Mount Emmons

"A great day with great friends (Laurie, Su) who went the distance and concurred three mountains in the Seward Range Friday Jul26/2019 (Emmons, Donaldson and Seward) Via Calklin Brooks Trail. Couldn't have asked for better companions for a warm but scenic day in the mountains,, Not many views on treed summits other then Donaldson,, Got to share a little lunch and great convo with other like minded hikers along the trail, Trails were great with many mud holes along the way to concur, Not much water supply once you start to elevate closer to the summits, Crazy rock scrambles in a few areas that will test your will but very doable,, And what can I say about the longgg walk out to the car lol. All And all a perfect day Doing what we love!" — ramjet1963 • Jul 26, 2019

"Warm day, with light breeze on summits. Combined this hike - Donaldson, Emmons, Steward. Traveled with 2 friends (Roger and Laurie). Long day. Did manage to get turned around for about 1HR on the stream. Longest part of trip was last 2 hrs walking back on relatively flat trail. Good full day." — suzannerunciman • Jul 26, 2019

"Not a great day, cloudy, windy and drizzling at times. The weather report was totally wrong but we figured we will take on Donaldson and Emmons and depending on the time, shoot up Seward. We did not want to get home too late being it is Sunday and we need to get things done prepping for work on Monday. So we headed out a little late (7:30am) we started! Conditions we a bit muddy but we found the calkins brook trail really nice. We made good timing getting up to the cole between Seward and Donaldson, shot to Donaldson by 11am. and Emmons by 12. Views were no good but the sky was clearing, made our way back to Donaldson and finally got some clear skies for some good pictures. Got back to the Cole by 1:15PM. At this point we figured 2 hours out and back to Seward and then 3 hours out to the car. We have 1 1/2 hour trip home so in our eyes it was too late to hit Seward, we will come back. All in all a nice hike up these 2 mountains #38 and 39!" — hbotc • Aug 6, 2017

"Solo. Donaldson, Emmons, Seward. A tough day for me- I broke trail on snowshoes and struggled through mud pits as well. I scooted off of Donaldson pretty quickly as there was no view to be had and continued on to Emmons. This trail was not what I had read about- wow! Hella ice slides with limited handholds. My arms are gonna hurt tomorrow! I carefully picked my way through the less than desirable terrain.. Got a real kick of how the hares seem to use the herd paths! Breaking trail was brutal- I was sinking in significantly in most areas and my pace was very very slow. Emmons summit was nothing to write home about. Just another tree'd and viewless summit for me today. Headed back the direction I came to go back over Donaldson and then split over to Seward. 37/46 SINGLE DIGITS REMAINING!!" — kellieirene • Oct 25, 2016

"4th of July weekend. Camped near Ward Brook lean-to. Party of 2 + Dog. Long Day. Grueling Hike. Was still on Seward when the sun went down. Fireworks echoing through the Brook sounded like a bear growling in the distance. Fun Times." — ndru-virus • Jul 3, 2016

"Journey across Seward - Donaldson - Emmons, with Jay and Nolan. The weather started nice, but began to look ominous at the summit of Emmons. Thankfully we were able to make the trip back over Seward and down the rockiest sections before we lost daylight, and the rain began to fall. The last few miles in solid rain and darkness made the return to the tents. " — Kazmuglin • Sep 19, 2015

"Enjoyed a nice winter hike to climb Don, Emmons and Seward today. Temps were brisk in the am with a forecast of mid-teens and then a storm coming in late in the day. As it turned out the winds would pick up by mid morning and the storm would be upon us by noon which made for some tough conditions. Headed in via the horse trail to Caulkins Brook HP (roughly 3 miles) then up to Donaldson (~ 6 miles in), over to Emmons( ~7 miles in) back to Don and over to Seward (~ 8.5 miles in) and down to Ward Brook and out (~ 5 miles once at Ward Brook junction). All trails were broken out except Seward which was windblown due to the storm. CB trail up to Don is a nice easy trail, Don to Emmons and back has a few dips which are fun and some nice views, small boundary peak in between Don and Seward and a short steep section which was well iced in when we were there. Trail down Seward to Ward Brook was tight with branches and blow down and has never been a favorite for us but the Ward Brook trail out was nicely trenched and is a long flat trip to the car. Movign a bit slower than typical, roughly 16.3 miles to summer trailhead (luckily still open and passable with 4WD for us this late) in ~11..." — deb-and-rob • Feb 21, 2015

"Hiked ~ 17 miles - Corey Rd Seward entrance to Calkins Brook to Donaldson, Emmons, Donaldson and Seward. Down the north side of Seward to the Ward Brook trail and back out. Great hike - wet conditions on Emmons and lower trails, snow on some of the Seward descent." — deb-and-rob • May 25, 2014

"Final peak of my W46...woo hoo. Gate was open so I was able to drive to the summer parking lot. I've hiked the 3+ miles on that road with Itty Bitty enough times. Didn't feel like real winter as the trail was bare ground until about the 3k level. Then it was hard-packed snow/ ice to Donaldson and all ice to Emmons. Final peak and no Canister...bummer( I should have finished in the 90's)." — Nimblefoot • Jan 7, 2007

"Met Joan Collins and her 8 year old son, William Yellot at the Seward parking lot. Started up the herd path and lost it. Bushwacked our way up to the top while receiving several bee stings. T+ran over to Emmons and then decide to get Seward to, knowing that we would be descending in the dark." — hoche46er • Sep 3, 2000

"Frank, George, Johnny and I bushwhacked down the back side of Emmons to avoid running out of daylight on the mountain ridge. We wound up bivouacking before we reached Oulaska Leanto. Long, chilly night under space blankets." — barbaratraver • Sep 8, 1997

"From Ward Brook Leanto Long day including backpack in from Corey's. Banged my head, knocked dizzy by tree trunk stretched across herdpath at eye level. Frank was ahead and oblivious to what happened. From Seward we went on to both Donaldson and Emmons. Met Ann Alton on herdpath near Emmons. We agreed to get together soon to climb Allen and we did." — barbaratraver • Jul 4, 1986