Route Climbed: west face from whitney trail Date Climbed: september 12, 2003
ascended whitney via the mountaineer's route, hiked over to Muir to bag it. Tiny summit, no crowds. 14'er number 10. Got some puzzled looks as I went back up Whitney, took a left to descend via the MR.....
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: September 6, 2003
After using our rest day to ascend Whitney via the Mountaineer's route, I talked my partner in to taking the 2 mile round trip journey to do Mt. Muir. Quite a contrast to the hoards of people sitting on Whitney's top. Interesting conversations from people encouraging us on as we traversed back over to Whitney to descend the Mountaineer's route.
Route Climbed: From Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2003; Aug 28, 2004
Day 9 of the Sierra Challenge. This was supposed to be a climb of McAdie, but the guys I was with weren't too enthusiastic about that and wanted to head up here instead. This was my first visit to this area, so I just went along with the majority...
This is a short scramble, but it's a quality one--it was some of the most enjoyable climbing I did all week. Great rock, good holds, some enjoyable exposure, and fantastic views at the top too.
Came back in Aug 2004 as part of a five SPS peak dayhike loop out of Whitney Portal: Carillon-Tunnabora-Russell-Whitney-Muir. Mt. Muir seemed much easier than I remembered. Maybe my scrambling skills actually have improved...
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2003
Solo'd up the class 3 part with the help of a marked up photo. Although I was a bit apprehensive at first, this short climb was a lot of fun. A few patches of snow left over from the thunderstorm the day before had me concerned but turned out not to be a problem. After getting back down to the trail I met a fellow named Basil who wanted to do it so I went up again with him. Even more fun the second time!
Route Climbed: Via Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 12, 2003
An awesome little climb that helped to break the monotony of the endless Whitney Trail. Didn't see a single person even attempt Muir that day, though there had to be 150 people on the trail. A must do for anyone who's going up Whitney, just because you are right there.
Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 10, 2003
Summited at around 1 pm, after summiting Russell and Whitney earlier that day. In this way I accomplished my goal of climbing three 14ers on my 33rd birthday. Got back to the trailhead at around 4:30 pm. Total time ca. 16 hrs.
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Nov 30, 2002
Had a real winter conditions and being prepared for the fresh snow, we were lucky to get to the Trail Crest by the broad coulour (crampons and ice axes). Then proceeded along the trail and at the duck headed up to the base of the summit pinnacle. Brought the rope, but never used as it was class 3+ scrambling. Saw some weired hikers doing Whitney that looked like gosts. The fresh snow prevented many groups from climbing the peaks in this area, but for us the snowshoes helped to get back to the TH w/o problems.
big_g - Jun 30, 2003 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2003
Route Climbed: Mt Whitney Trail
Slept on Whitney's summit and tagged this in the morn. Great little scramble. I thought there were a couple class 4 moves but maybe class 3+ is accurate.
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: 6/22/03
Great day climb of the class 3+ summit block. Did the round trip of 11 hours of hike time. I replaced the summit cylinder with an ammo box and a new register book.
Great views from the summit! All in all, a great day!
Did this as a day hike. Went up via the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek (Mt Whitney's Mountaineers Route). Summited Whitney at 10:39am; stayed there for 25 minutes and then descended via the regular Whitney Trail to bag Mount Muir. I found the start of the west face route of Muir from the Whitney Trail by observing due west the three small lakes (I'm looking at these 3 lakes straight on in front of me) just to the right of the western-most Hitchcock Lake (elev: 3540 m). From the base of the actual climb (class 3) to the summit is ~ 80 feet. I signed the purple summit log notepad at 11:55am. Made it back to my truck at 3:50pm.
Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 5 2001
This was a fun diversion from the monotony of the Whitney trail. This was my first time on Muir. Heading to Whitney for my wife's first attempt at Whitney.
Route Climbed: West Chute from the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 4, 2002
My second time to the top of Mt. Muir, this time ScottyS and I were dayhiking/climbing Muir, Whitney, Russell, and Carillon in a day (see our trip report). Our round trip from Portal to Portal was just shy of 12 hours. We descended the climber's trail in the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek drainage. Our time from the Portal to the summit of Muir was 3:15.
7/2/08 - Stopped by Mt. Muir on my way up Whitney with my 3 boys. My 10-year-old had done Whitney last year, but we skipped Muir, so this year we brought the 8-year-old twins and took the time for the detour, which is well worth it.
