7500 feet in one day... a new personal record - the climb was wonderful though - those cliffs when you first hit the ridge are wicked... and the split part of the mountain up top is wild - I think I am running out of easy 14ers, hmmm...
jimegan - Sep 28, 2008 6:34 am Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008
Split Mountain
Soloed the N ridge from Red Lake when Mike hit the wall after climbing Mt Sill the prior day. These were my final two Calif 14ers.
jaypisano - Aug 27, 2008 1:45 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
north slope from the east
definitely more difficult than i expected but a beautiful mountain. the drive to red lake trailhead was a real treat!
Daytripped from Orange County. I thought it was pretty tough for an "easy 14er".
sierratrekkin - Aug 7, 2008 7:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008
N. Slope
Climbed Split Mountain June 16th of 2008, via the N. Slope from Taboose Pass. I easily nabbed Mount Prater the next day and spent a nice two night stay just below both peaks.
Climbed Split with my wife last summer. Great fun- a little challenging route-finding through scree slope, but isolated and fun and worth the effort just the same.
Climbed Northeast Arete (IV, 5.8) with Pavel on a perfect summer day. 15 long pitches (150'+) and one rappel with a few memorable spots, abundance of loose rock (although, not enough to make it disgusting) and wicked knife edges. Existing beta was useless; we pretty much found our own way which included a 5.10 pitch. 11.5 hours from the route start to the summit ridge. Descended in the dark for a 19 hour camp to camp marathon.
Many props to the late great Galen Rowell for soloing this route on his FA. There is no way in the world I'd attempt something like this unroped.
ChuckO - Jul 3, 2008 2:17 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
North Slope
First trip back into the mountains after surgery to repair a broken ankle 21 weeks earlier ... thus this trip worked me, on of the hardest times I've had in the mountains. Hot weather didn't help - +100degF at trail head. Climbed with Ken T. Bottom line = a safe and successful 14'er summit.
Zhenya77 - Mar 31, 2008 10:51 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2006
North East Slope
We camped near the lake and on the summit day we departed quite early around 4:00 am. By 7:30 am we already summited the peak and soon (around 9 :00 am ) safely returned to the base camp. It was nice, clear day.
Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 9:29 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2005
Eek...
the first time, a storm moved in so fast, our tent was under a foot of snow in a few hours! Sheesh, route finding on the way out was difficult.
I prefer Split as a dayhike.
bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 5:03 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2005
Done...
Been to the top twice.
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 2:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2005
An SHR bonus peak
A bonus peak we bagged during our 9-day SHR backpacking trip.
lefty - Sep 18, 2007 12:51 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005
North Slope
I couldn't get my Honda CRV back up the main road on the way out so I used the alternative way out through the mine.
Thomas Erspamer - Sep 9, 2007 11:24 pm Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007
Main NE Route
Nine and a half hours to summit. If Bob Burd had started at the same time I did he would have been back in San Jose sipping a beer by the time I topped out!
Started at 3:15 a.m. and got back to car 17 and a half hours later. Perfect weather all day. Must have had 200 miles of visibility from the top. Didn't see a soul all day except for my buddy Steve. Guess that's not much of a surprise given all the bad press I've been reading on SP about the Red Lake trail.
Driving instructions from this site were extremely helpful. We found high clearance to be necessary but directions to be spot on. No worries.
Not sure I'd call this a class 2. The shoot on the classic NE route was a dry, crumbling mess up around 12,000 feet. If anyone is anywhere above you then you'd better be wearing a helmet.
Recommend staying on solid rock to right of shoot (Class 3). There's a use trail off to the right near the base of the shoot. We descended this way.
Enough talus, debris, and boulders for a lifetime.
This was quite a long day for an average Joe hiker like myself. Which 14er will be next?
With Respect.
Tom E.
skotty - Sep 4, 2007 11:30 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
Miserable approach
Maybe its just because I got a late start on one of the hottest days of the year, but to me this approach was a miserable desert hike on a poor trail. Out of the 28 peaks I've done so far I would say this was the second worst approach I've done next to the approach for Mt. Williamson via Shepherd Pass.
Nevertheless, once we got to about 10,000 feet or so, the scenery almost made us forget about the approach we endured. With still another ~3,000 ft to go from Red Lake in just about 1 mile, this is undeniably NOT one of the easiest 14ers, as R.J. Secor says. Definitely one of the best looking 14ers; very impressive.
Samantha - Aug 31, 2007 12:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
NSlpoe
Nice mountain!
NoSam - Aug 28, 2007 7:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
North Slope from East
Picked this 14'er off. Class 2 route from East/Red Lake. High clouds kept the sun off our backs. Fun climb.
