"Camped on the north east side of the peaks at 7200', after bagging East and Middle Sisters. Hard to believe we had tremendous thunder/lightning/rain all night and woke up to an absolutely stunning 4th of July day to bag Patterson and Wheeler! " — alxramos • Jul 4, 2021

"Hiked up to Mt Patterson from Belfort. The road up to Belfort was pretty rough and had me puckering up numerous times. I probably could of drove all the way here but I wanted to actually hike up to Patterson and nearby Wheeler Peak. The hike up was surreal, there were so many different colors of rocks; from orange to pink to purple to yellow to white. It felt like you were on another planet. I had to stop and catch my breath numerous times, these were the highest mountains I have climbed up to this point. The summit had amazing views but I didn't stay up there too long because there were some thunderstorms brewing to the south and east. I'm glad I left when I did because they kept growing. As I was hiking back down I got rained and hailed on. I saw some lightning strikes in the distance and the thunder rolled over my head countless times, which isn't a good feeling when you're up at over 11k elevation. It was a very memorable experience!" — Sledhead29 • Aug 15, 2018

"Drove the Tundra up to Belfort via Sweetwater ranch (4x4 only). Parked at dried pond and dayhiked the peaks. Saw no other hikers, just atvs and dirtbikes. Meh. But the rocks and terrain is out of this world, almost alien. Feels like mars or the moon." — calipidder • Aug 3, 2013