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| theREALCarpeDM | Echo Canyon  Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2013 | |
| Posthole nightmare! Our experience sounds a bit like Scott's a few days ago. We missed a turn on the trail and ended up bushwhacking a lot. The day was warm, so the snowpack couldn't support us. We postholed most of the way up to the ridge and down. Twice the posthole snow collapsed on my snowshoe so that I couldn't pull it out. Another time, I fell when postholing and my snowshoe came off. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2013 2:58 am | ||
| Scott | Bull Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2013 | |
| At 13,761 feet (4195 meters), Bull Hill is the highest named “hill” in the United States. It is still one of the higher mountains in the lower 48 States and much bigger than many mountains. I met Ben, Bethany, Brian and two dogs at the trailhead and we headed up the mountain. There was some confusion about finding the beginning of the route and once we did, the going wasn’t that easy. There was lots of postholing, even with snowshoes and lots of tricky side stepping. It was a bit of a struggle to reach timberline. One we hit the timberline, the climbing was faster, but it was windy and cold. The weather really had an identity crisis today and the weather would turn anywhere from breaks of sunshine to blizzard in a matter of less than a minute. We had a mix of views and clouds, but got some peekaboo views of some of the surrounding mountains. After enjoying the summit, we headed back down the mountain. It was a much faster trip down than it was up. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2013 10:23 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Snow Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007 | |
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| Posted Mar 13, 2013 8:49 pm | ||
| ajberry | Black Cloud - Elbert - Bull Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008 | |
| With Katie and Megan, both 11. Makes for a great day. The key thing is to stay high on Bull Hill's SE ridge when descending; you'll eventually hit an old miner's cabin at around tree line, and can then follow the miner's trail down to the Bl Cloud Trail. I've failed to pick that trail up on previous descents, and the result is a tedious bush-whack. | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2012 5:10 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | Via Echo Canyon... Date Climbed: Mar 9, 2012 | |
| solo in winter. Was a beautiful calm day. The old mines were pretty cool as well. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2012 11:45 pm | ||
| MattK | From Black Cloud Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011 | |
| Nice loop over Bull Hill, Elbert, South Elbert and Cosgriff. Had a close call with some lightning coming off Cosgriff. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2011 2:48 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Nice loop! Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Nice loop of Cosgriff, S. Elbert, Elbert, Bull Hill. From Black Cloud. Saw exactly 5 people all day. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2010 5:53 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Black Cloud Trail Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006 | |
| Approached Bull Hill using the Black Cloud Trail. Pretty views with new snow and fall colors. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 7:59 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Turkey Burn Off Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007 | |
| Climbed this one on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to burn off those turkey calories. Cold clear day with a light dusting of snow, it was -3 Fahrenheit when I left my house in the AM, I am sure it was even colder on the summit! | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 4:59 pm | ||
| habaceeba | On the way to Casco Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| I enjoyed the class 2 climb from Echo Canyon TH past the mines. The ridge between Bull Hill and Casco Peak to the NW is easily manageable with fairly solid rock. The wind picked up while I was on the ridge and threatened to send me off the steep, jagged north side of the ridge. The terrain gets much steeper towards the summit block of Casco and that turned me around at 1/2 mile and 850 vertical feet left to go since total I had already gained over a vertical mile. I gave out and headed back down into Echo Creek valley for a bushwhack back to the trail. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 5:20 am | ||
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