This was one of my most memorable trips ever. Craig and I started at Henry's Fork around 2:00 in the afternoon. We made good time and we stopped for a break at a small lake past Dollar. After some food and brew, we hiked up a chute on the West side. There was a lot of loose rock, but it was not difficult. We reached the top of the chute and it was getting dark and we coud see a storm moving in. We found s small depression in the boulders and hunkered down in the Bivy sacks to wait out the storm. It was getting dark and we decided to stay there for the night. The storm moved in and we witnessed nature at her best throwing bolt after bolt of lightning on the high peaks. I have never seen so much lightning in one place. We were getting nervous, but we had no place to go. We then got blasted with rain, sleet, hail and snow for the next couple of hours. My bivy filled up with snow/hail, as I left the an opening to keep some air flowing (mistake) I was wet and cold and the night was just starting. At about 3:00 AM we decided to go for the summit so we could warm up. We headed up with full packs and dropped them at the saddle. We reached the summit at about 5:00 AM. It was windy and cold and we could see the sun starting to come up. We headed back down and picked up the packs. After a brief rest we were off to Gunsight peak. We took the full packs and reached the summit about 8:00 AM. The views were great I was worried about the descent on the South side. There was a lot of loose rock and scree. We started the descent and were going to head over to West Gunsight and Kings, but the descent wiped me out, so I told Craig to meet me at Anderson Pass. Craig climbed West GS, Kings and we met up and set up camp. We were both tired and considered climbing more peaks the next day, but we got pounded by another storm that lasted most of the night and in the morning we decided that we were done, as the mountain gods were not with us. We spent the morning trying to dry out and then we hiked back to Henry's Fork and found a ride back to civilization, as our ride was not supposed to pick us up for a few more days.
7/12/12- Triple crown attempt from Henry's Fork trailhead. Hit Gilbert and then got caught in a thunderstorm at Gunsight Pass on our way to King's. Had to bail on the TC.
8/11/12- Triple Crown (highest 3 peaks in Utah) in 13 hours car to car with Josh Greenwell. We started in wet conditions in the dark and it slowed us down a lot. Summited Kings in 3:55 and then cruised over and tagged S. Kings. I took a tough fall on the saddle on the return trip over Kings. We ran back over the Gunsight plateau with our crew (they were running the Quest 4 Kings marathon) and reached the base of Gilbert in 7:30. We went up the chute and filled up in the spring. At the top of the cute we got blasted by the wind the rest of the way up to Gilbert and it took the steam right out of me. The descent and run out was a death march. I HATE GILBERT!!!
Route Climbed: Dollar Lake, North Slopes, Gilbert Creek Date Climbed: 1991, August 1995
First time was when I worked as a backpacking guide at the East Fork Bear River Scout Camp. On a weekend in 1991, Josh Mecham and I drove to the trailhead Saturday afternoon. We hiked quickly to Dollar Lake and camped (without a tent). The next morning we quickly made the summit and drove the road back to the EFBR by the 6:00 pm deadline when we were required to be back. The last time was in August 1995 with my wife Kimberly.
Scott Wesemann - Mar 29, 2005 1:03 pm
Route Climbed: Henry's Fork Date Climbed: Aug 05This was one of my most memorable trips ever. Craig and I started at Henry's Fork around 2:00 in the afternoon. We made good time and we stopped for a break at a small lake past Dollar. After some food and brew, we hiked up a chute on the West side. There was a lot of loose rock, but it was not difficult. We reached the top of the chute and it was getting dark and we coud see a storm moving in. We found s small depression in the boulders and hunkered down in the Bivy sacks to wait out the storm. It was getting dark and we decided to stay there for the night. The storm moved in and we witnessed nature at her best throwing bolt after bolt of lightning on the high peaks. I have never seen so much lightning in one place. We were getting nervous, but we had no place to go. We then got blasted with rain, sleet, hail and snow for the next couple of hours. My bivy filled up with snow/hail, as I left the an opening to keep some air flowing (mistake) I was wet and cold and the night was just starting. At about 3:00 AM we decided to go for the summit so we could warm up. We headed up with full packs and dropped them at the saddle. We reached the summit at about 5:00 AM. It was windy and cold and we could see the sun starting to come up. We headed back down and picked up the packs. After a brief rest we were off to Gunsight peak. We took the full packs and reached the summit about 8:00 AM. The views were great I was worried about the descent on the South side. There was a lot of loose rock and scree. We started the descent and were going to head over to West Gunsight and Kings, but the descent wiped me out, so I told Craig to meet me at Anderson Pass. Craig climbed West GS, Kings and we met up and set up camp. We were both tired and considered climbing more peaks the next day, but we got pounded by another storm that lasted most of the night and in the morning we decided that we were done, as the mountain gods were not with us. We spent the morning trying to dry out and then we hiked back to Henry's Fork and found a ride back to civilization, as our ride was not supposed to pick us up for a few more days.
7/12/12- Triple crown attempt from Henry's Fork trailhead. Hit Gilbert and then got caught in a thunderstorm at Gunsight Pass on our way to King's. Had to bail on the TC.
8/11/12- Triple Crown (highest 3 peaks in Utah) in 13 hours car to car with Josh Greenwell. We started in wet conditions in the dark and it slowed us down a lot. Summited Kings in 3:55 and then cruised over and tagged S. Kings. I took a tough fall on the saddle on the return trip over Kings. We ran back over the Gunsight plateau with our crew (they were running the Quest 4 Kings marathon) and reached the base of Gilbert in 7:30. We went up the chute and filled up in the spring. At the top of the cute we got blasted by the wind the rest of the way up to Gilbert and it took the steam right out of me. The descent and run out was a death march. I HATE GILBERT!!!
Scott - Dec 22, 2004 4:40 pm
Route Climbed: Dollar Lake, North Slopes, Gilbert Creek Date Climbed: 1991, August 1995First time was when I worked as a backpacking guide at the East Fork Bear River Scout Camp. On a weekend in 1991, Josh Mecham and I drove to the trailhead Saturday afternoon. We hiked quickly to Dollar Lake and camped (without a tent). The next morning we quickly made the summit and drove the road back to the EFBR by the 6:00 pm deadline when we were required to be back. The last time was in August 1995 with my wife Kimberly.
ecallahan - Oct 5, 2004 6:33 pm
Route Climbed: Henry's Fork Trailhead Date Climbed: 24 Septemeber 2003Bushwacked our way up just above the peak. Steep ascent, large boulders to crawl up, windy at top. Clear day.
thejoker - Sep 2, 2003 10:13 pm
Route Climbed: Henry's Fork Date Climbed: April 13 1999Camped at Dollar, had good weather and also hit Kings the same day.
grandwazoo - Sep 2, 2003 7:13 pm
Route Climbed: Henry's Fork Date Climbed: August 29 2003Had sunny and cool weather at the lower elevations but got windy and colder at the summit.