Ascent of Mount Matumbla on 2011-12-03| Date: | Saturday, December 3, 2011 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Matumbla | | Location: | USA-New York | | Elevation: | 2688 ft / 819 m |
Ascent Trip ReportSnowmobile trail from Pitchfork Pond went directly west crossing roads that were driven by hunters, mid-section of the trail was driven as well with tire tracks in a snow dusted road arriving at the topo road which runs parallel to the mountain summit. I suggest going west along this final road to avoid a band of steep cliff and ledge to make an end-run to get up a still steep enough quarter mile of tree trunk pulling-upward terrain to a more level ground of a few hundred yards of waist high meadow-like spruce in sketchy blowdown. Tree at summit was faded red and axe blazed, a few yards from Ben's "bump with a huge 6 foot high erratic rock". A flurry of gunshots at twilight getting back to trailhead, wearing orange did not meet or hear hunters otherwise, except along Pitchfork Pond Road littered with hunters' trucks. Three hunting camps along the snowmobile trail, one at both ends of the trail going west with another in the middle. An easy road walk of 2.71 miles in just over an hour to less than a mile of mostly open, steep woods and bushwack to summit.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 1083 ft / 330 m | | Elevation Loss: | 1083 ft / 330 m | | Distance: | 7.4 mi / 11.9 km | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Road Hike, Open Country, Bushwhack, Snow on Ground, Scramble | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles | | Weather: | Cool, Calm, Clear | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 1083 ft / 330 m | | Distance: | 3.6 mi / 5.9 km | | Route: | Pitchfork Pond Snowmobile Trail & Bushwack | | Trailhead: | Pitchfork Pond 1605 ft / 489 m | | Time Up: | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Elevation Loss: | 1083 ft / 330 m | | Distance: | 3.8 mi / 6 km | | Route: | Bushwack & Pitchfork Pond Snowmobile Trail | | Trailhead: | Pitchfork Pond 1605 ft / 489 m | | Time Down: | 2 Hours 14 Minutes |
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