wmolland - Dec 4, 2008 5:40 pm Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2008
Trout Creek
Good climb with only a little snow up to the saddle. A fun snow climb up the ridge to the windy and bitterly cold summit.
emilie - Oct 13, 2008 10:23 am Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2008
Horse Meadow to Armstrong Pass
Dave's approach and route description of Horse Meadow to Armstrong Pass were perfect. It was a great winter hike with several inches of snow the entire way and high winds on the last mile to the summit. Very happy Rd 51 was still open and driveable to access this side of the mountain.
cjrandall - Sep 2, 2008 12:27 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
Up Trout Creek, Down Armstrong Pass
Followed Gary Suttle's directions on the way in, and thought I was going up the Armstrong Pass route, figured out about an hour of the way in I was actually on the steep and sandy Trout Creek use trail. This route definitely IS evil! Steep, sandy, and very brushy lower down, I lost the trail two or three times. Was very happy to reach the TRT/Freel Peak trail junction at the 9680ft saddle, a mountain biker was lolling around and was surprised to see me come up.
With the temps in the low-to-mid 90s down at lake level, I was surprised how breezy it was up higher. Put my windbreaker on for the final steep climb to the summit, winds were probably 25-30mph.
Not a cloud in the sky, absolutely gorgeous views in all directions. A bit hazy in the Central Valley blocking views to the coast range, was able to see dozens of peaks.
Instead of fighting the brush on the way down Trout Creek, decided to descend the TRT to Armstrong Pass, and then take the mountain bike trail back to Oneidas Street. This part of the trail has completely changed since Gary Suttle wrote his guidebook.
I definitely recommend coming in from the south up and over Armstrong Pass if you're planning on hiking the whole way. The mountain bike trail to Oneidas meanders a lot, and the bike traffic is a hassle.
jboldt1971 - Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1993
Years Ago
Clilmbed this years ago with a great group of friends. Need to get up there again. I remember lots of sand!
Tracy - Jun 22, 2008 11:14 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
Loop hike
I hiked from Forest Service Road 051 up to Armstrong pass and then bushwacked up the south ridge to the peak. On the way down I hiked east to the nearest saddle, bushwacked south down to Horse Meadow and then walked the road back to my vehicle. 2:45 hrs. up and 1:00 hr. down.
edevart - Jun 22, 2008 12:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
From Horse Meadow
Camped at Horse Meadow and hiked up to the pass between Job's sister and Job's. Ascended Job's Sister via South Face then traversed over to Freel. Dropped (scree ski) down Free's south face back to car.
dbraunstein - Jun 7, 2008 6:27 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
The day the fire broke out
Bagged both Freel and Job's Sister with hgrapid. Decided to drive back to Reno via SLT and found to our surprise a large fire had started. Great hike, awesome views. My 2nd Tahoe 10,000er.
Brian Kalet - Feb 19, 2008 1:28 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2008
sacplanner - Dec 28, 2007 11:16 am Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2007
Tahoe Triple Crown
Day hiked the Tahoe Triple Crown from the south. It was very windy and cold, but we missed the first winter storm by a week. A light dusting of snow and high winds made for some spectacular spin-drifts along the ridge.
pjgordon - Nov 6, 2007 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2007
Lake Tahoe
The views of the Lake Tahoe basin are spectacular from Freel. Why someone would not want to live around this great lake is beyond me.
JasonH - Nov 5, 2007 10:53 am Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007
Very Windy
My second time to the top. This time I had company with me. It was very windy for most of the hike up, so we decided against Job's Sister. Maybe next time.
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007
Tahoe Triple Crown
Did a day hike to bag Tahoe Triple Crown - Freel Peak (10,881 ft, the highest of the Tahoe peaks), Jobs Sister (second-highest, at 10,823 ft), and Jobs Peak (fourth-highest, at 10,673 ft).
buzzdainer - Oct 14, 2007 10:38 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2006
Trout Creek Trail
Beautiful hike, though the trail was muddy. Lots of mountain bikers out and about. Some insect problems.
mybackyard - Sep 11, 2007 7:38 am Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2007
Freel, Job's & Job's sis day hike.
