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| relic | East face  Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1983 | |
| Date is a guess, from the few years I lived in Colorado. I climbed the east face coulair, which is to the north of the standard ravine to the south route. This was early in my climbing career, and an early experiment with steeper snow climbing, and I almost ended it all here on the descent with a slip, self-arresting just by luck before going over the lip at the very top of the steep drop into the slot. Failing to arrest here would result in a gruesome imitation of pinball game. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2013 1:28 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2012 | |
| Had the whole mountain to myself!!! Absolutely shocked for a Sunday and saw no one. Spent an hour on the summit catching a burn! :o) Cool mountain. Elks are da shit! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2012 10:59 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Nemesis Mountain Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2012 | |
| Everyone has their nemesis mountain, and Cathedral is mine. After two failed attempts, I finally got up Cathedral, but at a small price. 100 feet below the summit I put both hands and all my weight on a solid looking rock, and a 100 pound boulder crashed into me, busting up my hand a bit. Nothing too bad, but it was obvious this mountain did not want to make it easy for me. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2012 9:03 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | Fantastic snow climb Date Climbed: May 20, 2012 | |
| Beautiful day and a beautiful mountain! One of my favorite summit views. | |
| Posted May 21, 2012 5:27 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Standard couloir route Date Climbed: May 12, 2012 | |
| Still decent snow in the couloir in this bad snow year, but was a little thin. Started up the couloir a little late (8-ish). Was mashed potatoes on the way down. Weather was great despite the forecast! I measured the angle twice at 38 degrees. Someone higher up measured 48 - I don't know about that. | |
| Posted May 13, 2012 9:51 am | ||
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| Matt Lemke | Re: Standard couloir route | |
| Yeah...48 is correct. The upper half was definently over 45 by a little bit | |
| Posted May 21, 2012 5:29 pm | ||
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| theREALCarpeDM | Re: Standard couloir route | |
| I suppose so. I've heard 48 degrees a few times. It was one of my first couloir climbs, so I'm not the best judge. It just didn't feel like it got much steeper than the 38 degrees that I measured. | |
| Posted May 29, 2012 10:27 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011 | |
| Climbed Cathedral via standard route. Rotten snow in the gully made it more interesting. Overall, nice hike/snow climb, great views. Click here to see the Cathedral Peak picture album. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2011 11:14 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Spring, Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2011 | |
| Great spring condidtions for a snow climb! Absolutely beautiful day and a super fun route!! | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2011 12:08 am | ||
| climbingfurry | standard route | |
| I did this once and probably wont do it again. Not that its a bad route, and I love the elks, but the gully was a bit gnarly | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2011 10:22 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Colin, Scot, Craig and Amanda. Good snow in the gully still, but there was some rock on the snow and you can tell its been getting some rockfall, bring a helmet. The ridge was nice, closer to the crest had a few easy class 3 sections, but its mostly class 2. There is a nice trail through the talus in the basin, its a little tricky to find, but worth it! | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 10:16 am | ||
| Britette | Skied the Pearl Date Climbed: May 15, 2008 | |
| Climbed to top of Pearl. Sun super heated snow so turned around before summit. Skied the Pearl. Rough snow. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2008 11:38 pm | ||
| heather14 | East Face Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008 | |
| With a 3am start I was feeling a little sluggish, but once above the lake and eyeing the couloir.... Ended up being a great day! | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 1:32 am | ||
| SarahThompson | With "Electric Pass Peak" Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| This was my first snow climb and it was a blast! Traversed on to "Electric Pass Peak" on the gnarly, rotten ridge. The rock was falling apart and the scree was extreme. I wouldn't recommend this unless you have a lot of experience on serious junk rock and scree. It is dangerous, especially on the Cathedral side. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2008 8:29 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: South Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Climbed this peak w/asphazell. A great snow climb and white-knuckle down-climb. I had to face-in due to the slick snows steep grade...mucho fun. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 12:29 am | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | First Snow Climb Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| My first snow climb was a smashing success, a great route on good snow and great weather. | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2007 5:48 pm | ||
| Asphazell | South Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Altitude14er. Great snow climb in one of my favorite ranges! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 12:37 am | ||
| sdhager | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| My first solo climb, and I'm glad I was alone. The rock fall in the gully is no joke!! The gully was free of snow and the dirt was very soft. I did not see anyone until my return to the lake. Unless you count the deer that was stupid enough to run out in front of my car in mile 8 of Castle Creek Road! | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 10:32 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | Cool Peak and Lake Date Climbed: Oct 19, 2004 | |
| Climbed in Fall with stud cuz Ross Schnell adn brother Dirk. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 8:25 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | east couloir Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006 | |
| fun couloir! the snow was very hard in the top half requiring solid kick steps and front pointing with the ice axe for safe forward movement. this is an awesome peak! jamie | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2006 12:28 am | ||
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