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| DerekFreed | Trio from Halfmoon TH  Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2010 | |
| French, Frasco and Casco. From Iron Mike Mine, ascended the grassy slope to the summit of French, then traversed over to Frasco and Casco. Roughest part was the Frasco side of the Frasco/Casco ridge. Descended the saddle between Bull Hill and Casco. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2012 2:42 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | Casco Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2011 | |
| Climbed from the North Lake Fork TH off Independence Pass Road. And I agree...Class 2 my ass! lol The slope up to that 13,200 foot saddle was looser than the slope up to the Pacific Tarn from Mohawk Lakes! | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2011 7:59 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: French, Frasco BM & Casco Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2010 | |
| I bagged the trio! Living life for those that perished on this day (9-11); never forgotten. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2011 12:38 am | ||
| castricone7 | Via North Lake Creek Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2009 | |
| Casco/Frasco/French combo With Kiefer. "Class 2 my ass." | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2009 10:18 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | from North Fork Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2009 | |
| Great mountain! The last hundred feet or so was pretty cool! A great fall day. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2009 11:16 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | Beware of Lightning. Date Climbed: July 5, 1986 Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1986 | |
| I recall this one vividly from my childhood. As we were about 200 feet from the summit, weather moved in very fast. The closer we got to the top, the louder this sound was, turned out there was a lightning rod on the top and it was buzzing. The metal thing on the inside of my hat rattling as well. We bolted down very fast despite the fact that it was lightly raining. I'm very lucky to be alive. This happened when I was 7 years old... | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 2:18 am | ||
| heather14 | French, Frasco BM & Casco Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2008 | |
| A great solo from North Fork Lake. Blue skies & sun, sleet, more blue skies, whiteout, blue skies, then thunder snow....an interesting finish to the official summer season. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2008 4:42 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | French, Frasco BM & Casco Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Perfect day for a nice hike... | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 7:04 pm | ||
| kavak | From Halfmoom Creek TH Date Climbed: Aug 26, 1990 | |
| I was supposed to meet up with the Colorado Mountain Club on this one. Somehow missed them and started solo up Casco. Later crossed paths with them on top of Frasco Peak, but continued on to French Mtn. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:59 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Traverse from French Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2007 | |
| Roach's standard circuit for climbing French, Frasco & Casco. A nice fall solo hike. | |
| Posted May 23, 2008 2:58 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | North Lake Creek TH Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2002 | |
| We climbed Casco from North Lake Creek trailhead. This hike introduced us to this interesting group of mountains just west of Mt Elbert. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2008 9:20 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | Francisco Traverse Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2007 | |
| Traverse the big 3, French, Frasco, and Casco. Snow on the North ridge of Casco made it interesting, a little class 3/4 mixed climbing right near the ridge made for some fun. Snow was pure sugar, and didn't hold. A fun and beautiful day out. http://www.ericjlee.com/Photos/071102%20FrenchMt/index.php | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2007 7:44 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | Francisco Traverse Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2007 | |
| Completed the French/Frasco/Casco traverse here. N Ridge had substantial amount of unconsolidated snow on it, increasing the difficulty of the final scramble to Casco's summit. Climbed some interesting, snow-filled 4th class chimneys. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 6:30 pm | ||
| shknbke | from French/Frasco Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2007 | |
| started at Halfmoon 2wd TH and combined Casco with French, Frasco BM, 13660, & Lackawanna via a car shuttle. Nice scrambling opportunities below the summit on the north ridge. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:28 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Success Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| Summited along with Frasco and French from Halfmoon Road. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2007 11:53 pm | ||
| miztflip | From North Lake TH Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| Climbed Casco after making the out and back to French. The climbing on Casco was the best of the bunch with some optional fun scrambling on very solid rock near the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2007 6:42 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006 | |
| En route to Frasco Benchmark and French Mountain. 5:58 roundtrip. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2006 7:52 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Route Climbed: via Date Climbed: July 24, 2004 | |
| Great combo with French and Frasco Benchmark, some fun light scrambling on the ridge. | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2006 8:27 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: S. Halfmoon Creek TH to French to Frasco and Casco Date Climbed: August 6, 2000 | |
| Please see my trip report under French Mountain's page titled "The San Francasco Treat" | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 4:34 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: north ridge, Lackawanna Gulch approach Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| Lovely place, climbed with Ron and Ryan. Didn't see another soul. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2004 6:55 pm | ||
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