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| ozarkmac | featured in True Grit...  Date Climbed: Aug 7, 1999 | |
| Climbed with Teresa while the grandparents watched the kids at Silverjack Campground. Short, sweet, steep climb to a small summit with a view sublime. Had the mountain to ourselves. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2013 9:32 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Love this peak Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2009 | |
| What a fantastic peak in one of my favorite parts of the state! | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2012 4:47 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Courthouse Trail Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012 | |
| Beautiful fall color in the valley below enhanced the already spectacular views for this summit! A quick round trip, a lot of "bang for the buck"! | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2012 11:54 pm | ||
| displacedchzhead | Short but sweet Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010 | |
| The Courthouse Mountain summit hike is pure FUN! And not terribly strenuous, even for a flatlander. This was the first summit my hiking partner ever did, which made it feel extra special. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2012 10:16 pm | ||
| JonBradford | Love this mountain Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2012 | |
| Best 1.8 mile long trail to a summit that I know of in Colorado. The route looks so improbable from so many angles but is quite easy and follows a natural weakness past all the awesome cliffs. Chimney Rock is beautiful. My dogs Sopris and Watanga beat me to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2012 8:20 pm | ||
| Trailboss88 | solo slushy slog up Courthouse Date Climbed: May 12, 2012 | |
| Road was clear 2/3 of a mile to the trailhead. There was about 50% snow cover on the trail. I used my GPS to supplement blazes and cut logs. A lot of slushy posthole-ing, but made it to the top in under 3 hours. Followed the rocky ridge from the summit trail junction to avoid deep snow on east slope. Had to get creative on summit area to avoid snow and slippery mud. Followed same general route down. | |
| Posted May 13, 2012 8:01 pm | ||
| Kessler | Courthouse Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| 7-18-2010 | |
| Posted May 8, 2012 2:01 pm | ||
| Scott | Courthouse Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Kessler and I didn’t make the decision of which mountain to climb until the morning. We decided on Courthouse Mountain in the San Juans, since it wasn’t a long climb and since we still had a long drive ahead. After driving to the trailhead, we set off up the mountain. We met Sarah and Deb from the day before just after starting up the mountain. The mountain was a short, but fairly steep climb and is very scenic. It looks fearsome from the west, but from the east, it’s a nice class 2+ climb, mostly on a fairly steep trail. There was some minor scrambling before we reached the summit area. The true summit had a nice little scramble along a narrow ridge and a climb through an interesting notch. The views from the summit were fantastic. After enjoying the summit and watching a mischievous golden mantled squirrel, we headed back down the mountain. Kessler ran down the mountain with Sarah and I couldn’t keep up (at least not without trekking poles). I was hoping to give Kessler my earned Princess title (see previous day), but was unsuccessful. Next time I’ll bring Kessler’s little sister (Shaylee) so I at least have a chance of not being the Princess! | |
| Posted May 7, 2012 1:45 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Courthouse Mountain Trail Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Visited this summit after a great weekend in Silverton with the SP Colorado crew. Ran into Scott & Kessler, which was cool. Great views from the summit ridge. Could have done without the pesky ummit rat, though. | |
| Posted May 7, 2012 12:40 pm | ||
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