I parked my car at the little wooden bridge near the south slope and took the Tahoe rim trail towards Star Lake, summiting Freel in exactly 1.5 hours. Saw a large black bear who was coming down from near the summit of Job's sis. Took the south trail down from Job's and arrived back at my car in 4.5 hours.
shaggyp - Aug 27, 2007 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Trout Creek is Evil
Though fairly short for the actual elevation attained the Trout Creek route takes an evil approach to Freel offering steep sand for better than half the distance to the rim trail which I attained about 50 yards short of the Freel use trail. The final mile of use trail was amazing quality with rock steps and cairns to guide you along, I give a huge high five to the parties who built it! Took me about 2:45 to get to the top. Kinda let down by the volume of people at the top, I think there were 6 or 7, but well worth the adventure. Met a guy on top who after some discussion decided my way up would be worth trying for the decent (he went up to armstrong and across from Oneidas). As expected the downtrip was fast taking only 1:30 from the top back to the parking area. I suggest to others to follow Cass' route up to armstrong and down via trout, it seems to make for a better loop.
Katy Y - Aug 27, 2007 9:49 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Armstrong -> TRT
Freel & Job's Sister - glorious. But need a new knee now...ha!
Desert Solitaire - Aug 23, 2007 5:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2007
Sandy Indeed!
Climbed from the South slopes. Very sandy, but the descent was fun! RT time: 2 hrs, 15 min.
Vertigo soul - Jul 30, 2007 11:31 am Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2007
South Side Route
Enjoyed a nice training climb up the south (sandy) side route. Views were fantastic! Made the traverse over to Job's Sister as well. Awesome Day!
After some muddy confusion finding the right trail at the gate (I just had to go straight down the dirt road), I made it up the alternately brushy and sandy use trail and up the northwest slope. Then a quick excursion to Jobs Sister and I was back.
mybackyard - Jun 29, 2007 7:27 am Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2007
winter ascent
A long day. My cousin Tyler and I snowshoed in from hwy 89 above hope valley. I am sure there are shorter routes in winter but what the hell. Great views! Soon after we reached the top some guy came up on his snow mobile to about 200 ft. below the summit and walked up to enjoy the view. The thought crossed my mind of bum rushing him and stealing his snow mobile to avoid the long slog back but before I knew it he was gone. Oh well!
wmolland - Dec 4, 2008 5:40 pm Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2008
Trout CreekGood climb with only a little snow up to the saddle. A fun snow climb up the ridge to the windy and bitterly cold summit.
emilie - Oct 13, 2008 10:23 am Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2008
Horse Meadow to Armstrong PassDave's approach and route description of Horse Meadow to Armstrong Pass were perfect. It was a great winter hike with several inches of snow the entire way and high winds on the last mile to the summit. Very happy Rd 51 was still open and driveable to access this side of the mountain.
cjrandall - Sep 2, 2008 12:27 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
Up Trout Creek, Down Armstrong PassFollowed Gary Suttle's directions on the way in, and thought I was going up the Armstrong Pass route, figured out about an hour of the way in I was actually on the steep and sandy Trout Creek use trail. This route definitely IS evil! Steep, sandy, and very brushy lower down, I lost the trail two or three times. Was very happy to reach the TRT/Freel Peak trail junction at the 9680ft saddle, a mountain biker was lolling around and was surprised to see me come up.
With the temps in the low-to-mid 90s down at lake level, I was surprised how breezy it was up higher. Put my windbreaker on for the final steep climb to the summit, winds were probably 25-30mph.
Not a cloud in the sky, absolutely gorgeous views in all directions. A bit hazy in the Central Valley blocking views to the coast range, was able to see dozens of peaks.
Instead of fighting the brush on the way down Trout Creek, decided to descend the TRT to Armstrong Pass, and then take the mountain bike trail back to Oneidas Street. This part of the trail has completely changed since Gary Suttle wrote his guidebook.
I definitely recommend coming in from the south up and over Armstrong Pass if you're planning on hiking the whole way. The mountain bike trail to Oneidas meanders a lot, and the bike traffic is a hassle.
jboldt1971 - Aug 21, 2008 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1993
Years AgoClilmbed this years ago with a great group of friends. Need to get up there again. I remember lots of sand!
