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| peakrat76 | Boreas Pass Route  Date Climbed: Jun 6, 1992 | |
| Scramble over talus & blocks. Found a nice long couloir on the way down to glissade. Once back at my Subaru I found an old piece of board on my windshield with the note, "Hey, I saw something really strange. A marmot was chewing your car under the gas tank. Wierd, huh? Sure enough, Mr. Marmot had chewed through the gas tank sensor wire telling me I had no fuel. Easy repair, fun day. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2008 2:40 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | via Black Powder Pass Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2007 | |
| Ugh! Talk about your false summits. Ugh! Talk about talus and choss. Sweet views of guyot and Breckenridge though! More of a commitment than I expected. Windy and cold but great weather. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 5:52 pm | ||
| djilk | Bald Mtn via Black Powder Pass Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Hiked from Boreas Pass to the true summit in about 2:45, only 2:15 down with some storms in the area. The views are 360 degrees - even saw Longs & Meeker shining in the sun far in the distance. Only saw a few other people and had the summit to ourselves. Not much left in the way of flowers but the tundra is lush and I suspect there would be a lot in July. Contra the Boreas Pass route description, we found it easier to just go over the tops of most of the bumps and false summits - there is not that much wasted elevation gain and the walking is substantially easier right on the top of the ridge. On the way up we followed the trail up to Black Powder Pass and then mostly followed the ridgeline. On the return we descended directly down some grassy slopes SSW, both because it looked faster and because some storms were in the area. There are some faint climber's trails on the rocky sections of the ridge - mostly they go slightly west of the ridgeline but end up on top anyway. The talus is mostly solid but still have to test footholds on the steeper parts. Great hike, but harder work than we expected since there is no real trail after the pass. | ||
| Posted Sep 2, 2007 7:01 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Boreas Pass Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007 | |
| Nice views! Lots of rocks. you gotta like rock to climb this mountain. We had a beautiful day with the weather. That was nice. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2007 6:49 pm | ||
| TorstenW | On The Flanks... Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2003 | |
| The old gold mines near the top really intrigued me for many years. I only got up a little way on the flanks... I'll be back though! | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2007 12:45 am | ||
| Eric Holle | Route Climbed: Boreas Pass and Mt. Boreas Date Climbed: Oct. 15, 2006 | |
| Climbed from Boreas Pass, with Boreas Mtn. More of a winter climb than a fall climb, lots of snow, endless false summitts, and a herd of Mountain Goats. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2006 12:13 am | ||
| royswkr | Boreas & Bald Date Climbed: Sep 1, 1995 | |
| Figure 8 loop from Boreas Pass with return along canal | ||
| Posted Sep 23, 2006 9:02 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | North Ridge (ascent), Northeast Couloir Descent Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2006 | |
| Skied from the summit! | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2006 4:37 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: April 23, 2005 | |
| How many false summits are there? I lost count ;) | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2006 9:00 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Route Climbed: Boreas Pass Date Climbed: October 1, 2005 | |
| Topped all three 13,600+ summits on Bald Mountain. Amazing weather for October - shorts and t-shirt the entire trip. Views from the summit ridge are hard to top. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2005 12:24 am | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 13, 2005 | |
| Started from Boreas Pass and reached the saddle in no time. From there, the route up the ridge is clear although alot of talus and scree is present. Reached the summit in about 2.5 hours in perfect weather. The views were spectacular, especially of the ten mile ranch and Breckenridge. The view south (south park) was spoiled by haze - most likely due to the fire near Pueblo. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2005 8:17 am | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Boreas Pass Date Climbed: June 11, 2005 | |
| Climbed Bald and Boreas from the pass yesterday. Since we hiked after Friday's storm, we got one last look at snowy peaks probably for a while. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2005 4:47 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: October 25, 1992 | |
| Starting 1/2 mile north of Boreas Pass, I followed the small drainage up to the 12,159' pass between Boreas Mtn. and Blad Mtn. Bob Martin refers to this as Black Powder Pass, although it is not named on the Boreas Pass topo. From here you head NNW up grass and tedious rock until the first of several false summits is reached. Persist on and the highest point is the NW summit, with great views to Summit county and Dillon Lake to the north. On the descent, it began snowing on me and Logan, my 4-legged climbing companion. I returned with my wife and a friend in June 2002 and reclimbed the route, taking longer than I had remembered. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2005 6:29 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Route Climbed: Boreas Pass Date Climbed: May 26, 2004 | |
| By far the windiest day I've ever had in the mountains. The views from this peak and from Boreas Mountain are impeccable and some of the best in the entire Front Range. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2004 10:38 am | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: Via Boreas Pass and Mount Boreas Date Climbed: September 2002 | |
| A giant ridge of a mountain. Mountain goats were everywhere! A nice hike. Good for those that want to look down on Breckenridge. Also offers nice views of the nearby Tenmile Mountains. Jon | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2004 7:45 pm | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Western Chutes from Boreas Pass Date Climbed: Several Dates 98-03 | |
| Hiked and skied these chutes many times while living in Breck. Snow is here until mid summer in most years and makes for great snow climbing and moderate to difficult sking coming down. In the right conditions one can ski summit to car nonstop. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2004 11:15 am | ||
| nader | Route Climbed: Boreas Pass Date Climbed: August 30, 2003 | |
| I was hoping the fog would clear but it only got worse. Once I reached the summit, it began to pour. The wind was terrible. Was lucky that the terrain was easy allowing me a quick descend. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2003 11:54 am | ||
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