Engineer Mountain Climber's Log

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benjohnson

benjohnson - Feb 16, 2006 12:02 am Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2005

Cold and Windy  Sucess!

A cold day out on the mountain, but a fun summit. Got to sing happy birthday to one of the members of our group. The narrow rock corridors on the ridge are neat (my profile pic).

iceisnice

iceisnice - Oct 3, 2005 9:18 pm

Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: many times  Sucess!

Fun run for training. Also a good beginners winter mountaineering route. 2-3rd class.

JCantu1044

JCantu1044 - Jul 11, 2005 7:06 pm

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass/NE Ridge Date Climbed: July 9, 2005  Sucess!

Jathan Cantu and Phil Miller reached the summit in 3 hours. It was a perfect Colorado day as the Columbines were in bloom. Patchy snow and mud delayed the hike a little in the timber. Thank God someone was at the cleft to show us how to climb out onto the ridge. The elation and excitement of our first attempt effectivley numbed our sore knees on our descent!

Chinese Rock

Chinese Rock - Feb 24, 2005 3:01 am

Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: November 28, 2003  Sucess!

I climbed this great peak with Tom Fralich (see his post below). We only saw one other party of two on the way down and they were only checking out the conditions for a future ascent.



thebeave7

thebeave7 - Aug 8, 2004 6:54 pm

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass Trail Date Climbed: July 27th, 2004  Sucess!

Beautiful trail, all the wildflowers were in bloom. I was in love with Colorado from my first peak(this one).

mountainmota

mountainmota - Jun 15, 2004 7:47 pm

Route Climbed: Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 2002, 2003, 2004  Sucess!

Always fun near 13er!

MRBrejcha

MRBrejcha - Dec 28, 2003 10:12 pm

Route Climbed: N. Ridge Date Climbed: 9/14/03 and 12/4/03  Sucess!

I climbed it in the fall to check out the route. I came back a few months later and summited again with a few buddies. The winter ascent wasn't much more diificult than fall, just a bigger pain in the ass.

Tom Fralich

Tom Fralich - Dec 1, 2003 11:30 am

Route Climbed: NE Ridge Date Climbed: November 28, 2003  Sucess!

After two failed attempts, I finally reached the summit with Felix Danila on Nov 28. On our first attempt (Nov 23-24), Felix developed altitude sickness which forced a descent, despite good weather. We left our tent at the base of the ridge and descended to rest in Silverton, planning to return the next day. Arriving back at the tent on Nov 25, we encountered heavy wind and snowfall and were confined to the tent for the next 43 hours. When the weather finally cleared on Nov 27, we decided to descend and rest, rather than attempt the route directly, given our limited supplies and uncertain conditions on the route. After enjoying Thanksgiving dinner in Silverton, we made plans for a one-day, alpine-style ascent on Nov 28. We completed the climb in 8 hrs, car-to-car. Conditions on the ridge were quite poor, with lots of snow and some moderate avalanche danger on the slopes leading up to the ridge and on the summit pyramid. Very good winter climb.

sidhayes - Aug 22, 2003 5:23 pm

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass Date Climbed: August 20, 2003  Sucess!

Ascent in 52:32 on a good weather day. My GPS unit showed round trip distance of 6.0 miles? 2.2 miles to Engineer Mountain Trail junction.

flyinghighpete

flyinghighpete - Jul 28, 2003 4:11 pm

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass Date Climbed: July 15, 2003  Sucess!

I went up in the evening after some storms had passed. I've never seen more Columbines in my life!

dsnell

dsnell - Dec 18, 2002 3:26 pm

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass (North Ridge) Date Climbed: July 3, 1993  Sucess!

Climbed with my brother, John Snell (of Durango at the time) and cousin, Gary McDaniel (also of Durango at the time). We found the climb to be really exciting with lots of exposure. Lots of big, loose rocks, but the views of the Twilight range and other mts in the San Juans were amazing.

kullaberg

kullaberg - Nov 28, 2002 4:43 pm

Route Climbed: NE ridge Date Climbed: aug 98  Sucess!

brewing thunderstorms added a sense of urgency to our predawn start. by the time my friend mark, my dog and i reached the summit at around 8:00 am, it was definitely time to leave. great day.

sidhayes - Jul 12, 2002 9:01 am

Route Climbed: Coal Bank Pass Date Climbed: August 10, 2001  Sucess!

An outstanding peak. Second ascent in 54:10 from Coal Bank Pass.

theplugger

theplugger - Apr 5, 2001 1:54 pm

Route Climbed: From Coal Bank Pass via northeast ridge Date Climbed: 07-07-00  Sucess!

This hike, listed as a Colorado Mountain Club hike, included only the leader, my husband, and I. The wildflowers in the tundra meadows were amazing. We passed a group of Colorado Outward Bound kids on the ridge where they were roping up, this being the first mountain any of them had ever climbed, and were as happy as they when they joined us on the summit.

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