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| ErikaRN | East Ridge  Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2011 | |
| Beautiful hike, views, and weather! I love this peak-it is a great reconditioner for my post-partum regime! A family of mountain goats greeted us at the summit! | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2011 7:22 am | ||
| omahiker | Summit Surprise Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2011 | |
| We were the only ones on the mountain as we approached the summit. I was 1st to the summit by 45 minutes. As I approached a mountain goat was standing guard at the summit stick. Very cool experience. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 6:27 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | With 9810, Ninemile Mountain & Genesee Mountain. Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010 | |
| TR | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2010 1:25 pm | ||
| Hostilejim | Caught in a whiteout Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| Hiked up the standard route, as I left the summit, I got caught in a whiteout. I made it down safely. This is a beautiful hike. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2010 5:27 pm | ||
| slkrr | A fun climb Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1995 | |
| I really liked this climb. Short and steep with some fun scrambling on the summit ridge. The weather was excellent and the view was fantastic! | |
| Posted May 12, 2009 10:23 pm | ||
| big_g | Had the mountain to myself Date Climbed: May 25, 2008 | |
| Besides the two guys at the trailhead I had the mountain to myself. There was a lot of snow up there yet and I'm pretty sure that was the biggest cornice I've personally been around. Impressive. I'll have to upload a pic. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2008 3:14 am | ||
| armorfoot | Multiple routes and approaches Date Climbed: Oct 7, 1989 | |
| Great mountain I used to live near and climb all the time, the first when I was 7. Nice little afternoon trip. Perfect view from the summit. Usually never saw anyone up in there on our traverses of the Vasquez during the weekdays. Favorite place in Colorado, by far. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 10:45 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Great climb from the Winter Park area Date Climbed: Jul 18, 1996 | |
| We spotted a couple of mountain goats and barely made it back to the car with enough light to see our feet. A wonderful after work climb! | ||
| Posted Feb 13, 2007 3:54 am | ||
| royswkr | Followed church group up Date Climbed: Sep 6, 1997 | |
| Loop with Ptarmigan and Bottle | ||
| Posted May 10, 2006 9:39 pm | ||
| jbouman | Route Climbed: Standard from trailhead Date Climbed: July 15, 1990 | |
| Lots of false summits but a great hike. Excellent views from the top. | ||
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 9:59 pm | ||
| ashlandbus | Route Climbed: Nw Route Date Climbed: July 30th, 2005 | |
| I found this to be a great hike with a wonderful view of RMNP. The directions to the trailhead as posted on this site are misleading. Follow the sins in the forest, and you should be fine. The trailhead now starts about 1 mile down the road from the actual trailhead (you must follow a closed portion of the road up about a mile and 500 vertical feet). Storms rolled in around 1:30 PM. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 5:17 pm | ||
| haytraci | Route Climbed: Old Byers Peak Trail Date Climbed: June 1999 | |
| One of the first few mountains I summited...and very dear to my heart since I looked at it practically every day when I lived in my first mountain environment, the Fraser Valley. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 6:38 pm | ||
| KChiker | Route Climbed: Byers Peak Trail Date Climbed: July 24th 2004 | |
| Great hike. Short but steep. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2004 4:19 pm | ||
| Kessler | Route Climbed: normal | |
| Carried by mom at 13 months old. | |
| Posted Mar 16, 2004 6:38 pm | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: June 1, 2002 | |
| Camped at timeberline and hiked to the suumit by 7 am. A glorius early morning ascent. Snow was still prevalent on the peaks and I enjoed a magnificent view of the Gores to the west and the Indian Peaks to the east. Byers is a prominent summit with a mighty view. My dog Sopris was along for the summit ride on this mountain. Jon Bradford | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2003 8:04 pm | ||
| Scott | Byers Peak Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2003 | |
| My wife and 15 month old Kessler waited above timberline, just below the summit while I went to the top. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2003 9:38 am | ||
| 395guy | Route Climbed: main trail Date Climbed: July 7, 2003 | |
| Left trailhead at 5:35am going solo to peak. On top by 6:45am which surprised me. The trailhead sign warned of three "false summits." I never could figure out which humps were these alleged false summits because it was always obvious that there was more mountain to climb just over each hump. I was surprised to be on top so quickly. All my marathon training (even though at low elevation) paid off. Great sunrise on the way up the trail. Only stayed 15 minutes due to windy conditions. Ran back down the trail. Back at the car by 7:35am. Great two-hour hike. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2003 7:17 pm | ||
| sterlingway | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 15 1997 | |
| Took a group of ski town 5th graders up to the summit. Their boundless energy made for a quick trip up, but a "distracted" trip down! This is a great hike for early, early morning, enabling a hiker to have the afternoon available for other activities. | ||
| Posted Jan 24, 2003 10:45 am | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 4, 2002 | |
| What a great way to spend the 4th of July, it could become a tradition! :-). Wonderful views from a mountain that isn't even 13K. Expect quite a few people due to the proximity to civilization and easy trail. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2002 1:14 pm | ||
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