The first ascent of Mount Geikie was made in 1924 by Val Fynn, M.D. Geddes, and Cyril G. Wates via a southwest route. The first ascent of the north face was accomplished in 1967 by John Hudson and Royal Robbins (class 5.9). Other routes on the north face include the Lowe/Hannibal (class 5.10b) in 1979 by George Lowe and Dean Hannibal, Hesse-Shilling (5.10) by Mark Hesse and Brad Shilling in August 1994, and Honky Tonquin (VI+ 5.10 A3) by Seth Shaw and Scott Simper in July 1999. The first solo ascent of the north face was made in August 2017 by Tony McLane of Canada. The normal climbing route is the Southeast Face (IV, 5.5).