"Inspiration came from AceKelly. I quickly got off route into some dicey rock. I think part of this may be Lazslo's route to Baby Griffith. Heard lots of thunder as I climbed up east side of Griffith, fortunately little rain. I've taken three off-trail route to Griffith this summer; this was definitely the most challenging" — hwstock • Aug 15, 2022

"Good ole Griffith Peak ... man I hate it! The views help ease the pain on this beast of a trail. I've got my eye on the gully route, still some big chucks of snow up there. Planning to return before the new snow, many other peaks stand in the way. It was a perfect summer day. 54°F at the peak and light breezes throughout. Not a cloud in the sky. Oh! We saw a family of mule deer early on the trail at the eastern-most turn (by the old FS road and before the steep stair climb towards southern echo cliff. 2 bucks, a doe and a fawn. Crazy part was they were still there when we returned on descent. " — DudeAlmighty • Jul 7, 2022

"11.3.2021~Griffith Peak (11,060’) /Harris Mtn. (10,013’) Combo Meal, via The Rainbow Subdivision in Kyle Canyon, 11 miles, 5,000’ gain in 7:08hrs. I took it slow because I forgot my ankle brace, the route is rough and in a burn area with a lot of off trail, so I couldn’t hurl myself up and down these mountains as fast as I normally would. An unusually warm November had me choosing shorts instead of leggings. My normal 1.5 liters of water wasn’t enough (due to the heat) so I drank a bottle of melted snow. I consumed only one homemade meatball sammie. This rarely used 5 mile Griffith/Harris Trail was recently restored by hard working volunteers after being decimated in the 2013 Carpenter 1 fire. I use this route often but I use to have to climb over many logs and clamber over cliffs on the ridge as the trail was very hard to follow. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen what it looked like before the fire. The mountain is quiet with ample solitude. It felt good to be in high elevation again." — paula.raimondi • Nov 3, 2021

"It was a perfect day for a hike. It was 67 degrees in the parking lot when I got there and the temps stayed pretty consistent the whole way up. The wind was blowing pretty strong at the top. I wouldn't be surprised if the temps were in the 50s with the wind chill! My knee felt great for the first time in a while. It was just a great all around day!" — codyparks • Sep 11, 2021

"Started with 52 Peak Club to Griffith, then broke off SOLO to Charlie, down the north ridge via Devil's Thumb route, up to Rocketship, Lee and the old USGS rain gauge. Had planned on going to Mummy as well but when I reached the base of the climb I decided to call it since I was down to 0.5 L of water and running out of daylight as well. All in all an excellent day training up for my Whitney attempt in 3 weeks. 66º at Charlie Pk around 1:30PM." — DudeAlmighty • Jun 15, 2021

"Another failed attempt at Griffith. There was a nice crust on the snow, but it was still pretty powdery underneath. We were able to get to about 9300 feet in snowshoes before the snow started to get unstable and we started to think about the possibility of avalanches. We took off our snowshoes and used an ice axe and pole for the descent, so we would have more control going down over the cliffbands. In retrospect, we should have put the snowshoes back on after the crux, but we are stubborn, so we post-holed the rest of the way back to the Cathedral Rock Trail. We took the trail up to Cathedral Rock for another consolation summit before returning along the slushy path to the car. " — Kevin • Mar 6, 2021

"This is the second week in a row we got turned back on Griffith Peak. Once you get off of the Cathedral Rock Trail, the snow is still way too dry and powdery. We got much farther than last week, but still had to turn back. It's a good thing we did - once we got home, the weather turned really bad. At least we still bagged Cathedral Rock on the way back." — Kevin • Feb 13, 2021

"Our goal today was to do a snow climb up Mazie Canyon to Griffith Peak. The Cathedral Rock Trail that we started on was beat down pretty good, but once we left that to start up Mazie Canyon, there were no more tracks and the snow was not quite consolidated yet. We pushed on very slowly for a while, postholing along and breaking trail. We didn't get too far before I was potholing tits-deep; that's when I decided to call it. As a consolation, we descended back to the Cathedral Rock Trail and made our way to the top of CR instead. We'll give the snow a week to consolidate, then try again. " — Kevin • Feb 6, 2021

"Went up to Griffith Peak with the intention of doing Charlie too .... however the smoke from the CA summer wildfires was so intense that I turned around about half way through the meadows. From the top of Griffith you could not see a thing. " — DudeAlmighty • Sep 7, 2020

"I have an ambitious (heh) plan for hiking and backpacking coming up, so I need to get back in shape. Well, I'm in *a* shape... round and fluffy. But I finished my Ph.D., so that's worth it! However, the mountains are calling, and I want to answer the call. So - first Griffith Peak of the season for me. Reasonable time, and I'll get better with practice again. We actually got rained on a bit on the way down!" — psychikingjes • Aug 18, 2020