Mummy's Nose

"Today, we were determined to find the plane that crashed in 1983 on the east side of Mummy's Nose. We found it along the bottom of one of the tall climb bands. After locating it we wondered if we could summit the Nose from there. Well, the answer is, yes! After following a wide, forested ledge along the base of one of the cliffs, we came to a weakness in the wall that required a class 3 rock climb up to the next level of ledges. From there it was a short scramble to reach the ridge line of the Nose, just short of the summit, where we met up with trail to the peak. Definitely an advanced route that is worth doing again. Have fun! Be safe! The accident information can be found on this website: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/35410" — Heartattackbruce • Aug 28, 2025

"This route has become one of my favorites. It has some interesting challenges that other routes don't offer...like climbing a wall while squeezing behind a Bristlecone Tree. This is an advanced route that should not be attempted unless you have extensive experience scrambling the Mt. Charleston area. " — Heartattackbruce • Jul 31, 2025

"Lots of elevation gain in a short distance, the first half isn't bad. Once on the headwall there was some ice/snowpack on a steep grades so I used a rock to carve out steps in between Rocky patches. The rest of Mummy mountain looked a bit sketchy for a winter ascent. I'll definitely bring a ice tool and yaktrax until temps warm up. " — MikeERodriguez • Jan 21, 2025

"8.27.24~Mummy Head to Toe Traverse, solo. 3rd solo lifetime. Mummy Nose, Forehead, Chin, Tummy & Toe. 9 miles, 5,000’ gain (give or take) in 7:31hrs. Wasn’t my fasted nor my slowest. I haven't done this in 4 years. Weather was perfect though some sections were warm. My route finding was good. Some scary sections were not as bad as I remember but other sections I don’t remember being bad seemed scary. Today was my 1st time going up the creepy Zebra striped rock climb when heading from Chin to Tummy. I usually take the narrow dry-fall chasm across from it. Doing this alone is a mind fuck but I kept my composure all day. It was completely exhausting especially the 14 jumping splits outtakes on Mummy Tummy. I drank 3-17oz bottles of water, 24 oz of Gatorade. One PB&J and half a burrito. Great day." — paula.raimondi • Aug 27, 2024

"This route is a very advanced scrambling route that will require knowledge of what it is like to climb on the Mt. Charleston rock. The track that is attached to this trip report is a much improved route from the the track that is posted as the original route. It has one section that is a Class 4 climb....but, remember it's a Class 4 on Mt. Charleston rock. Please, if you choose to follow this track, be sure that you are comfortable with exposure, class 4 climbing on potentially crumbly rock and walking exposed ledges that could have loose rocks on them. If you decide not to do the wall climbs after the slab, exit to the north along the wall on top of the slab. When you get to the end of the wall, go around it and there is a use trail that will lead you up to the peak. Be safe! Have fun! " — Heartattackbruce • Jul 14, 2024

"Another warm day in Charleston. 73° at the cars (8kft) at the start and 85° at the return. Some good cloud cover kept us cool. Unfortunately forgot to start the tracker on this one, but the route is out & back. True start was 7:37am." — DudeAlmighty • Jul 11, 2024

"I solo'ed this route. Invited a few friends, but friends were bitches and all bailed. Eff them. I don't need friends if I'm self-sufficient. Although i did get lost a couple of times and had to FB message Harlan for direction lol. Harlan is a good friend. Here is my YT video beta for y'all: https://youtu.be/YM1Pf71_mfk" — Celes • Aug 6, 2023

"This route, modified Mummy Head to Toe, has seven registers to sign on it. The one that is not listed is Mummy Vista, just before Forehead. The Nostril route to the Nose is fun, challenging and time consuming. It can add about an hour to the overall time. You will gain nearly 1250 feet in the last 1/2 mile up to the the Nose. A lot of this route is for advanced scramblers only. You will be climbing walls and traversing a knife-edge. There are sections where you will be hundreds of feet up on the knife edge and it will be less than 2 feet wide....and crumbly. Yes, it will give you the adrenaline rush that you may be looking for. Be prepared for a 9-11 hour day to safely cover the 9.25 miles and 4700 feet of elevation gain. Over 50% of the gain is on the 1.5 mile approach to the Nose. This route is highly modified from the "standard" route that is known as Mummy Head to Toe. " — Heartattackbruce • Jul 29, 2023

"Cleaned out the loose rock on the climbing section of the Nostril Route. This route is my favorite. If you use it, be prepared for a long, steep slab (picture) and a class 4 climb with a class 5 move just below the peak. Make sure that people are clear of the rock fall zone on the final wall ascent. " — Heartattackbruce • Jul 27, 2023

"Finally felt like the snow has melted enough for the mummy traverse . I was 95% right , coming down mummy you can slide like 2-300 ft down through snow . I can’t imagine that snow is going anywhere anytime soon either , banks were still 6+ ft high I only brought 1L of water and was able to fill it up a couple times there are some real nice water sources along the way. Spooky corner is tame, coming down the forehead was the only real place I needed a couple minutes to figure out what to do , everything else was straightforward enough . More annoying steep sidehilling than I thought after the chin going to the tummy, but overall it was a good route . I rode my bike back to make it a loop. Also I’m no anatomy expert but why is the nose before the forehead ? " — joshortman • Jul 3, 2023