Route Climbed: Standard-Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 26 '02
This was the easiest and quickest transition from trail to class 3 to summit, it takes about 15 minutes. The two books in the register were completely full, so I left my small notebook journal after tearing out the pages I had written notes on.
5:15hr to the summit of Russell from the Portal, via the Rockwell variation, Mt. Carillon, and the East Ridge. Descended the South Face, ascended Whitney's North Face, summitting 2:15h later. Summited Muir 1h later, returned to the Portal in another 2:15h. Total time, 10:45h. Trip Report.
Route Climbed: West chute from the Tourist Trail Date Climbed: July 4, 2002
Dayhiked Muir, Whitney, Russell, and Carillon with bearbnz on a great day. The final section of Muir was actually pretty cool. I still think it should be called Subpeak Muir, Barry! ;-)
Route Climbed: Whitney Spine Traverse Date Climbed: September 14, 2001
Did this hike a few days after a nice family hike above Lake Sabrina was cut short by the attack. Glad I got an early start on this one so I met the masses going up Whitney when I was on the way down.
Route Climbed: From the trail Date Climbed: June 2003
A fun little side trip, great views of the trail and surrounding environs. Plus, we were alone, while the summit of this big flat topped mountain REALLY close to us was covered with ants.
sierragator - Sep 12, 2003 9:41 pm
Route Climbed: west face from whitney trail Date Climbed: september 12, 2003ascended whitney via the mountaineer's route, hiked over to Muir to bag it. Tiny summit, no crowds. 14'er number 10. Got some puzzled looks as I went back up Whitney, took a left to descend via the MR.....
Hammer - Sep 12, 2003 4:23 pm
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: September 6, 2003After using our rest day to ascend Whitney via the Mountaineer's route, I talked my partner in to taking the 2 mile round trip journey to do Mt. Muir. Quite a contrast to the hoards of people sitting on Whitney's top. Interesting conversations from people encouraging us on as we traversed back over to Whitney to descend the Mountaineer's route.
Matthew Holliman - Aug 19, 2003 6:32 pm
Route Climbed: From Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2003; Aug 28, 2004Day 9 of the Sierra Challenge. This was supposed to be a climb of McAdie, but the guys I was with weren't too enthusiastic about that and wanted to head up here instead. This was my first visit to this area, so I just went along with the majority...
This is a short scramble, but it's a quality one--it was some of the most enjoyable climbing I did all week. Great rock, good holds, some enjoyable exposure, and fantastic views at the top too.
Came back in Aug 2004 as part of a five SPS peak dayhike loop out of Whitney Portal: Carillon-Tunnabora-Russell-Whitney-Muir. Mt. Muir seemed much easier than I remembered. Maybe my scrambling skills actually have improved...
Rick Kent - Aug 18, 2003 1:30 pm
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2003Solo'd up the class 3 part with the help of a marked up photo. Although I was a bit apprehensive at first, this short climb was a lot of fun. A few patches of snow left over from the thunderstorm the day before had me concerned but turned out not to be a problem. After getting back down to the trail I met a fellow named Basil who wanted to do it so I went up again with him. Even more fun the second time!
thebeave7 - Aug 15, 2003 10:50 am
Route Climbed: Via Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 12, 2003An awesome little climb that helped to break the monotony of the endless Whitney Trail. Didn't see a single person even attempt Muir that day, though there had to be 150 people on the trail. A must do for anyone who's going up Whitney, just because you are right there.
Zzyzx - Aug 12, 2003 12:13 am
Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 10, 2003Summited at around 1 pm, after summiting Russell and Whitney earlier that day. In this way I accomplished my goal of climbing three 14ers on my 33rd birthday. Got back to the trailhead at around 4:30 pm. Total time ca. 16 hrs.
Rinat Shagisultanov - Aug 8, 2003 4:06 am
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Nov 30, 2002Had a real winter conditions and being prepared for the fresh snow, we were lucky to get to the Trail Crest by the broad coulour (crampons and ice axes). Then proceeded along the trail and at the duck headed up to the base of the summit pinnacle. Brought the rope, but never used as it was class 3+ scrambling. Saw some weired hikers doing Whitney that looked like gosts. The fresh snow prevented many groups from climbing the peaks in this area, but for us the snowshoes helped to get back to the TH w/o problems.
big_g - Jun 30, 2003 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2003
Route Climbed: Mt Whitney TrailSlept on Whitney's summit and tagged this in the morn. Great little scramble. I thought there were a couple class 4 moves but maybe class 3+ is accurate.
cartale - Jun 30, 2003 4:07 pm
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: 6/22/03Great day climb of the class 3+ summit block. Did the round trip of 11 hours of hike time. I replaced the summit cylinder with an ammo box and a new register book.
