Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Climbing Weavers Needle. Superstition Mountains, Arizona.
This was my 8th time standing on the summit of Weavers Needle. For fellow outdoorsman and hiker turn climber Breven (@MoonJuiceHikes) this was his first trip to the summit. Breven is one of a few people that actually makes me feel lazy. Check out some of the EPIC hikes he’s done. Great videos on his channel. We camped between the Fremont saddle and Weavers Needle on Friday (10/20) and started towards Weavers Needle at dawn. We had nothing but smiles on our way up. Breven celebrated his first summit with some free acupuncture courtesy of Mother Nature 🍑🌵. We made it down safely and enjoyed a toasty Arizona autumn hike out.
-The west side approach begins at the Peralta trailhead. Hike over Fremont Saddle, then another 1.75 miles till below the peak. Total of 4 miles of hiking. You next to take one of the cairned trails across the wash and find the cairned trail up the hillside headed towards the gully between the summits. A rocky ridge drops down from the south summit and is bounded on the left (looking uphill) by a steep ravine. The trail you want goes up the open hillside to the left (again, looking uphill) of the ravine. It is worth finding the trail to reduce erosion and to have a generally easier time to the approach.
Follow the trail and do a little scrambling in the gully until you reach an obvious place to rope up, just below a pipe sticking out of the wall.
The first pitch ends at a ledge on the left wall, about 100 feet up.
The second pitch climbs the steepening gully and exits onto the col by going UNDER the chockstones at the top (easiest), or by bypassing the chockstones on the left or right at a slightly higher standard. The bolted anchors are on climber's right of the chockstone.
The third pitch is very short, a class 4 wall on the north side of the notch.
After the third pitch scramble up along an obvious trail until just below the summit.
Pitch 4 heads left then up a 'juggy crack' to a horn which can be used as an anchor.
Scramble the short distance to the summit and enjoy the view!
Source, mountainproject.com
Climbing Weavers Needle. Superstition Mountains, Arizona.
This was my 8th time standing on the summit of Weavers Needle. For fellow outdoorsman and hiker turn climber Breven (@MoonJuiceHikes) this was his first trip to the summit. Breven is one of a few people that actually makes me feel lazy. Check out some of the EPIC hikes he’s done. Great videos on his channel. We camped between the Fremont saddle and Weavers Needle on Friday (10/20) and started towards Weavers Needle at dawn. We had nothing but smiles on our way up. Breven celebrated his first summit with some free acupuncture courtesy of Mother Nature 🍑🌵. We made it down safely and enjoyed a toasty Arizona autumn hike out.
-The west side approach begins at the Peralta trailhead. Hike over Fremont Saddle, then another 1.75 miles till below the peak. Total of 4 miles of hiking. You next to take one of the cairned trails across the wash and find the cairned trail up the hillside headed towards the gully between the summits. A rocky ridge drops down from the south summit and is bounded on the left (looking uphill) by a steep ravine. The trail you want goes up the open hillside to the left (again, looking uphill) of the ravine. It is worth finding the trail to reduce erosion and to have a generally easier time to the approach.
Follow the trail and do a little scrambling in the gully until you reach an obvious place to rope up, just below a pipe sticking out of the wall.
The first pitch ends at a ledge on the left wall, about 100 feet up.
The second pitch climbs the steepening gully and exits onto the col by going UNDER the chockstones at the top (easiest), or by bypassing the chockstones on the left or right at a slightly higher standard. The bolted anchors are on climber's right of the chockstone.
The third pitch is very short, a class 4 wall on the north side of the notch.
After the third pitch scramble up along an obvious trail until just below the summit.
Pitch 4 heads left then up a 'juggy crack' to a horn which can be used as an anchor.
Scramble the short distance to the summit and enjoy the view!
Source, mountainproject.com
