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| ktiffany22 | CELEBRATION!!!!  Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| #50!!!!! We had a fun celebration on the summit- great friends (thanks Kevin & Jeremy!), specially made t-shirts, mardi-gras beads, sparkling white grape juice in CO shot glasses, gummy bears, and a "50 bouquet!" It is SOOOO nice to finally be there! Loop hiked up Grizzly Gulch and down American Basin. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 2:22 am | ||
| Clark_Griswold | Twice in 2 days Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008 | |
| I summited this twice in two days, and from both trailheads. I Backpacked up and over from Grizzly Gulch and then spent the night at Sloan Lake. The next day I hiked down to the American Basin 4wd trailhead before breaking camp and re-summiting with my lightened pack. I enjoyed both routes. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 10:10 pm | ||
| spannring29 | 3 of 14 Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Third of 14 14ers in 11 days. Nice afternoon hike from American Basin after summiting Wetterhorn that morning. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 3:47 pm | ||
| mattpierce | From American Basin Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006 | |
| From American Basin | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2008 6:00 pm | ||
| LonePeakFreak | 3 for 3 in the San Juans Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008 | |
| Climbed Uncompahgre, Handies, and Wetterhorn on consecutive days from our Silver Spur Motel "base camp" in Lake City. The San Juans are amazing! Recommend high clearance 4wd for road to American Basin. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 12:56 am | ||
| pittbrownie | Hardrock! Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Took the rough way - Hardrock 100! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2008 6:20 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | The Long Way Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| Climbed this peak as part of my Hardrock 100 pacing duties. Started at the base of Grouse Gulch, climbed up and over into American Basin, up the South ridge, then down into Grizzly Gulch. A decent amount of snow still clinging to American Basin, the Grizzly Gulch side was mostly snow free, beautiful sunrise. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2008 10:02 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Third time climbing Handies. This time from Grizzly Gulch. We were able to glissade down the upper part of the mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 6:59 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | American Basin Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| American Basin was beautiful. Camped the night there and was on trail just before 5am. Made the summit about 7am and was down just past 8am. Wonderful hike. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 11:15 am | ||
| Natasha | Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Gorgeous valley! Nice leisurely day. Glad we got an early start as clouds and distant thunder started at 11a. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2008 5:00 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | American Basin Date Climbed: Jul 18, 1980 | |
| My wife, Mrs. Rat, and I climbed this great route back in 1980. Hard to imagine a more beautiful high route in Colorado. There was much less traffic in this country a couple of decades ago! | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 10:14 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Best view of any Colorado 14er... | |
| Loved it. Not enough time up there...up in down in 2.5 hours due to storms. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2008 4:13 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | American Basin Date Climbed: Jun 5, 1993 | |
| This was my first climb of Handies. It was from American Basin. Second American Basin climb was on Jun 20, 1997, when we cooked T-bone steaks on the grill at our campsite. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2008 12:22 am | ||
| WyoNative | Relatively Easy Summit Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2000 | |
| My first (and only) 14000 foot peak; saw many marmots; hiked from American Basin | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2008 11:12 pm | ||
| tomlauren | East Slopes Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| Hiked the East Slopes from the Silver Creek - Grizzly Gulch Trailhead with my friend Keith. This was one of the most beautiful 14er hikes I've ever been on. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2008 10:38 pm | ||
| jmc | 11 year old's first 14er | |
| This was my 11 year old daughter's first fourteener. It took a little bit to adjust to the altitude but she was a trooper and summited on a beautiful clear afternoon. | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2007 9:49 am | ||
| gremlin | normal route | |
| fun hike for me back when i was little | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2007 4:20 pm | ||
| argothor | American Basin Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2003 | |
| Hiked up from the American Basin. Also hiking that day was a party of about 20, one of whom was finishing up the 54 Colorado 14ers. Champaign was flowing at 14,000 feet! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2007 6:50 pm | ||
| myrone | From American Basin TH Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2007 | |
| Later afternoon hike; started up at 1:40PM and reached a gorgeous empty summit at 2:55. Spectacular views from this impressive peak. Headed back down at 3:20 and back to the TH at 4:56 on a glorious day. My 32nd 14'er..........sweet!! | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2007 1:57 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | Via American Basin Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Went up via semi steep area on North side using ice axe and crampons. Fun glissade down. Great Day. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2007 7:36 pm | ||
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