Great views from the summit! All in all, a great day!
Dave K - Jan 22, 2003 5:45 pm
Route Climbed: Whitney trail Date Climbed: August 2001Fun scramble!
forjan - Nov 4, 2002 1:02 pm
Route Climbed: Via the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: November 3, 2002Did this as a day hike. Went up via the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek (Mt Whitney's Mountaineers Route). Summited Whitney at 10:39am; stayed there for 25 minutes and then descended via the regular Whitney Trail to bag Mount Muir. I found the start of the west face route of Muir from the Whitney Trail by observing due west the three small lakes (I'm looking at these 3 lakes straight on in front of me) just to the right of the western-most Hitchcock Lake (elev: 3540 m). From the base of the actual climb (class 3) to the summit is ~ 80 feet. I signed the purple summit log notepad at 11:55am. Made it back to my truck at 3:50pm.
rmjwinters - Oct 6, 2002 2:03 pm
Route Climbed: Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 5 2001This was a fun diversion from the monotony of the Whitney trail. This was my first time on Muir. Heading to Whitney for my wife's first attempt at Whitney.
bearbnz - Sep 27, 2002 5:58 pm
Route Climbed: West Chute from the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: July 4, 2002My second time to the top of Mt. Muir, this time ScottyS and I were dayhiking/climbing Muir, Whitney, Russell, and Carillon in a day (see our trip report). Our round trip from Portal to Portal was just shy of 12 hours. We descended the climber's trail in the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek drainage. Our time from the Portal to the summit of Muir was 3:15.
7/2/08 - Stopped by Mt. Muir on my way up Whitney with my 3 boys. My 10-year-old had done Whitney last year, but we skipped Muir, so this year we brought the 8-year-old twins and took the time for the detour, which is well worth it.
Joe Hanssen - Aug 28, 2002 6:38 pm
Route Climbed: Standard-Whitney Trail Date Climbed: August 26 '02This was the easiest and quickest transition from trail to class 3 to summit, it takes about 15 minutes. The two books in the register were completely full, so I left my small notebook journal after tearing out the pages I had written notes on.
2002 Sierra Mountaineers Challenge
Bob Burd - Aug 24, 2002 7:15 pm
Route Climbed: VIa the Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2002Day 8 of the 2002 Mountaineers Challenge.
5:15hr to the summit of Russell from the Portal, via the Rockwell variation, Mt. Carillon, and the East Ridge. Descended the South Face, ascended Whitney's North Face, summitting 2:15h later. Summited Muir 1h later, returned to the Portal in another 2:15h. Total time, 10:45h. Trip Report.
ScottyS - Aug 13, 2002 8:55 pm
Route Climbed: West chute from the Tourist Trail Date Climbed: July 4, 2002Dayhiked Muir, Whitney, Russell, and Carillon with bearbnz on a great day. The final section of Muir was actually pretty cool. I still think it should be called Subpeak Muir, Barry! ;-)
Round trip time: 12hrs
More pics, etc are available on my homepage here.
ocelot - Jul 9, 2002 11:31 pm
Route Climbed: Whitney Spine Traverse Date Climbed: September 14, 2001Did this hike a few days after a nice family hike above Lake Sabrina was cut short by the attack. Glad I got an early start on this one so I met the masses going up Whitney when I was on the way down.
darinchadwick - Apr 1, 2002 11:30 am
Route Climbed: From the trail Date Climbed: June 2003A fun little side trip, great views of the trail and surrounding environs. Plus, we were alone, while the summit of this big flat topped mountain REALLY close to us was covered with ants.
Elwood - Nov 6, 2001 7:15 pm
Route Climbed: From Whitney Trail Date Climbed: Sept. 97Well worth the short effort. It was incredible to look down on all those nasty switchbacks. No wonder you feel them?
Guilty - Aug 22, 2001 5:19 pm
Route Climbed: Traverse from Mt. Whitney Date Climbed: 08/18/01I did a traverse from Mt. Russell to Mt. Whtiney to Mt. Muir and back to Lower Boy Scout Lake in 9 hours.