steve_hiebert - Aug 29, 2008 7:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008
SE Face
We dayhiked it from Twin Lakes crossing Horse Creek Pass. The routefinding was a bit tricky. I think we crossed from Chute #1 to Chute #2 too high but we were (surprisingly) following another party. From Chute #2 to Chute #3 through the chockstone, and then to the summit, the climb was fascinating.
derbilly - Aug 21, 2007 6:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
Sierra Challenge 2007
Clmbed SE face in a sleep-deprived state and still managed to pick up the formidable Horse Creek Peak as a bonus!
bechtt - Aug 10, 2007 11:59 am Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE Face
With the 2007 Sierra Challenge gang
Travis_ - Aug 5, 2007 4:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE Face with Sierra Challenge
Climbed Whorl and Matterhorn with a great group of guys from the Sierra Challenge. See Trip Report
metasyn11 - Aug 3, 2007 6:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE Face
Climbed with a contingent of 6 as part of the 2007 Sierra Challenge (most, or some at least, did the Doodad). Fun scrambling in the chutes and particularly through the chockstone. Grand views.
Alpinist - Sep 25, 2006 4:00 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006
SE Face
Solo climbed the SE Face from Miller Lake during a 10-day backpacking trip from Leavitt Meadows to Toulumne Meadows. Beautiful and solitary hike up Spiller Canyon from the PCT (12-miles RT). I managed to get off route and climbed left of the first chute on a rib that semed more like Class 4 than Class 3. I reached the ridgetop well left of the chockstone, realized my mistake and had to do some low Class 5 climbing to transition from the west side of the ridge back to the east side. (Photo here.) I finally found the chockstone and finished the climb on route. If you find a pair of sunglasses on the summit, those are (were) mine.
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: October 10, 2004
Great climb, perfect weather! Thanks to MWetters for the great routefinding and encouragement. They should really just make one trail out there--it would be way less damaging to the environment, and a lot easier on climbers. :-)
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: 22 August 2004
Monty, Mike Riepe, and I climbed the SE Face route yesterday, after camping out near Horse Creek Pass. The weather was gloomy but the climb was fun. Thanks to Richard Steele for the excellent route description.
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 31, 2003
Another peak, another epic.
Etsuko (my girlfriend), Matthew and I started this as a day-hike from the Twin Lakes parking lot at 6am. Weather forecasters predicted mostly sunny day with 20% precipitation. In my opinion, these people should be "shot" :). Approximately half way up, clouds rolled in and it started raining. At this point, Etsuko decided that getting soaked and cold (we only brought very light clothes with us) is not worth it for her and she turned back while Matthew and I (with the trash bag over me for the water protection) pressed on hoping for the best. As we got to the Horse Creek pass, weather seemed to hold and improved for the better. Hopeful, we continued to traverse around the peak in order to get into the chutes. I was relieved to finally start climbing after the long approach. Chute #1 was quite loose and not very fun. As we were reaching its top, it started raining again. This time rain was short and we resumed into the chute #2. This is where the real fun begins! We quickly made our way to the chute #3 on excellent rock, found the 'easy sandy traverse' (per Bob Burd) and squeezed ourselves under the infamous chokestone. As we gained the summit ridge, weather turned really bad again. We waited for a half an hour under the hailstorm and thunder in the narrow chimney ~100 feet below the summit. Fortunately weather gave us a chance and cleared out for 15 minutes, just enough for us to tag the summit and run back down. After getting hailed/rained on (again) near the Horse Creek pass on the way down, we safely made it back to the car at 7:30pm, with the last light.
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 17 '02
This was a more impressive peak then I originally thought it would be. The route (SE chute #2 - class 3) and summit were very fun. Climbing through the chockstone was a blast.
Day 1 of the 2002 Mountaineers Challenge. Dayhiking from Twin Lakes, 5 of us made it to the summit under beatiful weather (though the views were a bit smokey) in a little over 6hrs. Exciting class 3 climbing up chute #2 since we didn't traverse far enough to reach the class 2 chute #1. Trip Report.
BCL - Sep 14, 2008 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008Solo day hike out of Twin Lakes. Fun climb.
steve_hiebert - Aug 29, 2008 7:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008
SE FaceWe dayhiked it from Twin Lakes crossing Horse Creek Pass. The routefinding was a bit tricky. I think we crossed from Chute #1 to Chute #2 too high but we were (surprisingly) following another party. From Chute #2 to Chute #3 through the chockstone, and then to the summit, the climb was fascinating.
derbilly - Aug 21, 2007 6:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
Sierra Challenge 2007Clmbed SE face in a sleep-deprived state and still managed to pick up the formidable Horse Creek Peak as a bonus!
bechtt - Aug 10, 2007 11:59 am Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE FaceWith the 2007 Sierra Challenge gang
Travis_ - Aug 5, 2007 4:07 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE Face with Sierra ChallengeClimbed Whorl and Matterhorn with a great group of guys from the Sierra Challenge. See Trip Report
metasyn11 - Aug 3, 2007 6:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2007
SE FaceClimbed with a contingent of 6 as part of the 2007 Sierra Challenge (most, or some at least, did the Doodad). Fun scrambling in the chutes and particularly through the chockstone. Grand views.
