Started from Taboose Pass TH and walked endlessly uphill before hanging a left at the pass towards this peak. I fumbling around on 3rd and 4th class terrain north the true summit for a while before cruising around to the south side of summit and making the top easily. Sweet views and a super cool looking summit :)
mengbo - Oct 20, 2017 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2017
day-hike
day hike from Taboose Pass TH. climbed Cardinal same day.
soslaw - May 13, 2016 12:29 am Date Climbed: May 10, 2016
South West Ridge
Traverse from Striped Mountain. Summit pinnacle was more difficult than the advertised class 3. Maybe I should've looked around for the class 3 route.
Deb - Sep 6, 2014 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2014
Satisfying Day
Solo dayhike on maiden voyage of Taboose Pass trail. Took the shortcut by Orange Ogre and began ascent from NW to gain the top part of the ridge. Circumnavigated to the north side of summit tower and found myself in exposed Class 4 terrain. The 12' off-width was definitely the crux of my day. Very interesting peak if you don't take the "dog route" up.
Not as hard or as loose as it looks. Fun summit blocks, but be careful -- one of the sub-blocks is loose! Trip report
mrchad9 - Jun 13, 2010 7:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008
Day 2
Climbed the morning of day 2 after Striped the day before, while on 5-day trip in the area with my bother. This was his first summit ever. We had perfect CA weather each day, bagging Striped, Goodale, Cardinal, Wynne, Pinchot, Arrow, and Pyramid during the trip.
bighornmonkey - Mar 26, 2010 3:22 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Nice class4 summit finish
climbed in conjunction with Cardinal - winter ascent
kevin trieu - Mar 22, 2010 4:33 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
West Face
did it with Cardinal.
hikinedd - Aug 17, 2009 2:40 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
Southern Side of the West Face
Great looking summit -- we referred to it as the Hall of the Mountain King. Came down and headed over to Striped.
Michael Graupe - Nov 2, 2007 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
West Face
After climbing Cardinal went up the west face with Bob. Lots of loose rubble and talus. Got into some spicy climbing toward the summit pinnacle. The easy way would have been approaching more from the south.
Bob Burd - Sep 12, 2007 5:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
2007 Sierra Challenge
Somehow, Ryan and I managed to climb halfway up the wrong peak before realizing we weren't on Cardinal. Doh! Recovered from our errant ways, summiting Cardinal and then Goodale for good measure. Trip Report
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2004
It wasn't easy to pick out the summit block when approaching from the west. My first guess involved some mildly spicy scrambling, followed by what appeared to be an unclimbable block--at least from my vantage point. I contoured around to the south to approach it from another direction, found an intervening block that was even higher, and was delighted to find that was the summit. If the summit block really is class 3, it has to be the easiest class 3 I've climbed in the Sierra.
Traversed over to Striped (tedious thanks to a few inches of fresh powder covering all the talus), and back down to the Taboose Pass TH. Not a dayhike I'm likely to repeat any time soon.
Climbed this with Doug Mantle. After hiking up to Taboose Pass we left our packs and climbed this and Striped Mountain. On the way back to our packs we saw a large herd of Sierra Bighorn!
Romain - Jul 22, 2019 6:31 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2019
W SlopeFun summit block. Class 3, but easy. Great views. Part of a dayhike of Striped Mountain and Goodale Mountain from Taboose Pass trailhead. Trip report.
wmolland - Jul 16, 2018 8:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2018
From Taboose PassStarted from Taboose Pass TH and walked endlessly uphill before hanging a left at the pass towards this peak. I fumbling around on 3rd and 4th class terrain north the true summit for a while before cruising around to the south side of summit and making the top easily. Sweet views and a super cool looking summit :)
mengbo - Oct 20, 2017 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2017
day-hikeday hike from Taboose Pass TH. climbed Cardinal same day.
soslaw - May 13, 2016 12:29 am Date Climbed: May 10, 2016
South West RidgeTraverse from Striped Mountain. Summit pinnacle was more difficult than the advertised class 3. Maybe I should've looked around for the class 3 route.
Deb - Sep 6, 2014 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2014
Satisfying DaySolo dayhike on maiden voyage of Taboose Pass trail. Took the shortcut by Orange Ogre and began ascent from NW to gain the top part of the ridge. Circumnavigated to the north side of summit tower and found myself in exposed Class 4 terrain. The 12' off-width was definitely the crux of my day. Very interesting peak if you don't take the "dog route" up.
Princess Buttercup - Sep 10, 2010 9:21 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
Also from Taboose...So cool to see a herd of moutain ewes and kids on the way up. Great day with Sean and Tom! It will be a better ski this winter...
PS: Sean, how did that block get loose??? ;-)
bechtt - Sep 6, 2010 9:04 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
From TabooseUp Taboose with Sean and Laura. Loose but reasonably quick. Summit block is fun.
seano - Sep 5, 2010 7:38 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
From TabooseNot as hard or as loose as it looks. Fun summit blocks, but be careful -- one of the sub-blocks is loose! Trip report
mrchad9 - Jun 13, 2010 7:18 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008
Day 2Climbed the morning of day 2 after Striped the day before, while on 5-day trip in the area with my bother. This was his first summit ever. We had perfect CA weather each day, bagging Striped, Goodale, Cardinal, Wynne, Pinchot, Arrow, and Pyramid during the trip.
bighornmonkey - Mar 26, 2010 3:22 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
Nice class4 summit finishclimbed in conjunction with Cardinal - winter ascent
kevin trieu - Mar 22, 2010 4:33 pm Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
West Facedid it with Cardinal.
hikinedd - Aug 17, 2009 2:40 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
Southern Side of the West FaceGreat looking summit -- we referred to it as the Hall of the Mountain King. Came down and headed over to Striped.
Michael Graupe - Nov 2, 2007 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
West FaceAfter climbing Cardinal went up the west face with Bob. Lots of loose rubble and talus. Got into some spicy climbing toward the summit pinnacle. The easy way would have been approaching more from the south.
Bob Burd - Sep 12, 2007 5:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
2007 Sierra ChallengeSomehow, Ryan and I managed to climb halfway up the wrong peak before realizing we weren't on Cardinal. Doh! Recovered from our errant ways, summiting Cardinal and then Goodale for good measure. Trip Report
Matthew Holliman - Nov 22, 2004 12:31 am
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2004It wasn't easy to pick out the summit block when approaching from the west. My first guess involved some mildly spicy scrambling, followed by what appeared to be an unclimbable block--at least from my vantage point. I contoured around to the south to approach it from another direction, found an intervening block that was even higher, and was delighted to find that was the summit. If the summit block really is class 3, it has to be the easiest class 3 I've climbed in the Sierra.
Traversed over to Striped (tedious thanks to a few inches of fresh powder covering all the talus), and back down to the Taboose Pass TH. Not a dayhike I'm likely to repeat any time soon.
mtnfoto - Jan 21, 2004 11:09 am
Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 1978Climbed this with Doug Mantle. After hiking up to Taboose Pass we left our packs and climbed this and Striped Mountain. On the way back to our packs we saw a large herd of Sierra Bighorn!