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mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 3, 2015 - 09:27pm PT
What is the hardest summit to reach in each state that has significant summits in each state. For instance I would have to go with Hairy Pin in South Dakota which used to be Vertigo, but since a new well protected trad route was put up on it last year it lost its status.

Wyoming Lost Temple Spire? 10a 1000ft route in the Winds

Montana. Humbug Spires the Wedge?

Colorado?

Utah?

Idaho?

Oregon?

Washington?

California- Lembert Dome
New York
Alaska
Louisiana

Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
Sep 3, 2015 - 09:48pm PT
Mt Borah, the tallest peak in Idaho has some fun little 4th class bits. If snow is icy it could be very challenging.

Some peaks in Montana like stacked dinner plates with grizzly bears on the approach.


Everything in California is pretty easy unless you contrive challenging route, but then it becomes a route not a summit.
murcy

Gym climber
sanfrancisco
Sep 3, 2015 - 09:55pm PT
Britton Hill, Florida. Not so hard from most approaches.

thebravecowboy

climber
The Good Places
Sep 3, 2015 - 09:56pm PT
Hardest yet summitted?
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Sep 3, 2015 - 10:02pm PT
California: castle rock spire. Easiest way up is 11b.

It's a summit but if you mean mountain then...?
Todd Eastman

climber
Bellingham, WA
Sep 3, 2015 - 10:08pm PT
NY - Allen Mtn. Thicketeering at its best!
climbski2

Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
Sep 4, 2015 - 07:49am PT
Alaska ..hard to say for sure ..probably hasn't been climbed.

Among reasonably popular or well known anyway. Devils thumb would be a candidate. Mt. Hunter/Beguya, Huntington, Deborah. Something in the Kitchatnas or Arrigetch (shot tower?) perhaps.
Capt.

climber
some eastside hovel
Sep 4, 2015 - 08:39am PT
Eagle Mountain. Minnesota's highest point. Simply cuz it's so out there. ;-)
norm larson

climber
wilson, wyoming
Sep 4, 2015 - 08:50am PT
Wyoming..Lost Temple Spire is right up on the list. Interesting to see if anyone comes up with a more difficult one. Probably should be a prominent feature not a smaller pinnacle.

Utah.. Texas Tower?...
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Sep 4, 2015 - 08:57am PT
Wheeler Peak, NM. It's the highest, and can be had by a trail, but if you leave from the ski area, it's a 16 mile day, so still solid!!



Cabezon Peak, NM. No way up that doesn't require the use of hands. But of course there's lots of minor stuff like that.


Now, the hardest summit? That's a whole 'nother smoke! Something in the Organs that's technical to get to the top of. Probably a number of obscure peaks that are way off the radar.

donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Sep 4, 2015 - 10:28am PT
One of the scariest high points is Delaware......very dangerous intersection.
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Sep 4, 2015 - 11:46am PT
The high point of North Dakota is White Butte, 3,506 ft. I think it would be quite extreme in January.
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
Sep 4, 2015 - 12:06pm PT
Castle Rock Spire, Lost Arrow, Higher Cathedral Spire all come to mind for California, but what about Spider Rock for Arizona? In addition to technical difficulty, there's a very high Law Enforcement Factor.

John
Mr. Rogers

climber
The Land of Make-Believe
Sep 4, 2015 - 12:21pm PT
NY - Allen Mtn. Thicketeering at its best!

Allen is a damn good choice. I think I tried to climb that one three times when I was a teenager, and succeeded once. (of course, for some reason we were approaching it from the south...)

It's either that, or some no-name bump miles of vicious thrashing from any road or trail.
Brian in SLC

Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 4, 2015 - 12:23pm PT
One of the scariest high points is Delaware......very dangerous intersection.

Actually kinda had a close call near there...climbed some obscure slab on Mount Tammany...topped out around dusk. On the trail on the way down, didn't notice an enormous copperhead stretched out. Big fella took a swipe at me and missed my bare calf.

What's Tammany...technically in New Jersey? Get's my vote. Ha ha.

Utah has some whacky hard summits. Zion with Altar of Sacrifice and Towers of the Virgin, Mountain of Mystery, etc. Very seldom scene or climbed terrain. Not most folks' cup of tea. Tatow Knob? Texas Tower? Some of those teetering piles of choss at the Fishers?

Idaho...Rusty Nail?

Montana has some remote technical stuff too. The Wedge in the Humbugs pretty commonly done. The Bear's Tooth? North Peak of Hilgard? Etc.
MisterE

Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
Sep 4, 2015 - 12:42pm PT
Campbell Hill can be brutal if they forgot to mow that week:

http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Hill_(Ohio);
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Sep 4, 2015 - 02:58pm PT
I think "hardest" should encompass overall logistics, not just technical climbing crux. In California, it should be something that requires a long approach in high clearance 4x4 or maybe a boat, then a long hike with bushwalking, then the tough climbing as the easiest way to the summit.

Castle Rock Spire might be a contender. But something with a 25-30 mile bushwhack approach, deathly dinner plate stacks to a cruxy pinnacle would be cool to know about.
tradmanclimbs

Ice climber
Pomfert VT
Sep 4, 2015 - 06:14pm PT
Not shure if this counts but @ some kind of hard 10 it's the hardest summit that I know of in VT?
christoph benells

Trad climber
Tahoma, Ca
Sep 4, 2015 - 06:17pm PT
oregon- mt. jefferson

washington- mox peaks
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Sep 4, 2015 - 06:23pm PT
In particular, "Hardest Mox", aka Lemolo
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web08f/newswire-hardest-mox-ascent
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