Hoping to drive to crazy peak montana on the 20th and solo summit. If anyone wants to join, please send me a message. I can also delay a day or 2 if I have someone to summit with instead.

Curious if there's feedback from anyone about soloing the Owen's Spalding route on the Grand? I have tried to do this route with others and between scheduling and weather always had to cancel. Thinking of going up solo.

I have done other scrambles with low fifth class rating solo, mostly in Utah- South Ridge Superior and West Slabs on Mount Olympus. Everything I see online looks pretty straightforward, just high consequences. My plan was to free climb and then rappel down to the saddle.

Would like to have feedback from others on the approach and the climb. I read up on a lot and talked to a few friends but any more beta would be nice since I like to be extra cautious when doing things solo.

FYI, I have climbing, anchor building, and rescue experience. I have an InReach I always bring and a bivvy because of emergencies. I plan on getting a BC permit in case of an unplanned overnight but want to do this as a day trip.

When there is a gpx track on the peak bagger website. Is there a way to download/upload to another gps app?

Hi! Looking for thoughts and feedback:

We run a website called Summits.com. On it, we write about peak bagging. More specifically, we break down the difficulty of climbing each peak into categories such as terrain, weather, rest strops etc. and then give the peak a score in each category. We then calculate an overall difficulty score based on the categories.

Our site has a feature where you can compare scores of mountains to see which would be suitable for you to climb.

We currently focus on Southeast Asia, but we intend to expand to the rest of the world as we grow. We hope to build a community and share our experiences peak bagging as well as make it easier for beginners to get into climbing by making it easier for them to determine which mountains are doable for them.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you have any ideas of what could make this better? We are hoping to get some feedback on what we can do to make this a site that serves the community the best we can.

TIA

- Leah from the Summits.com team

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Using CalTopo appears to be about 20 miles of traversable (class 3) ridge line from Boundary to White Peak? In all about 30 miles from trailhead to trailhead? Considering making a backpacking trip out of it.

What are some good peakbagging regions in the US outside of the northeast? I am finishing up my North East 111 and am looking for some more :)

I am working on a peak tracking app (https://hikrapp.com/) that a small group uses to sync up on our weekend trips. I would be happy to add more content to it!

Just moved to El Paso on the Mexican order and am interested in bagging peaks in Mexico. However, both peakbagger and listsofjohn have very few peaks listed in Mexico, especially in northern Mexico. Anybody know of any other resources that would have these peaks listed?

Today I ran/hiked the ridge of Brighton Ski Resort partly to hit Preston peak - my 31st of the 31 10,000' peaks in Salt Lake County. I don't normally really focus on any one list, just trying to enjoy as much of my home terrain as possible, but as I got close to this one I've enjoyed ticking off the last few that are more out the way but interesting points.

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Hello,

If anyone is headed to Boundary peak. I lost my iPhone 12 Pro near the top. I would very much like to get it back, if possible.

I stopped for a break, in the rock pile just below the saddle of the final push to the summit. I believe this is where I left it sitting on a rock, or it may have fallen out of my pocket as I started again. We looked for it, for well over an hour, with no luck.

It's in a blueish case. I will be more than happy to pay for shipping back to me, plus a reward.

Thanks in Advance

Andy

P.S. I'll post a trip report, with road conditions (I had asked about this earlier), and trail conditions shortly.

Hey y'all,

I'm working on an app for peakbagging. The general idea is that you select the mountain you're climbing, hit "Record", and put the phone in your pocket. You can check along the way for progress updates (ie, climbed 3000 ft of 8000 ft, 1.5 miles from summit, est summit time, etc), and if you summit it'll "bag" the peak to you collection. Afterwards you can see your route on a map, share it with photos you might've taken, etc etc.

The one caveat is that this will be Android first. So I am reaching out to see if I can find anyone planning on doing some climbs in the next couple of months that would want to give this Android app a spin. In exchange for testing & for feedback, you'd get premium access to the app for free.

Let me know!

I’ll be attempting a single day summit (up and down) of Grand Teton in late August — anyone have any beta on the route that doesn’t require any ropes or other climbing gear? I’m going for a light and fast approach, running most of the time. I know Anton Krupicka did the same thing on a route that required only a mild scramble towards the top, afaik.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't pursue any peakbagging lists and won't die with any regrets if I never complete any of them. I'm more interested in building a respectable and diverse "portfolio of peaks" that I have summited, which will be a lifelong endeavor for me. If I do happen to complete a famous peakbagging list, great, but I don't choose which mountains to hike on this basis.

While I won't judge anyone who wishes to bag all 50 state highpoints (including Florida's majestic Britton Hill and Delaware's awe-inspiring Ebright Azimuth) or sweat their way to every county highpoint in Nebraska, I won't go out of my way to visit these unremarkable highpoints for the sake of finishing some list.

Even lists that only include actual mountains (such as the Adirondack 46ers and South Beyond 6,000) don't particularly appeal to me because I don't want to limit myself to a small number of mountains within a single range or geographic region. As someone who only gets to visit the mountains a few times each year, I prefer going to a different range every time instead of returning to the same one every time. Even within a specific mountain range, there are far more hiking options than a small number of mountains that appear on a popular list -- and many times, these "unlisted" mountains offer equally stunning views without the crowds.

What are your thoughts?

What is everyone planning on bagging soon? I hope to hit Pueblo Mountain in Oregon in a few weeks. It is the 21st most prominent peak in Oregon, 22nd most isolated and 52nd tallest.