Mt. Oklahoma

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 6/22/2025, By: BenThom11
Info: Hiked Oklahoma today via the standard SE slopes route. Parked 1/2 mile below the TH based on some reports of the top section being rough. In retrospect, wouldn't have been an issue at all in my lifted Tacoma, a decent amount of stock trucks and 4runners and stuff made it. But it's just 1/2 mile and I dont regret it. Some snow in the high basin but mostly avoidable. The steep grassy slope is pretty miserable. Just steep loose scree and dirt. A lot of snow from 13,100 to the top. Possible some is avoidable but it wasn't much of an issue. Brought spikes but didnt put them on. A bit postholey in spots but nothing too terrible. GPS is definitely helpful in the forest section. I was on a faint trail at times and some Cairns but it was hit or miss to try to follow. Overall, not summer conditions but not tough to climb right now. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 6/22/2025, By: pkrekeler
Info: The trail is almost entirely free of snow. The few small piles remaining are easily avoidable. The two creek/stream crossings are high and moving fast but crossing isn't a problem. Once above treelike, you start the encounter snow. The higher you go, the more snow. Microspikes are still required. Descending, I had regrets that I didn't bring my crampons (I am not a fan of the steep descent with the steep side angle). 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 5/24/2025, By: Chicago Transplant
Info: Parked at the road split for French, glad I did as the rutted section above was not appealing (outback) and a half mile of road hiking goes fast. Trail is a mix of dry and old postholes to the massive split, split is buried in snow and I ended up side hilling a bit from the massive trail to regain the proper one. This section andtl the bushwhack to treeline were painful, lots of snow but lots of dry sections too and I transitioned back and forth from skis at least 8 times each direction. Above treeline the snow was great going up, and great going down, coverage is excellent from the apron to summit and was 20 minutes of fun, but that bushwhack was time consuming. Just a warning to be prepared for it to take longer than you think! 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 9/8/2024, By: tcphoto87
Info: This was a fun one but was a little more difficult than I went in thinking it would be. I made it with my crossover to the section with the huge potholes/boulders a half mile from the trailhead where I had to figure out a way to turn around with 2 cars behind me. I'd find a spot to park around the area where the guide says "continue straight at 7.3 miles at a junction" The hike was a breeze until the trail turns left off the main trail that goes to the lake. Photo #7 on the route guide didn't look like it but there is a faint trail right there that takes you to the stream crossings but requires a lot of stopping and making sure you're on the right path/going the right direction. I kept finding and losing the very faint trail between the stream crossings and where it starts to pop out of the trees (between #9 and #10 on the route guide) Luckily there were cairns every so often that kept me heading the right way. From there finding the rest of the way was pretty straight forward. The "steep grassy slope" is probably the steepest scree nightmare I've ever had to deal with and I contemplated turning around multiple times. By the time I reached the top of that slope I had basically used all the energy I had left and the remainder up to the summit I was running on fumes, but I made it! Going down that slope was easier than going up because it was more just surfing down loose scree but I did get my hand and ankles cut up from the rocks from sliding/falling down. Ended up finding another faint trail through the trees that took us back out to the main trail and everything from there was super easy back to the car. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 8/27/2024, By: NotTimid
Info: Kind of soggy, especially through the trees, but otherwise no issues on the route. Lots of mushrooms! 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/13/2024, By: thurs
Info: Full summer conditions, decent social trail once you depart the main trail, creek crossings were straightforward but committed to getting feet wet. A little bit of snow near the summit 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/1/2024, By: neilkozak
Info: There are 2 pretty intense stream crossings with current snowmelt. You can cut north to cross them where they're less fed; that's what we did for one of them on the way back and it helped. We didn't need traction for several small snowfields and one large one, but if you're going early and expect it to be frozen, I'd definitely bring it. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 6/22/2024, By: understaffedpackraft
Info: Back at if after 8 weeks with a broken foot. Shoulder season conditions, some route finding needed, gpx is super helpful. Wasn't paying attention to mine and accidentally went up the Class III route. Exposure was a little sketchy so wet, but topped out and hit the summit. Traction was helpful for the upper push. Little bushwacking through the blowdowns around the creek. Road to the TH is good! 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 10/19/2023, By: Istoodupthere
Info: Started from Mt Massive th. The scree slope is pretty miserable. The only snow is from about 13,100 up the talus slope to summit. Maybe 6 inches in spots. Didnt need to use spikes or gaiters. 0 people, 0 clouds, 0 animals (squirrels dont count). 13.54 round trip. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 10/6/2023, By: DorothyK
Info: Completely dry until about 13,500 then some mostly-avoidable snow. I wore trail runners and they stayed dry for the whole hike. Microspikes were helpful for the loose dirt/kitty litter scree on the descent down the steep "ramp". 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 9/27/2023, By: gmarcotte
Info: I went up the standard route on Oklahoma from Mt Massive TH and continued on to Massive. Everything on Oklahoma and the ridge to Massive is still snow-free. This route is a slog-and-a-half -- but the talus on the upper slopes is surprisingly stable. Be careful not to over-shoot on the Halfmoon Lakes trail -- there will be a point around 11700 where the trail approaches right to the east bank of the creek before turning away uphill again -- this is a good place to cross and start traversing. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 9/18/2023, By: sarahmariekirk
Info: Climbed Mount Oklahoma yesterday along with the Tour de Massive - the route up to Oklahoma was pretty mellow although there was some routefinding here and there in the trees; we lost the trail a few times in the dark. The ridge from Oklahoma to Massive was the highlight of the day with sustained class 3 and 4 scrambling with some exposure. There was a little bit of snow coming down off of Oklahoma on the backside but if you are just climbing Oklahoma, there is absolutely no snow on this route. Fantastic day up high doing the Tour, and Oklahoma has a summit register in place. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 8/6/2023, By: swilson753
Info: Standard route is in summer conditions. Having the GPX handy made route finding through the trees much smoother. There are trail segments and sparse cairns throughout. I found plunge stepping down the loose dirt adjacent to the grassy ramp the most efficient way down. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/8/2023, By: cougar
Info: I made a loop coming over from North Massive and Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness HP. The north ridge is all clear, up to the top where there's still a snowfield on Oklahoma's summit that involved some postholing. Very steep scramble but on solid rock and slabs, nothing over class 3. Descended southeast slopes, a bit of soft snow that can be avoided. Route finding in the forest got tricky, but I eventually found the trail. 

Route: Southeast Slopes
Posted On: 7/5/2023, By: E_A_Marcus_949
Info: Condition update to 12,400' - didn't summit due to sleet/hail and incoming storms at 8:45am (bummed!) Free of snow up to that point and any small snow fields avoidable. We turned around near the the grassy slope up to the ridge. There is some snow remaining there, which likely can be avoided or easily crossed. No visual on the ridge, though. We veered off the route description and followed the Halfmoon Lakes trail to a good creek crossing, which was at UTM 13S 371436 4336981 / 39.17253, -106.48830 - it was a very simple large step/small jump across. We then traversed across the basins and met up with the 14ers gpx route. Pics show the conditions near the base of the grassy slope, a screenshot of our route (red) compared to the GPX download (orange) from the split to Massive, and the creek crossing. The pinpoint is the GPS coords above for our creek crossing spot.