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| argothor | Woods - Parnassus - Bard  Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2013 | |
| Started at Herman Gulch, hiked up the Watrous Gulch trail, and then headed up to the Woods-Parnassus saddle before heading up to the summit of Woods Mountain. Then headed back down to the saddle and hiked up the tundra covered slope of Parnassus before heading over to Bard. There was quite a bit of snow on the slopes over to Bard, but it was consolidated enough that it was pretty easy to walk on. On the descent we headed back to the saddle between Bard and Parnassus to the Bard Creek Trail. We only briefly found the trail near the boulder field before losing it, at which point we hiked up the steep slopes of the southern arm of Parnussus to a small shelf where we found the trail which we took back to the trailhead. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2013 10:04 am | ||
| telemarkdude | From Bakerville Exit TH Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2013 | |
| Very nice route. Continuous snow up the gully and the west ridge to the summit. Did it early enough that there was very minimal postholing. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2013 9:07 pm | ||
| milan | Gaining the prominence Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2012 | |
| Since I wasn't able to hike it from Parnassus due to high wind and cold weather, I hiked it from the opposite side with Engelmann and Robeson. | ||
| Posted Oct 24, 2012 4:49 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | 6 Peaks Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012 | |
| With Silver Plume Mountain, Republican Mountain, Sherman Mountain, Democrat Mountain & Columbia Mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2012 1:29 pm | ||
| DerekFreed | Bard, Parnassus, Woods and Machebeuf Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2012 | |
| Started from Herman Gulch, wrapped around Parnassus and up the SW slopes of Bard. Followed the ridge on over Parnassus, over to Woods, over to Machebeuf, then bushwhacked back down to the Watrous Gulch/Bard Trail Intersection. Nice loop, easy terrain. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2012 12:21 pm | ||
| SenadR | Strenuous hike from I-70 Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2012 | |
| Strenuous hike from Stevens Gulch, this route will test your legs for sure, some big time postholing but overall nice day. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2012 7:11 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Ruby Loop - w/o the loop Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2012 | |
| We had the luck of the Irish today. Okay, maybe not. I wanted Parnassus, too, but my partners had time limitations. Went up Engelmann, Robeson, and Bard only. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2012 8:23 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Bakersville Exit Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2011 | |
| Freaking cold and windy up high today! One of those mixed-weather, Colorado high country days - one minute it's virtually blue-bird, the next minute you're hiking through a snow cloud. This was a pretty steep route, about 1,000 vertical feet a mile. "Boys, it just doesn't get any better than this!" | |
| Posted Nov 20, 2011 8:44 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Ruby Loop Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2011 | |
| Second time, loop of Ruby Creek from Urad Mine with Scot and Brian climbing Engelmann, Bard and Parnassus. Very windy day, so we skipped the unranked Robeson to stay off the ridge and out of the wind! | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2011 6:59 pm | ||
| hhsilleck | From Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2011 | |
| With my cousin-in-law Alex ... nice walk up the tundra. The beetle kill trees down low are sad. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2011 12:48 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | From Bakerville exit Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2010 | |
| An anomaly! Weather was 60 degrees, sunny and calm...in January! Hiked up the trail and climbed right up the wind blown west slopes to Parnassus and traversed to Bard. Ridge was also clear of snow. My first trip of the decade. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2010 3:59 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Shuttle! Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010 | |
| Bard Creek Basin loop - Democrat, Republican, Sherman, Silver Plume, Bard, Robeson, Engleman. Started at 11,500 from the east, did the basin, back to the Bard Creek TH. Just under 14 miles, just under 5k' gain. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2010 10:42 am | ||
| shknbke | north ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2010 | |
| Started from Bard Creek TH and hit Engleman, Robeson, Bard, Silver Plume, Sherman, and Republican. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2010 7:05 pm | ||
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| Jeremy Hakes | Re: north ridge | |
| Where did you come down off of Republican, Kevin? | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2010 10:37 am | ||
| colinpence | steep! Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| I climbed with Aaron and several of the "usual suspects." The views were as spectacular as you could hope for, and the route was really good, but really steep (can you say f*#@in steep!) | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2009 10:42 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | blind bard Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2008 | |
| jamie, prakash and myself bushwhacked our way north from the bakerville exit. quite an enjoyable day slogging our way through deadfall, fresh fall snow and low visibility. snow season is coming..... jamie | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2008 11:36 pm | ||
| Pete Castricone | From Parnassus Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2008 | |
| I was racing an early season snow storm. While I was on Bard's summit, Woods and Parnassus were swallowed by a white cloud. My escape plan was to descend into one of the large southern basins, and the storm completely missed me. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2008 10:57 am | ||
| SarahThompson | From Herman Gulch Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2006 | |
| Out and back trip from neighboring Parnassus. Added on Woods Mountain for good measure. These are rather boring peaks that can be safely climbed in winter. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 3:59 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | Viewtastic Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| Over from Parnassus via Watrous Gulch, descended down the valley between the two, all the way down to I-70. Had to hike a couple miles along the highway to get back to the Herman Gulch TH, which was silly, but not nearly as bad as I had imagined. Exceptional views from this Peak. Very few other people on these mountains for a beautiful Sunday in summer. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 1:12 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | with Parnassas Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2002 | |
| We first climbed Parnassus from the Herman Gulch trailhead, then over to Bard. For the return we dropped down to a trail that stays on the I-70 side of the mountain until it gets back to Watrous Gulch. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2008 9:40 pm | ||
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