Rubicon Peak Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Rubicon Peak Climber's Log

Mike McL - Aug 7, 2024 11:33 am Date Climbed: Mar 6, 2018

Rubicon ski

Skied the N side of Rubicon with Aaron after scrambling to the summit

WayneFry - Oct 21, 2023 2:52 pm Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2023

Highland drive trailhead

Nice direct trail to the top. Especially enjoyed the short scramble to the summit and the stellar views. Round trip was about 4.7 miles with 2200 ft of gain.

colingregory - Aug 6, 2021 9:14 am Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2021

Dayhike

Easy dayhike during some light storms and thunder around but no lightning seen. Once getting up to the peak, realized we needed to find the proper route and soon enough we were on top, cool rock and incredible views of Tahoe. From here we went offtrail to nearby Peak 9269 which had some particularly fun scrambling on and around it. Quick descent back to the car.

Scott Fulton - Aug 10, 2019 8:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2019

Got lost on way down

Was about a 4.5-hour outing. Made it to
top in about 2 hours. Went up a short Class 3 section to gain the summit ridge, and then traversed about 30 feet to reach high point. Great view, but cold and windy. Could not keep to the trail heading down and got pretty lost, costing me probably 45 minutes.

patricklynch88 - Sep 2, 2018 9:37 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2018

Highland Dr Trailhead

Rubicon Peak via Highland Dr Trailhead. Party of 5, but only two made it up the final class 3 scramble to the true summit. A little under 2 miles and about 1 hour 40 min to the summit. Weather was sunny with no cloud coverage but the trail is mostly shaded by trees. 2,100 ft elevation gain. Great view of the lake from the top!

sierramtngoat - Jun 6, 2018 11:45 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2018

From Highland Drive

Followed the road straight past the gate posts which eventually turned into a obvious trail that follows the ridge, climbers left, to the summit so the route description, "hike up Lonely Gulch for 1.6 miles where you meet Rubicon Peak's north west ridge." is either out of date or factually false. There was still 6 ft of snow above 8K'; expect postholing. Amazing view!

Brian Asher - May 5, 2016 3:20 am Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2016

Steep Snowshoe

Steep and slow going in fresh powder. Love the views from the top of Rubicon and winter made it even more spectacular.

Route here: https://www.strava.com/activities/482285651

Fairweather - Oct 18, 2015 1:04 am Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2015

Day hike

Short but steep trail. Very windy day with Todd.

labgloves - Apr 8, 2015 8:49 pm Date Climbed: Apr 4, 2015

lovely spring day

Part of a 'Meeks Drainage Traverse'

Larry Laverty - Mar 19, 2015 2:28 am Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2015

Northeast Ridge

Highland Trailhead. At first a walk in the woods, nice trail. Then patches of snow. Then continuous snow for 3/4 of the route to the top. Huffin' and a puffin', up the snow-covered ridge, happy to see the occasional faint ski tracks from earlier in the winter. Outstanding views in every direction from the top.

Strazmataz - Oct 19, 2014 1:27 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2011

One of my Favorites

Great hike to get the blood pumping!

trexkerry - Jul 5, 2014 11:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2014

From Highland Dr

Really steep, but all on trail until final summit blocks. Went up the class 3 blocks and descended the class 2 ramp referenced by Fedak. Trip report is HERE.

bigbadgoo - Jun 4, 2014 6:55 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2014

Another fun Tahoe scramble

Climbed this past weekend, snow started past the snotel survey site.

Found a pair of trekking poles up high - contact me with specific details if you think they might be yours.

A Bit - May 4, 2013 8:25 pm Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012

Highland Drive

Great view of Tahoe from the top.

mrchad9 - Feb 10, 2013 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2013

Nice View

Great winter hike with a swell view of Tahoe. Enjoyed the summit blocks, which had just enough snow on them to make it a little more interesting. Cold day... never got above freezing.