Route Climbed: North Slopes (ascent) / South Slopes (descent) Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2003; Oct 15, 2004
Mine was the first entry in the register this year. I guess Bob's and Dan's faint praise for this peak has been keeping people away...
I found the trails in this area to be confusing--many are not shown on the map, and it's not always clear whether they're poor trails or good use trails in places.
Came back almost a year later to pad my SPS stats for the year. Other slogs like Stanislaus and Leavitt were much more enjoyable the second time around, but Disaster was as cruddy as I'd remembered. I think that second climb was my last visit to this peak.
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2002
A nice afternoon hike. Only problems were a bit of route-finding (some maps show a trail heading to the southwest side, but it's hard to find and faint in places) and the barbed wire fence going up on the West Ridge. There's actually a place called Paradise Valley just to the north that is a Wilderness cow pasture - how nice. Cow patties litter most of the slopes around this peak. Trip Report
Route Climbed: Soutwest side Date Climbed: July 28, 2001 & June 8, 2003
2001camped with extended family along Clark Fork. On the climb met one other person on the summit and saw two other people along the trail. I wasted about an hour looking for the climbers trail too far south. A hot dusty trip.
2003 was a muddy trip. Again wasted about an hour looking for the climbers trail. Found it and then lost it again in patches of snow, mud and blow down. Spent most of the trip cross country. On the descent lost the trail and picked up Disaster Creek trail about a quarter mile north the trail junction. Saw nobody else the entire day. Interesting trips. Pretty easy navigation.
Matthew Holliman - Oct 20, 2003 12:56 pm
Route Climbed: North Slopes (ascent) / South Slopes (descent) Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2003; Oct 15, 2004Mine was the first entry in the register this year. I guess Bob's and Dan's faint praise for this peak has been keeping people away...
I found the trails in this area to be confusing--many are not shown on the map, and it's not always clear whether they're poor trails or good use trails in places.
Came back almost a year later to pad my SPS stats for the year. Other slogs like Stanislaus and Leavitt were much more enjoyable the second time around, but Disaster was as cruddy as I'd remembered. I think that second climb was my last visit to this peak.
Bob Burd - Jun 11, 2003 11:24 am
Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2002A nice afternoon hike. Only problems were a bit of route-finding (some maps show a trail heading to the southwest side, but it's hard to find and faint in places) and the barbed wire fence going up on the West Ridge. There's actually a place called Paradise Valley just to the north that is a Wilderness cow pasture - how nice. Cow patties litter most of the slopes around this peak. Trip Report
keema - Jun 11, 2003 8:45 am
Route Climbed: Soutwest side Date Climbed: July 28, 2001 & June 8, 20032001camped with extended family along Clark Fork. On the climb met one other person on the summit and saw two other people along the trail. I wasted about an hour looking for the climbers trail too far south. A hot dusty trip.
2003 was a muddy trip. Again wasted about an hour looking for the climbers trail. Found it and then lost it again in patches of snow, mud and blow down. Spent most of the trip cross country. On the descent lost the trail and picked up Disaster Creek trail about a quarter mile north the trail junction. Saw nobody else the entire day. Interesting trips. Pretty easy navigation.