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| charles97 | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: September 10, 2004  | |
| Horrible snow storm, wind, clouds. Made an otherwise easy hike into a nightmare. Lost the trail near the lake and went up and around another hill, but made it anyway. #27 | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2005 2:28 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: July 1978 | |
| This is the one and only mountain my wife has climbed with me, or ever will, I suppose. So it holds a special place in my memory. She got badly sunburned. Also with us were my mother, dad, and oldest brother. | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2005 11:28 pm | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: W slopes to S ridge, from Grouse Gulch Date Climbed: 6 September, 2004 | |
| Unfortunately, my only CO 14er this summer, after Mark (Pellucid Wombat) & I were foiled by non-cooperative climbing conditions on Wilson Peak the day before, & rain/snow/low visibility on Castle Peak 4 days later (gotta love that Colorado Rockies weather!!!) helped make up my mind that that summit would wait until another day as well. Left TH @ 8.47. Getting up to 13k' saddle, then descending 600' to the base of Handies was tedious & disheartening, but in the end no big deal. Summited @ 12.39, after Mark blew by me a couple hundred feet from the top. Lots of people there that day (though few used our approach). Due to recent snowfall, views that would have been great anyway were absolutely breathtaking- almost all of the magnificent San Juan peaks that were as far as the eye could see, in an almost 360 deg circle, were mantled in summer snow! Probably the best summit views I've ever seen. Wow. Hung out up top for quite some time, chilling & talking to fellow hikers. Bacardi 151 sure packs a whallop @ 14k'! 90 Shilling was nice, too. Got to know another cool Mark on the summit, this one from Texas (told him about SP, which he joined afterwards (flying fish!)). Left summit @ 14.40 or so (?), & got back to the TH/car @ 18.00. Breathtaking views along the Million $ Highway afterwards, & nice soak in the hot springs in Ouray- great day!!! | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2004 10:41 pm | ||
| hhsilleck | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: September 7 2004 | |
| One of the best summit views in Colorado! Perfect - blue skies, green valleys, snowy peaks - had the summit to myself for an hour. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 4:51 pm | ||
| PellucidWombat | Route Climbed: South Ridge via Grouse Gulch Date Climbed: September 6, 2004 | |
| Although the route was easy, the views made the hike very worthwhile - certainly one of my favorite summit views! The 6"-2' snow cover from the storm that passed through on the 4th made it look like the middle of winter! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2004 2:35 pm | ||
| WildmanDallas | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: August 2, 2004 | |
| 6th time up. I always enjoy the flowers in the American Basin and pausing at Sloan Lake. One year the wind was so strong I had to lie down to keep from being toppled. And on another occasion, in the first week of August, it was snowing so hard on top I couldn't see more than 100 yrds. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2004 4:10 am | ||
| lmiller | Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: August 9, 2004 | |
| Beautiful day, great hike. We were a party of four. Only saw 2 other hikers all day who had summited from American Basin. They said several more parties were hiking from that direction but we did not see them. View from the summit is spectacular. | ||
| Posted Aug 20, 2004 11:51 am | ||
| Saintgrizzly | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: Summer, 199? | |
| Nice mountain, raced the weather with Aaron Johnson to the top, then that wonderful scree descent! One of the best San Juan Views! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 2:03 pm | ||
| The Lower Marmot | Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: August 5, 2004 | |
| Excellent climb, it rained the whole time, but there was no thunder. I could almost see my outstretched hand from the summit! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2004 8:45 pm | ||
| dspal | Route Climbed: American Basin to West Slopes Date Climbed: October 2003 | |
| short but sweet, great views, clear skies, some difficulties due to early season snow but nothing major, steadily rising trail... | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2004 6:36 pm | ||
| Ratballs | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: 5 October, 2002 | |
| Climbed Handies as my first San Juan peak, one snowy and lonely October day, a couple of years ago. Kinda nearly almost met a bear. Trip report is here. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2004 7:10 pm | ||
| mountainmota | Route Climbed: American Basin Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| Easy 14er! | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2004 7:29 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: 5 Jun 2004 | |
| Climbed to Grizzly Lake and then on to the ridge up a few moderate snow slopes. From the 13,500' saddle I dropped my pack to run up Pt 13,971 and then continued traversing along the ridge around the basin until I summitted Handies and then Whitecross before returning. Great weather and views from all the summits...much more fun than simply climbing Handies by itself. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2004 5:46 pm | ||
| DaveC | Route Climbed: from american basin Date Climbed: aug 97 | |
| in the rain, with tendonitis, it's still a pretty easy peak. american basin is the best wildflower spot in colorado, imho. nice. | |
| Posted May 20, 2004 9:47 pm | ||
| goat14er | Route Climbed: Grouse Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| I really wish I could have seen this climb, but I paced Blake Wood during the 2001 Hard Rock 100 over this peak in the middle of the night. It was about 1:00 a.m. when we got on top and saw a gorgeous crescent moon setting in between the summits of Redcloud and Sunshine. Next time, I'll climb it in the day :) | |
| Posted May 12, 2004 2:59 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 10/12/2003 | |
| An exciting and spectacular climb up and over Point 13,795 and to Handies' East Ridge. A sidetrip to Whitecross was the icing on the already delicious cake. For me this was an important milestone: I'm now done with 50 out of the highest 100! Woohoo! | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2004 4:18 pm | ||
| Scott M. | Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: July 10, 1998 | |
| Climbed this as part of the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run. This comes at about 35 miles into the race. Some touch and go weather was developing as I topped out. Descended toward Grouse Gulch. Did this peak again in 2000 from American Basin. Outstanding wildflowers and more time to look around when I wasn't in a race. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2004 10:33 am | ||
| jrf | Route Climbed: Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: July 8th, 2003 | |
| Absolutely beautiful! Gorgeous! This is the most amazing hike I've done yet on a fourteener. Not a cloud in the sky. Warm weather. Unbelievable views in every direction. I had the summit to myself for the entire time I was there (almost 40 minutes). I can't recommend this route enough. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2003 8:15 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: North Ridge (standard) Date Climbed: September 15, 2003 | |
| What a spectacular time to visit Handies! Covered in fresh snow from the previous week's storm, Handies and surroundings were stunning, to say the least. We got to stay on snow for most of the ascent, and then we headed over to neighboring 13er, Whitecross Mountain, for an enjoyable light scramble. A TR is available here. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2003 9:50 am | ||
| big_g | Route Climbed: Trail from American Basin Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2003 | |
| Stormy morning so I waited it out and got a later start: 08:15. Hit the summit 2 hrs and 3 minutes later. Not too shabby. I really liked that upper basin area. it was a scenic surprise. Did not want to linger up there with the clouds building so I hustled back down to the TH and then to Silverton for my reward. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2003 10:11 pm | ||
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