Tracy - Jun 22, 2008 11:14 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
Loop hikeI hiked from Forest Service Road 051 up to Armstrong pass and then bushwacked up the south ridge to the peak. On the way down I hiked east to the nearest saddle, bushwacked south down to Horse Meadow and then walked the road back to my vehicle. 2:45 hrs. up and 1:00 hr. down.
edevart - Jun 22, 2008 12:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
From Horse MeadowCamped at Horse Meadow and hiked up to the pass between Job's sister and Job's. Ascended Job's Sister via South Face then traversed over to Freel. Dropped (scree ski) down Free's south face back to car.
dbraunstein - Jun 7, 2008 6:27 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
The day the fire broke outBagged both Freel and Job's Sister with hgrapid. Decided to drive back to Reno via SLT and found to our surprise a large fire had started. Great hike, awesome views. My 2nd Tahoe 10,000er.
Brian Kalet - Feb 19, 2008 1:28 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 2008
South Side RouteSkied from the summit! Trip Report
sacplanner - Dec 28, 2007 11:16 am Date Climbed: Dec 2, 2007
Tahoe Triple CrownDay hiked the Tahoe Triple Crown from the south. It was very windy and cold, but we missed the first winter storm by a week. A light dusting of snow and high winds made for some spectacular spin-drifts along the ridge.
pjgordon - Nov 6, 2007 9:40 pm Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2007
Lake TahoeThe views of the Lake Tahoe basin are spectacular from Freel. Why someone would not want to live around this great lake is beyond me.
JasonH - Nov 5, 2007 10:53 am Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007
Very WindyMy second time to the top. This time I had company with me. It was very windy for most of the hike up, so we decided against Job's Sister. Maybe next time.
panweilin - Oct 25, 2007 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007
Tahoe Triple CrownDid a day hike to bag Tahoe Triple Crown - Freel Peak (10,881 ft, the highest of the Tahoe peaks), Jobs Sister (second-highest, at 10,823 ft), and Jobs Peak (fourth-highest, at 10,673 ft).
buzzdainer - Oct 14, 2007 10:38 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2006
Trout Creek TrailBeautiful hike, though the trail was muddy. Lots of mountain bikers out and about. Some insect problems.
mybackyard - Sep 11, 2007 7:38 am Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2007
Freel, Job's & Job's sis day hike.I parked my car at the little wooden bridge near the south slope and took the Tahoe rim trail towards Star Lake, summiting Freel in exactly 1.5 hours. Saw a large black bear who was coming down from near the summit of Job's sis. Took the south trail down from Job's and arrived back at my car in 4.5 hours.
shaggyp - Aug 27, 2007 12:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Trout Creek is EvilThough fairly short for the actual elevation attained the Trout Creek route takes an evil approach to Freel offering steep sand for better than half the distance to the rim trail which I attained about 50 yards short of the Freel use trail. The final mile of use trail was amazing quality with rock steps and cairns to guide you along, I give a huge high five to the parties who built it! Took me about 2:45 to get to the top. Kinda let down by the volume of people at the top, I think there were 6 or 7, but well worth the adventure. Met a guy on top who after some discussion decided my way up would be worth trying for the decent (he went up to armstrong and across from Oneidas). As expected the downtrip was fast taking only 1:30 from the top back to the parking area. I suggest to others to follow Cass' route up to armstrong and down via trout, it seems to make for a better loop.
Katy Y - Aug 27, 2007 9:49 am Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007
Armstrong -> TRTFreel & Job's Sister - glorious. But need a new knee now...ha!
Desert Solitaire - Aug 23, 2007 5:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2007
Sandy Indeed!Climbed from the South slopes. Very sandy, but the descent was fun! RT time: 2 hrs, 15 min.
Vertigo soul - Jul 30, 2007 11:31 am Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2007
South Side RouteEnjoyed a nice training climb up the south (sandy) side route. Views were fantastic! Made the traverse over to Job's Sister as well. Awesome Day!
metasyn11 - Jul 7, 2007 7:07 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007
Trout CreekAfter some muddy confusion finding the right trail at the gate (I just had to go straight down the dirt road), I made it up the alternately brushy and sandy use trail and up the northwest slope. Then a quick excursion to Jobs Sister and I was back.
mybackyard - Jun 29, 2007 7:27 am Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2007
winter ascentA long day. My cousin Tyler and I snowshoed in from hwy 89 above hope valley. I am sure there are shorter routes in winter but what the hell. Great views! Soon after we reached the top some guy came up on his snow mobile to about 200 ft. below the summit and walked up to enjoy the view. The thought crossed my mind of bum rushing him and stealing his snow mobile to avoid the long slog back but before I knew it he was gone. Oh well!