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| TM | good spot  | |
| Nice hike, great skiing all around. Made some nice turns from up high. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2006 5:57 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | North Face Couloir | |
| No snow in the couloir, just lots of very loose rock. Descended via NE Ridge. | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2006 3:01 am | ||
| altitude14er | Northwest Ridge via Castle Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2005 | |
| I climbed this with my friends Dave and Mark (aka "asphazell"). We all brought cramp-ons for the snow portion on the ridge but didn't need them. The snow was very packed by the 25th this year. We didn't get to spend long on the summit because storm clouds were building quick - as they often do in the Elk Range! We found an awesome spot to glissade down off of the Northeast Face...worked well but I cut myself with my ice axe..not a good thing to do! | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 4:44 pm | ||
| markhyams | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 11, 1994 | |
| My second 14er, and the one that started the obsession. Five years later, I had climbed them all. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2006 5:46 pm | ||
| foreverwild | good day | |
| Great climb with perfect snow from 2WD, one of my favorite climbs. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2006 1:02 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Route Climbed: NE ridge Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| I drove all the way to the mine for this one. The weather was pretty strange. No problem going up but at the summit, the clouds moved in quick, it got fairly dark but it was as quiet and still at the top as I've ever witnessed. Very strange. It downpoured as soon as i got back to the truck. Perfect timing. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2006 1:20 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: September 11, 2005 | |
| The rock was surprisingly solid on this route | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2006 8:07 pm | ||
| Lost Creek Farms | Date Climbed: 7/26/05 | |
| Blake my 9 year old was sick from altitude sickness so we were 300 ft short of the summit. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2005 9:20 pm | ||
| climbhighnow | Route Climbed: Cumberland Basin to West Ridge Date Climbed: Sept. 2005 | |
| Wow! the climb up was awesom with lots of good, fun, class 3 exposed climbing. we ended up descending some gnarly, snow filled couloir and hiking up pearl pass, back to cum. basin. a Very long day; 14hrs. hiking/climbing and a 1.5 hour hitch hike. ps. Lots of scary, loose rock!! bring a helmet | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2005 12:32 pm | ||
| Hobbesgirl | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 30, 2004 | |
| Very entertaining climb! Some intellegent college kids (yeah, they were my age) decided to find their way down the mountain by sliding down on trash bags. Horrible idea. One broke his femur and he had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter. Moral of the story: find a better way off the mountain :) | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2005 1:46 pm | ||
| Bob Sihler | Route Climbed: standard/SE ridge Date Climbed: July 17, 2004 | |
| Fun snow climb and glissade when I did it-- unbelievable views of the Elks' fourteeners-- fun road if your vehicle can take two or three pretty nasty spots (if it can, you start at 12,800') | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2005 10:14 pm | ||
| jwproulx | Route Climbed: Up N.E. Ridge, Down S.E. Ridge Date Climbed: 19 August 2005 | |
| Biked from the Castle Creek road up to the highest trees in Montezuma basin. Fun hike and lots of glissading. The bike ride was gruelling, but a real blast coming down through the spectacular forest. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 6:22 pm | ||
| Zeke | Route Climbed: NE ridge Date Climbed: Sept 4, 2005 | |
| fun ridge, nice climb | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 2:22 pm | ||
| doumall | Route Climbed: via Conundrum Couloir Date Climbed: August 21st, 2005 | |
| Continued after Conundrum to Castle, descent of NE ridge. Awsome day on the mountain! | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2005 5:33 pm | ||
| goat14er | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 13, 2005 | |
| Snow in August!? Oh wait, it's Colorado's mountains, I guess it's no surprise. (I'm talking about snow falling from the sky, not already on the ground...there were both). I loved that ridge though - a little similar to the routes on the Bells with the rock type and the ledges, though obviously easier. What a view from the top! #45! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2005 5:10 pm | ||
| Andrew McKenzie | Route Climbed: traverse from Conundrum Date Climbed: August 13, 2005 | |
| Great trip. My friends Matt, Luke and Lady accompanied me. Matt and I blazed an unnamed route up the class 3 gully to the climbers right of the Conundrum couloir, eventually topping out right next to the summit log. We then made the traverse to Castle in about 45 minutes, signed the log and ran as sideways snow began to pelt us. A couple hours later and back to camp enjoying a cold one. Cheers! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2005 3:11 pm | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: n.e. ridge Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005 | |
| Hard to believe the easiest Elk 14'er would take me 3 attempts! Hope the hard ones go better! The n.e. ridge is a fun walk. The upper snowfield ends about 200 yards below the saddle, leaving an unpleasant scree descent to the snow. This would be a great glissade with good conditions, but it was too sun cupped. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2005 1:05 am | ||
| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 13, 2005 | |
| WAHOOOO baby!!! Third time is a charm!!! Finally, I conquered this "dumb" mountain that has "gotten the best of me" twice due to ICY, SNOWY conditions and weather! We saw the forecast for rain and decided that we were GONNA conquer it, so we started at 4:15am. After Castle Peak, we hopped over and bagged the "unofficial" Conundrum, then glissaded down. Once we hit the jeep, the downpours began.... we timed it just right!:-) P.S. If you start early (which you should considering this seems to be monsoon season), take crampons and an ice axe to climb up the snow- it made life a lot easier! | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2005 9:56 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 21, 2005 | |
| not a fan of the road but this was a decent hike. the ridge had nice views and there was some short fun stuff on the summit block. the snowfields made getting back to the road the best part of the day. jamie | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 5:45 pm | ||
| jordancl | Route Climbed: North Face Couloir Date Climbed: Spring 05 | |
| Awesome Peak, awesome climb. First climb with axes and crampons. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2005 6:08 am | ||
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