Ascent of Charleston Peak on 2014-02-23| Other People: | Solo Ascent
Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Sunday, February 23, 2014 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Charleston Peak | | Location: | USA-Nevada | | Elevation: | 11916 ft / 3631 m |
Ascent Trip ReportFlew Boston -> Vegas on Sat evening, picked up a rental car and drove (~hr) up to the parking lot at the North Loop trail head stopping along the way to pick up some munchies for the hike. Arrived at the parking lot around 1:00am and car camped till ~6:00am. Caught a beautiful sunrise as I was organizing my gear, took a few pictures and hit the trailhead at about 6:45am.
06:45 - Trail head at North Loop parking lot
07:35 - Trail intersection (trail canyon trhd) / sign
07:53 - I hit a path branching to the right. I had left my detailed maps in the car (doooh), and I guessed this trail headed up to Mummy Mt - it didn't. I pretty much gut cliffed out in ~10+ mins and headed back to the main trail. Next time I'm here I'd hit Mummy Mt.
08:20 - Back on the main North Loop trail.
10:15 - Lee Peak summit
12:30 - Charleston Peak summit. Spent ~10 mins on the summit (beautiful day).
12:40 - Depart the summit.
15:35 - Back at the trail intersection (trail conyon trhd) / sign
16:16 - Back at the trailhead/car.
Summary: A difficult/long hike. There are ~6+ snow slide areas that I had to cross. I thought I could do this with microspikes - but no way. One slip and I would moving 100MPH down a 45+ degree snow/ice slope. I changed to my snowshoes and felt more comfortable. However, I highly recommend crampons and an ice axe. I was lucky that this is a very very light snow year. The summit had patches of snow when I assume it usually is completely covered at the end of February.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 1527 ft / 464 m | | Elevation Loss: | 5224 ft / 1590 m | | Distance: | 10.1 mi / 16.3 km | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground | | Gear Used: | Crampons, Snowshoes | | Weather: | Cool, Calm, Clear
Blue Bird day | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 1227 ft / 373 m | | Extra Loss: | 600 ft / 182 m | | Distance: | 2 mi / 3.2 km | | Route: | North Loop Trail | | Trailhead: | Lee Peak 11289 ft / 3440 m | | Time Up: | 2 Hours 15 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Elevation Loss: | 4624 ft / 1408 m | | Extra Gain: | 300 ft / 91 m | | Distance: | 8.1 mi / 13 km | | Route: | North Loop Trail | | Trailhead: | North Loop Trailhead 7592 ft / 2314 m | | Time Down: | 3 Hours 36 Minutes | Ascent Part of Trip: 2014-02-23 Charleston
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