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JoelSkok - Sep 13, 2012 10:49 pm Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2011
South Side gully scrambleExpert leadership by Randy, great time with Bill and Peter too. A perfect day, hard to beat mountain scenery and companionship like that.
CzechMark - Sep 5, 2012 11:28 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2012
Again but betterSecond time climbing kaleetan. Way better this time. Took the SW gully from Melakwa basin to bypass the S ridge on the way up. I attached a video from my helmet cam of the gully:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZupmVFmpBw
Jake Robinson - Aug 26, 2012 12:11 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
S gullyScramble is really nothing more than class 2 with a few short class 3 sections. Great peak though.
ClimberCrabs - Jul 18, 2012 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2010
South side looks better when you're closeWanted a little conditioning for my Baker attempt in August, Kaleetan was just right. Easy hike up to the lake and a rough climber's path after that. Easy enough to follow though and the views were great. The final scramble looks intimidating until you get to the base at which point it looks much more manageable. Nice views to Chair peak and the Snoqualmie peaks.
CzechMark - Aug 30, 2011 5:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011
SuperbVery enjoyable hike to the lake and a wonderful scramble up the South gully. However, the hardest part was the climber's path. Absolutely awful, full of loose rocks and dirt. If it weren't for the approach I would do this one again in a heartbeat.
RangerMark - Aug 12, 2011 9:46 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2009
Looks are deceivingKaleetan looks intimidating from every angle, but the easy south side scramble belies its spiked shape!
BurkeM - Jul 26, 2011 6:32 pm Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2011
No viewsNot a single view to be had but the snow conditions were pretty much perfect.
belowfellow - Feb 16, 2011 5:06 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008
very fun daya great route on a fun peak. need to go back on a better weather day.
Snidely Whiplash - Jan 4, 2011 8:46 pm Date Climbed: Jun 11, 1988
Up the gully past Melakwa LakeOne of my favorites. A very spectacular peak.
breauxtrahn - Dec 8, 2010 9:41 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2007
finallybeen wanting to climb this peak since first started scrambling. with hard snow this scramble was no joke. unfortunately, I wasn't taken with the view from the top.
Arkitekt - Aug 13, 2010 2:43 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2010
Finally!I finally found someone to climb this peak with me. It was a long and tough hike but I've been wanting to do it for a long time. Great views.
From Melakwa Lake I can see how people could be a bit confused where to go. Following the directions on here helps and once you see the sign for the toilet you know you're on the right trail. Just navigate uphill from there.
leftfield - Jul 27, 2010 12:14 am Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010
Ridge to South GullyNot what i expected. A late snow year. Took the ridge and just kept taking it until we couldn't figure out where to go next. Dropped down a step gully to a talus field, went up snow to a ridge and found the trail that took us the rest of the way. Marmot peered down from the summit as we approached. Perfect weather.
Darren9 - Nov 7, 2009 2:22 am
An interesting mountainKaleetan held my interest for three separate climbs, all of which were on routes not listed in books, most of which started on the East Face. The rock is not the best, but the peak itself is sharp and interesting. A fun mountain ignored by the masses, which is exactly what I like.
Bryan K - Oct 19, 2009 5:45 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006
More than I thoughtI hiked up with somebody new that I met. The summit block looked very scary from a distance but not as bad once I got to the bottom of the gully.
Curtissimo - Sep 14, 2009 11:55 am Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2009
perfect day for usFollowing great route description on Summit Post helped us where others failed today. We met two guys following the instructions from Peggy Somthing or Other's 75 Scrambles book who were turned back on the Melakwa Pass route. They were cursing her name all the way down the trail!
EastKing - Sep 13, 2009 11:04 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2009
South RidgeGreat day, hazy but still stellar views and a great little barely Class 3 scramble at the end. Looked a lot more intimidating from a distance than it actually was.
cp0915 - Aug 2, 2009 12:26 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
East FaceA beautiful peak I hadn't even heard of 'til I was most of the way there. Climbed it with an arrogant idiot who's gonna get someone killed someday (if he hasn't already).
mbiropm - Jul 28, 2009 1:26 pm Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009
pathturns out the boot path starts just before the second privy sign on the west side of Melakwa Lake. Oh and the toilet is nearly full- looks like I'll be digging a new hole for the privy next time I'm up there in Sept.
Martin Cash - Jan 19, 2009 7:10 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
North RidgeSoloed the north ridge in about 7 hours car to car. A fun scramble. Descended the South Ridge.
Mjollnir - Dec 14, 2008 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2008
Fun day scrambleTook the 4th class gully down. Wish we had taken it up. Good stuff.