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| argothor | Second time on Bison  Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2009 | |
| Beautiful day amongst beautiful rock formations. Second time up Bison, last time up was last October. I think this could become a regular peak for me to do. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2009 2:43 pm | ||
| VermontMike | Ute Creek TH Date Climbed: May 31, 2009 | |
| Great morning on Bison! Tried to make McCurdy as well but weather didn't cooperate. | |
| Posted May 31, 2009 9:51 pm | ||
| Gareth | Loop Route Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008 | |
| #2 on Bison for me. This time I went with a partner. Slowpoke and I had some fun after it started snowing on us! | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2008 6:10 pm | ||
| argothor | Ute Creek Trail Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2008 | |
| What an awesome mountain. The rock formations above treeline are just spectular. Had the summit to myself, although I did see other people on the trail. Beautiful clear, sunny day, but a bit chilly (it was 27 degrees when I started) and a little breezy, but I still spent at least an half hour at the summit taking in this mountain's beauty. I definitely plan on returning. | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2008 4:28 pm | ||
| slowpoke | Loop Route Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008 | |
| Started snowing once we hit the area above Bison Pass. Made for an interesting day. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2008 2:09 am | ||
| kavak | Ute Creek TH Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2002 | |
| On a crisp clear day I had the mountain to myself. A one of a kind summit that makes you want to meander around on a good day. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2008 10:04 am | ||
| Niederbayer | Ute TH Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008 | |
| great hike - leaves are changing, great panoramic view, just saw one other couple during my whole hike | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2008 6:40 pm | ||
| shknbke | Via Ute Creek, traverse to McCurdy Date Climbed: Apr 12, 2008 | |
| There wasn't as much snow as expected on this south facing trail, so we made good time until we got to the saddle. It wasn't as windscoured as expected above treeline, but we still had enough left in the tank to head over to McCurdy. Brutal combo hike with snow, but the views more than made up for it! | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2008 5:45 pm | ||
| Mots010 | Ute Creek TH Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2007 | |
| Practically a summer day. It was downright hot for early Nov! Very cool summit. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2007 9:51 am | ||
| ppergande | Rock Maze Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2007 | |
| I came up from the Ute Creek TH. A fairly long approach didn't leave much time at the top before the weather moved in. I should have started earlier. Finding a path through the maze of rock made this hike very interesting and definitely one of my favorite places in Colorado. Truly a unique place! | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2007 11:01 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | SW ridge | |
| Great peak. Would like to camp up there and spend more time playing on the rocks. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 4:19 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Magical Summit Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2006 | |
| Just fantastic. Views all around, warm sunshine, magical summit of hoodoos. ...and no one else around... | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2007 7:42 pm | ||
| royswkr | From North Fork Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2004 | |
| Long approach to a fine plateau | ||
| Posted Sep 23, 2006 9:12 pm | ||
| jhansen007 | Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: May 27, 2006 | |
| Solo overnight trip. Saw 2 people on the trail Sat and about 4 on Sunday. What a neat bizarre landscape. My first use of my new bivy sac and there were tons of great sheltered spots in the rocks above treeline. Set up camp, ate dinner and summited Bison. Watched a fantastic sunset and saw the lights of Denver come into view. Got up the next morning, summitted McCurdy, and packed out. If you want to try camping above treeline, this is a good area to do it. However, water is scarce up there. Had to melt snow. I'll be back again I'm sure. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2006 3:06 am | ||
| Scott Wisher | Lightning Scare from Ute Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: May 14, 2006 | |
| Got caught in a thunderstorm right as we were summitting at noon. Very scary. We were only at the summit for about 60 seconds. Beautiful summit area, just wish I could have seen more. Will be back. Click here to see more photos from this hike. | |
| Posted May 16, 2006 3:01 am | ||
| Jared Scott | Route Climbed: Ute creek Date Climbed: November 29, 2005 | |
| The summit ridge is unbelievable! I could spend hours up there on a warmer day playing on the rock formations--looks like a great place to bring my sons back to play when they're a little older. | ||
| Posted Nov 30, 2005 12:14 am | ||
| jbouman | Route Climbed: Standard trail Date Climbed: July 29, 1992 | |
| Climbed with Chiefer, Eric Coffman. Our attempt the first night was unsuccessful and after about a 4 mile roundtrip mistake, we camped at the trailhead and made it up the next morning. Great views. I remembering seeing the world's smallest columbine on that hike (maybe the circumference of a dime). | ||
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 9:56 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: SouthWest Ridge Date Climbed: May 22, 1994 | |
| A great long hike into one of our great wilderness areas. The summit block can be gained a couple of ways, I found: The east face being a nice Class III scramble of 15' on solid rock, but a gap in the block to the NW allows easier access. I descended to the northwest, bushwhacking below timberline through a not too dense forest, until I reached the Indian Creek Trail again below 11,000', near the marshes. This reduced some distance rather than backtracking to the southwest. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2005 5:20 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: January 11, 2005 | |
| My first summit of 2005. Summitted with Colonelpyat. Chilly day but pretty nice; didn't stay at the summit long b/c the wind was pretty powerful up there. Rock formations extra unique w/ snow plastered to north sides. Snowshoes/skis handy at places. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2005 9:41 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: June 6, 2004 | |
| I summited and my fiance Julie stopped on Bison Arm due to a sore hip. This route was long and had a very steep section but the feeling of being on Bison Arm with all the cool rock formations was really great with views all the way to Pikes Peak. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2004 4:43 pm | ||
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