Alpinist - Sep 25, 2006 4:00 am Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006
SE FaceSolo climbed the SE Face from Miller Lake during a 10-day backpacking trip from Leavitt Meadows to Toulumne Meadows. Beautiful and solitary hike up Spiller Canyon from the PCT (12-miles RT). I managed to get off route and climbed left of the first chute on a rib that semed more like Class 4 than Class 3. I reached the ridgetop well left of the chockstone, realized my mistake and had to do some low Class 5 climbing to transition from the west side of the ridge back to the east side. (Photo here.) I finally found the chockstone and finished the climb on route. If you find a pair of sunglasses on the summit, those are (were) mine.
Trip report.
Michael Graupe - Oct 19, 2005 9:52 pm
Route Climbed: SE face Date Climbed: Fall 2002Beautiful dayhike out of Twin Lakes. Tagged Matterhorn Peak on the return as well.
Samantha - Oct 12, 2004 12:35 pm
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: October 10, 2004Great climb, perfect weather! Thanks to MWetters for the great routefinding and encouragement. They should really just make one trail out there--it would be way less damaging to the environment, and a lot easier on climbers. :-)
HikeMonkey - Aug 23, 2004 11:46 am
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: 22 August 2004Monty, Mike Riepe, and I climbed the SE Face route yesterday, after camping out near Horse Creek Pass. The weather was gloomy but the climb was fun. Thanks to Richard Steele for the excellent route description.
RSN473 - Mar 11, 2004 10:30 am
Route Climbed: SE face Date Climbed: October 1999Climbed with my buddy Myron - fun route! Especially liked the "secret stairway" thru chockstone. Saw golden Eagle soaring on ridge during ascent
Robt - Nov 5, 2003 4:45 pm
Route Climbed: Chockstone Rte. Date Climbed: Oct. 11, 2003Skip the trip reports; the best part of this peak is the quirky route and working through it "on sight".
steeleman - Oct 25, 2003 4:21 pm
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 1, 2003My 2d attempt, this time successful
trip report here
Matthew Holliman - Sep 2, 2003 1:37 am
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2003Wow, what a fantastic peak! Perhaps my favourite mountain to date... this was like a breath of fresh air after a Stanton-Virginia slog the day before.
Misha - Sep 2, 2003 12:16 am
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 31, 2003Another peak, another epic.
Etsuko (my girlfriend), Matthew and I started this as a day-hike from the Twin Lakes parking lot at 6am. Weather forecasters predicted mostly sunny day with 20% precipitation. In my opinion, these people should be "shot" :). Approximately half way up, clouds rolled in and it started raining. At this point, Etsuko decided that getting soaked and cold (we only brought very light clothes with us) is not worth it for her and she turned back while Matthew and I (with the trash bag over me for the water protection) pressed on hoping for the best. As we got to the Horse Creek pass, weather seemed to hold and improved for the better. Hopeful, we continued to traverse around the peak in order to get into the chutes. I was relieved to finally start climbing after the long approach. Chute #1 was quite loose and not very fun. As we were reaching its top, it started raining again. This time rain was short and we resumed into the chute #2. This is where the real fun begins! We quickly made our way to the chute #3 on excellent rock, found the 'easy sandy traverse' (per Bob Burd) and squeezed ourselves under the infamous chokestone. As we gained the summit ridge, weather turned really bad again. We waited for a half an hour under the hailstorm and thunder in the narrow chimney ~100 feet below the summit. Fortunately weather gave us a chance and cleared out for 15 minutes, just enough for us to tag the summit and run back down. After getting hailed/rained on (again) near the Horse Creek pass on the way down, we safely made it back to the car at 7:30pm, with the last light.
FUN!
Joe Hanssen - Aug 27, 2002 6:57 pm
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 17 '02This was a more impressive peak then I originally thought it would be. The route (SE chute #2 - class 3) and summit were very fun. Climbing through the chockstone was a blast.
2002 Sierra Mountaineers Challenge
Bob Burd - Aug 20, 2002 6:12 pm
Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2002Day 1 of the 2002 Mountaineers Challenge. Dayhiking from Twin Lakes, 5 of us made it to the summit under beatiful weather (though the views were a bit smokey) in a little over 6hrs. Exciting class 3 climbing up chute #2 since we didn't traverse far enough to reach the class 2 chute #1. Trip Report.