Basecamp To Climb Granite Peak

Besides some talus strewn class 3 and 4 climbing granite peak is notorious for the brutal thunderstorms that lash its slopes with predictable monotony on summer afternoons.

Basecamp to climb granite peak. Granite peak lies deep in the beartooth mountains of montana. Climb to base camp they were simply exhausted and couldn t continue. Lying deep within the rugged beartooth wilderness it is surely one of the most difficult of the 50 state high points. If you re looking for adventure it s perfect.

Ferguson on august 29 1923 after several failed attempts by. Van matre meadows also makes a great basecamp but one has the added climb back up to stonewall pass before climbing the peaks. It was the last of the state highpoints to be climbed first women reaches summit in 1947. When the weather opened up in late september jeremy wood and i decided to climb the east ridge of granite peak in the absaroka beartooth wilderness of the custer national forest.

Whitney i hiked all the way up to the high camp around six miles and 12 000 feet and was mad for doing so. Climbing history of granite peak. After an all night drive and a nine hour 5000 ft. My regular climbing partner and cousin dusty and i hiked in threemiles for mt.

Marcy in the winter and camped in 14f. Water is available there most of the year from a few pools in the meadow and from seasonal creeks. His favorite place to climb was the lost river range. Unfortunately martin and mishell did not get to climb the peak with us.

Mystic lake on the approach day 1 granite peak was the last of the state highpoints to be climbed first climbed in by a party led by elers koch james c. Kevin could rattle off the entire geologic history of the range on the hike into whatever you were climbing. Resembling a huge jagged meat cleaver this rugged and remote peak montana s highest is one of the most difficult of the state highpoints to climb. Miriam underhill was the first women to.

Granite peak s first ascent was made by elers koch on august 29 1923 after several failed attempts by others. Red mountain meadows provides a great place for a base camp from which to climb red mountain granite peak and middle peak. As the highest point in montana it s a peak that s been on the bucket list for a while. I signed on to my first climb with jackson hole mountain guides ready to get up granite peak the only technical rock climb of the 50 state highpoints.

All approaches to granite are long and rough largely off trail above tree line which is below 10 000 feet in this area. Basecamp from a granite peak summit from last september oc 18 comments. They made the right choice because granite peak requires a lot of energy and stamina. Basecamp from a granite peak summit from last september oc close.