is tomorrow.

For the hike itself, we went over N Tent to S Tent, back to the saddle, descended to the SW, and then traversed around the base of N Tent back to the car.

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