Basalt Peak

"We took the standard route to Hamblin, making a short side trip to J.A.C.A.L. Peak, which I hadn't been to (Barry skipped this one). 5 hikers (2 of which were on our hike today) previously named this point using the first letter of each of their first names. From Hamblin, we went down the steep west side to the saddle, then all but Barry & Justine went up to West Hamblin, which nobody else in our group had been to other than myself. After returning to the gully, we descended north down another loose gully to the valley below, then made our way to the shoulder of Basalt Peak, where Justine & Barry peeled off and went down, while the rest of us trudged up to the summit, making this a nice 4-peak day. We took a different drainage down, which was nice. What a fun group we had today!" — Kevin • Dec 22, 2018

"A beautiful day with great weather. We parked at the pullout for Hamblin Mountain. Followed the trail up to the saddle, and took a short detour to J.A.C.A.L. peak (hopefully added into Peakery soon!). From there, we traversed back down to the saddle and up Hamblin Mountain. From Hamblin, we dropped down on the West side and made our way down to the saddle between Hamblin and West Hamblin, and then back up to West Hamblin - the most challenging of the three peaks. A lot of loose rock (and some rotten rock) on West Hamblin, but the ridgeline/edge was quite sturdy. From West Hamblin, we returned to the saddle and dropped down into a wash and followed it until we reached Basalt peak. We more or less went straight up the side of Basalt Peak. From there, we dropped down the side and jumped a few washes until we returned to the original Hamblin mountain trail. " — psychikingjes • Dec 22, 2018

"I am having so much fun climbing these smaller peaks that I've overlooked for years! The weather was perfect, cool & pretty. The views from these peaks were awesome. I went out Cottonwood Wash & up an east ridge to Basalt which had this funny little nipple on top first. Then I hiked out the wash around Razorback Ridge & up the south side to SW Razorback. It is so colorful up there. I then went out that ridge toward Peak 2746. I was on the highpoint of that part of the ridge, but not where the point is labeled on the map, so I guess I can't count that one. I descended the other side of Razorback Ridge & hiked up through a really neat slot canyon & up to Cottonwood Ridge. The views from there to Northshore Peak were maybe my favorites of the day. Great day!" — StudioHoodoo • Dec 2, 2018

"Ascended the East Slope of Basalt Peak. While up there, Corey & I were able to see Amber & her group on top of Hamblin Mountain. After a while, we descended the West Ridge, which we traversed over to Hamblin Butte. We climbed up the steep East Slope to the summit, where we were greeted with awesome views of the lake and surrounding area! We took the NE Ridge down and made a loop out of it all." — Kevin • Jan 7, 2017