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| Brian Kalet | Southeast Ridge  Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2006 | |
| Skied from the summit, then continued to Quandary Peak. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2006 3:39 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Southeast Ridge via McCullough Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005 | |
| I would definitely rate the rige connecting Quandary and Fletcher as Class 3. It was primarily easy but a little hairy in two spots. I only saw one other hiker on the summit journey. Fletcher Mt'ns east face is totally spectacular on the approach! I have a photo of it in my image gallery. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 5:05 pm | ||
| markhyams | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2003 | |
| A nice alternative to the area. Check it out. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2006 6:32 pm | ||
| Timothy Pearl | West Face Winter Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2006 | |
| With Eric Holle, great practice on rope work and route finding. What we call Black and Tan Gully on west face. Lots of snow and loose rock. Nice views! 11 hours. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2006 2:34 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 25, 1996 | |
| Solo ... late afternoon light on the summit was sublime. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2006 4:58 am | ||
| Eric Holle | Route Climbed: Black & Tan Gully, West Face Date Climbed: Feb. 27, 2006 Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2006 | |
| Approached from Mayflower Gulch with Timothy Pearl, up to the base of the West face. Busted up one of the gullys, back and forth over some of the aretes, and up to the summit at about 5pm. Fletcher for sure this time, not Drift Pk. like last week. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2006 2:26 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: August 28, 2004 | |
| Fresh snow on the trail in the morning, and its still only August! | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2006 8:42 pm | ||
| mntnplay | Route Climbed: SE Ridge via Blue Lakes Date Climbed: 23 October 2005 | |
| A slathering of early season unconsolidated graphite paved the way to the small, rime-encrusted summit. Incredible views from the crows nest. Quite comfy at 25F with low winds. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2005 1:17 am | ||
| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge via Blue Lakes Date Climbed: October 15, 2005 | |
| Climbed the south ridge to get to the southeast ridge, instead of the standard approach through the basin. Descended the basin and had a horrible time staying upright in the snow-covered jagged talus. Very difficult to find and stay on the trail. A very hard 4 1/2 miles! | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:02 pm | ||
| jrf | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 5, 2005 | |
| Cool summit. It still looked like winter when we climbed on this particular day. We had some nice glissades on the way back down. The last 1000 feet was basically solid snow climbing. The last 75 feet horizontal to the summit was a little scary along the top of the ridge with the snow but it was over quickly. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2005 4:13 pm | ||
| crzyjt | Route Climbed: Blue Lake TH to Quandary saddle Date Climbed: May ?, 2004 | |
| Fun trip. Tried to summit Quandary afterwards, but storm sent us retreating down couloir to North about 300 yards or so from the Summit. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2005 1:55 pm | ||
| mdavenport2 | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge via Blue Lakes Date Climbed: June 5, 2005 | |
| Perfect late spring day with a nice mixture of snow fields and tundra. Upon entering the basin on the miners trail, I went immediately up onto the ridge on the west side of the basin rather than climb the headwall of the basin. This made for a nice rolling climb and avoided any avalanche danger. The ridge to the summit had several cornices over the dramatic northeast wall of Fletcher. I gave those plenty of clearance. Plenty of snow on the summit ridge which is quite exposed to the north. What a beautiful mountain! Fletcher is normally a lonely place, but a group of 8 climbers followed me 100 yards behind and joined me on the summit. We were the only ones to climb it and made the summit at the same time. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2005 6:23 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: South East Ridge Date Climbed: June 29, 1985 | |
| Rather than following the route up the gentle ridge to the left, we stayed in the center of the drainage that leads to the saddle between Fletcher and Quandary. There are several steeper "steps" in this gulch that held nice snow fields for a nice "mixed" climb, alternating between snow and tundra. On the descent these snow slopes made for fine glissades. | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 1:40 pm | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: October 17, 2004 | |
| Great hike to an impressive summit without anyone besides my hiking partner. Some wind packed snow above the Fletcher/Quandry saddle but still no problem. Great views of the surrounding areas. Highly recommended to avoid the crowds. | |
| Posted Oct 17, 2004 5:53 pm | ||
| Ed F | Route Climbed: Blue Lakes Dam Date Climbed: September 3, 2004 | |
| A great climb in perfect solitude. The route following the small stream past the many lakes above treeline is a fantastic tour through some beautiful hanging valleys. I did the West Ridge of Quandary to round out the day, and I didn't see a soul until the peak of Quandary. I descended the Monte Cristo Couloir to Blue Lakes, which I highly discourage because it's so eroded and loose. I'd either descend the East Ridge and walk to the dam or descend the West Ridge if I did this again. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2004 1:34 pm | ||
| belexes | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge via Blue Lakes Date Climbed: August 22, 2004 | |
| I climbed this with the Colorado Mtn Club. We saw nobody else climbing Fletcher, but we could see plenty of hikers on Quandary. The weather was a little fussy, mostly cloudy with some light snow higher up (some of the higher peaks in the area have had a light dusting of snow in the last few days). It's a great hike, lots of solitude, not too difficult, and great views of the surrounding mountains. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2004 12:52 pm | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Mayflower Gulch Date Climbed: August 14, 2004 | |
| Started at Mayflower Gulch trailhead and ran the the road to the 4X4 parking. Proceded up the road past some old mining cabins and then left the road a bit too early after spotting a switchbacking old mining trail. This trail didn't last long and then we were faced with loose talus for the rest of the way to the summit. The summit had a register tube and inside was a map of the route from Quandary side that had been posted on Summitpost by Aaron Johnson. Nice work Aaron!!! | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2004 4:30 pm | ||
| colint | Route Climbed: southeast ridge via McCullough gulch Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| The approach to this climb is incredible. The gulch has incredible flowers and is almost surrounded by what appears to be a continous ridgeline. Finding gullies up to the ridge is more fun than the trail through the talus, but more dangerous. Wanted to do this along with Quandary, but was driven down by lightning. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 3:35 pm | ||
| climbcolorado | Route Climbed: Blue lake route Date Climbed: 8/9/04 | |
| Fun hike with my two dogs! They loved the small stream, ponds and snowfields! They did not like the boulder hopping! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2004 6:29 pm | ||
| lostman | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge via Blue Lakes Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Plenty of exciting ice and snow on the upper ridge. Saw no one until the summit of Quandary later that day. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2004 3:17 pm | ||
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