Beautiful hike through American Basin. Had the summit to ourselves for a few minutes. On the descent, went over and climbed Pt. 13,688 to get another perspective of Handies. Nice hike on a gorgeous morning!
bvandenzen - Jul 5, 2006 12:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
Route Climbed: American Basin
Left at 4:30 AM so we could shoot sunset at Sloan Lake (see picture to be posted shortly in image gallery). Beautiful morning. Great hike to the top from Sloan Lake. Enjoyed the clear view (except for a fire in the Uncompaghre Wilderness) from the top for nearly an hour. Tundra in full bloom near the top. First, but not our last, 14er!
roozers42 - Jun 25, 2006 5:20 pm Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
Route Climbed: Grizzley Gulch
Traversed the ridge over to Whitecross Mt. The changing rock on the way over to Whitecross was fascinating. If I were a marmot, I think this would be a great basin to live in!
Brian Kalet - May 8, 2006 2:47 pm Date Climbed: May 6, 2006
North Ridge (ascent), East Face (descent)
From Whitecross. Skied from the summit!
ClearSkiesAhead - Apr 26, 2006 4:09 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2005
Gotta Love the San Juans
Slogged up the grizzly gulch since we were camped there after tackling Redcloud and Sunshine the day before. Descended the American Basin. What a beautiful place!
km_donovan - Apr 23, 2006 11:48 am Date Climbed: May 24, 2003
Lot o' Snow
Used snowshoes and crampons...very high on the fun meter!
Mountain Jim - Apr 5, 2006 3:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 30, 1969
Grizzly Gulch
A friendly 14'er.
markhyams - Mar 3, 2006 1:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 16, 1998
Grizzly Gulch
Uneventful hike up this beautiful valley.
benjohnson - Feb 16, 2006 12:12 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2005
Full Moon!
Incredible sunrise from above American Basin. Moon, lake, colored sky, and all.
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: August 21, 2005
On our way from Lake City to Silverton via Cinnamon Pass, my family didn't mind hanging out in the basin while I enjoyed this nice hike. 1:22 to the top.
seth@LOKI - Jul 26, 2006 7:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 1992
2XLove it . I like the Grizzly creek round trip! American Basin is grat to look at though and someday I'd like to ski those coolies.
bklowe - Jul 5, 2006 9:28 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006
Route Climbed: American BasinBeautiful hike through American Basin. Had the summit to ourselves for a few minutes. On the descent, went over and climbed Pt. 13,688 to get another perspective of Handies. Nice hike on a gorgeous morning!
bvandenzen - Jul 5, 2006 12:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
Route Climbed: American BasinLeft at 4:30 AM so we could shoot sunset at Sloan Lake (see picture to be posted shortly in image gallery). Beautiful morning. Great hike to the top from Sloan Lake. Enjoyed the clear view (except for a fire in the Uncompaghre Wilderness) from the top for nearly an hour. Tundra in full bloom near the top. First, but not our last, 14er!
roozers42 - Jun 25, 2006 5:20 pm Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006
Route Climbed: Grizzley GulchTraversed the ridge over to Whitecross Mt. The changing rock on the way over to Whitecross was fascinating. If I were a marmot, I think this would be a great basin to live in!
Brian Kalet - May 8, 2006 2:47 pm Date Climbed: May 6, 2006
North Ridge (ascent), East Face (descent)From Whitecross. Skied from the summit!
ClearSkiesAhead - Apr 26, 2006 4:09 am Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2005
Gotta Love the San JuansSlogged up the grizzly gulch since we were camped there after tackling Redcloud and Sunshine the day before. Descended the American Basin. What a beautiful place!
km_donovan - Apr 23, 2006 11:48 am Date Climbed: May 24, 2003
Lot o' SnowUsed snowshoes and crampons...very high on the fun meter!
Mountain Jim - Apr 5, 2006 3:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 30, 1969
Grizzly GulchA friendly 14'er.
markhyams - Mar 3, 2006 1:03 am Date Climbed: Aug 16, 1998
Grizzly GulchUneventful hike up this beautiful valley.
benjohnson - Feb 16, 2006 12:12 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2005
Full Moon!Incredible sunrise from above American Basin. Moon, lake, colored sky, and all.
Kiefer - Jan 28, 2006 1:32 am
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: September 2003American Basin, what can you say? Absolutely beautiful!!! Remote and no people! One of the most beautiful places I've seen in Colorado.
Had the basin and mountain all to myself.
Quite a bit snow.
CODave - Dec 30, 2005 12:26 pm
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: September 8, 2005Started from beautiful American Basin. Great views all around.
LS - Dec 26, 2005 4:51 pm
Route Climbed: American Basin trail Date Climbed: 10-sep-2005See the trip report here: http://distantpeak.com/web/mountains/n-america/handies_peak
Bob Sihler - Sep 30, 2005 9:41 pm
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: July 10, 2004awesome views the whole way
Michael Crofford - Sep 13, 2005 12:49 pm
Route Climbed: G.G Up, A.B down Date Climbed: September 9, 2005Fun hike with nice views.
Stillatit - Sep 12, 2005 10:21 pm
Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: August 21, 2005First 14er for our teenager son and daughter & son's friend. Beautiful day. Awesome views. Odd seeing deer so high above timberline!
samajax - Sep 12, 2005 1:50 pm
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: 25Aug99Short and sweet. Good views. This was the start of completing the Lake City five. If you are a flatlander(TX) like me, this is a good one to start on.
tdoughty - Sep 5, 2005 2:15 pm
Route Climbed: West trail Date Climbed: Sept '02First on summit. Great views. With my "Bro" Paul Dowdy.
alpspitze - Sep 1, 2005 3:03 pm
Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: August 21, 2005On our way from Lake City to Silverton via Cinnamon Pass, my family didn't mind hanging out in the basin while I enjoyed this nice hike. 1:22 to the top.
IdahoSummits - Aug 31, 2005 10:10 am
Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: 8/10/2005Just followed the tourist route without incident. After summiting, we headed over and climbed Whitecross Mountain, which was interesting.