Ol Walsher - Aug 13, 2007 4:53 pm Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007
North Slope
Somewhat of a slog but well worth it. The chute had lots of talus and rubble which kept it interesting. Had a couple of showers but no thunder. Nice and quiet back there.
paisajeroamericano - Oct 21, 2008 11:32 am Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2008
wow7500 feet in one day... a new personal record - the climb was wonderful though - those cliffs when you first hit the ridge are wicked... and the split part of the mountain up top is wild - I think I am running out of easy 14ers, hmmm...
jimegan - Sep 28, 2008 6:34 am Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008
Split MountainSoloed the N ridge from Red Lake when Mike hit the wall after climbing Mt Sill the prior day. These were my final two Calif 14ers.
jaypisano - Aug 27, 2008 1:45 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008
north slope from the eastdefinitely more difficult than i expected but a beautiful mountain. the drive to red lake trailhead was a real treat!
dpsiebert - Aug 21, 2008 6:39 am
North SlopeDaytripped from Orange County. I thought it was pretty tough for an "easy 14er".
sierratrekkin - Aug 7, 2008 7:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008
N. SlopeClimbed Split Mountain June 16th of 2008, via the N. Slope from Taboose Pass. I easily nabbed Mount Prater the next day and spent a nice two night stay just below both peaks.
Sam Roberts - Jul 31, 2008 7:01 pm
N Slope from EastCamped at Red Lake. Uneventful climb.
BradBartick - Jul 12, 2008 10:03 pm
Split is the sh*tClimbed Split with my wife last summer. Great fun- a little challenging route-finding through scree slope, but isolated and fun and worth the effort just the same.
PellucidWombat - Jul 8, 2008 2:41 pm
Re: Route Climbed: Red Lake -> Bad Idea route -> N Ridge Date Climbed: 9 September, 2001haha, I like the name of your route. I had no idea we were so close to each other in summitting before we met! Small world, eh?
Misha - Jul 7, 2008 3:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008
Bagged my final CA fourteener with a bangClimbed Northeast Arete (IV, 5.8) with Pavel on a perfect summer day. 15 long pitches (150'+) and one rappel with a few memorable spots, abundance of loose rock (although, not enough to make it disgusting) and wicked knife edges. Existing beta was useless; we pretty much found our own way which included a 5.10 pitch. 11.5 hours from the route start to the summit ridge. Descended in the dark for a 19 hour camp to camp marathon.
Many props to the late great Galen Rowell for soloing this route on his FA. There is no way in the world I'd attempt something like this unroped.
ChuckO - Jul 3, 2008 2:17 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
North SlopeFirst trip back into the mountains after surgery to repair a broken ankle 21 weeks earlier ... thus this trip worked me, on of the hardest times I've had in the mountains. Hot weather didn't help - +100degF at trail head. Climbed with Ken T. Bottom line = a safe and successful 14'er summit.
Zhenya77 - Mar 31, 2008 10:51 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2006
North East SlopeWe camped near the lake and on the summit day we departed quite early around 4:00 am. By 7:30 am we already summited the peak and soon (around 9 :00 am ) safely returned to the base camp. It was nice, clear day.
Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 9:29 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2005
Eek...the first time, a storm moved in so fast, our tent was under a foot of snow in a few hours! Sheesh, route finding on the way out was difficult.
I prefer Split as a dayhike.
bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 5:03 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2005
Done...Been to the top twice.
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 2:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2005
An SHR bonus peakA bonus peak we bagged during our 9-day SHR backpacking trip.
lefty - Sep 18, 2007 12:51 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005
North SlopeI couldn't get my Honda CRV back up the main road on the way out so I used the alternative way out through the mine.
Thomas Erspamer - Sep 9, 2007 11:24 pm Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007
Main NE RouteNine and a half hours to summit. If Bob Burd had started at the same time I did he would have been back in San Jose sipping a beer by the time I topped out!
Started at 3:15 a.m. and got back to car 17 and a half hours later. Perfect weather all day. Must have had 200 miles of visibility from the top. Didn't see a soul all day except for my buddy Steve. Guess that's not much of a surprise given all the bad press I've been reading on SP about the Red Lake trail.
Driving instructions from this site were extremely helpful. We found high clearance to be necessary but directions to be spot on. No worries.
Not sure I'd call this a class 2. The shoot on the classic NE route was a dry, crumbling mess up around 12,000 feet. If anyone is anywhere above you then you'd better be wearing a helmet.
Recommend staying on solid rock to right of shoot (Class 3). There's a use trail off to the right near the base of the shoot. We descended this way.
Enough talus, debris, and boulders for a lifetime.
This was quite a long day for an average Joe hiker like myself. Which 14er will be next?
With Respect.
Tom E.
skotty - Sep 4, 2007 11:30 am Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
Miserable approachMaybe its just because I got a late start on one of the hottest days of the year, but to me this approach was a miserable desert hike on a poor trail. Out of the 28 peaks I've done so far I would say this was the second worst approach I've done next to the approach for Mt. Williamson via Shepherd Pass.
Nevertheless, once we got to about 10,000 feet or so, the scenery almost made us forget about the approach we endured. With still another ~3,000 ft to go from Red Lake in just about 1 mile, this is undeniably NOT one of the easiest 14ers, as R.J. Secor says. Definitely one of the best looking 14ers; very impressive.
Samantha - Aug 31, 2007 12:23 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
NSlpoeNice mountain!
NoSam - Aug 28, 2007 7:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
North Slope from EastPicked this 14'er off. Class 2 route from East/Red Lake. High clouds kept the sun off our backs. Fun climb.
Ol Walsher - Aug 13, 2007 4:53 pm Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007
North SlopeSomewhat of a slog but well worth it. The chute had lots of talus and rubble which kept it interesting. Had a couple of showers but no thunder. Nice and quiet back there.