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| MasonMiller | Holy Long Day  Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2007 | |
| Well, it was an exhausting long day. Beautiful area and scenes. Unfortunately the day my partner and I went, it was overcast and snowing. The ascent of N. couloir was really good, bomber snow pack and was certainly steeper near summit. Plenty of picking. Surging winds and snow made descent interesting. 18hrs later, arrived at park entrance and car. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2007 2:07 pm | ||
| mountainloverCO | Standard North Ridge Route Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Beautiful mountain, gorgeous surrounding scenery, and a fun hike. Started out around 7 and summitted around 11am. The view of Mt. of the Holy Cross from the top of Half Moon Pass was absolutely stunning. The only downside to this route was having to climb 900 or so vertical feet on the return up Half Moon Pass- it made for very tired legs at the end of the day. | |
| Posted May 25, 2007 1:27 pm | ||
| ppergande | Cross Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006 | |
| This was my first snow climb and I loved it. I'm totaly hooked on snow routes now. A high camp is recommend for an early start. I did this route solo, and it was a blast. A climbing partner wouldn't be a bad idea. If you and the snow is in good condition it is not that difficult of a route. I plan to do this one again! START EARLY! | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2007 4:17 pm | ||
| Humberto | Awsome 14'er!!! Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006 | |
| My buddy and I took our time to enjoy the outrageous scenery! We camped at Lake Patricia the first night, and then ascended Angelica's Couloir the following morning. A little dicey due to ALOT of rocks falling! Cant wait to do this in the winter! | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 7:07 pm | ||
| boisedoc | long one Date Climbed: Aug 14, 1990 | |
| pretty long 14er with some uphill on the way back | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 5:40 pm | ||
| Mots010 | Holy Cross Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2001 | |
| Unsure of exact date, but climbed back in 2001 with a friend from high school. My first 14'er. | |
| Posted Dec 10, 2006 12:40 am | ||
| winterfae | halfmoon trail Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| Hit a rough day physically, but the weather was beautiful. Especially didn't enjoy the loss of elevation during the initial part of the trail which translates to a gain of elevation on the way back. Would love to spend more time in that general wilderness area someday though, just breathtaking. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2006 1:54 am | ||
| TiogaBradford | From Halfmoon Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| We had a beautiful day for this one - excellent views from the top. The climb back to the top of the pass on the way out was a bit rough after already summiting. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 8:17 pm | ||
| royswkr | 1.5 days Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2004 | |
| Wisely done as backpack to squeeze summit between thunderstorms | ||
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 2:34 pm | ||
| haytraci | Last Day of Summer? Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006 | |
| Beautiful hike! Took the North Ridge route, starting at 7am and returning to the trailhead at 4:30pm. Beware of the 900-somethin' foot elevation gain ON THE WAY BACK. True test of endurance for a one-day climb, but worth every gruelling second. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 5:48 am | ||
| bjd5578 | What a schlep! Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2005 | |
| This was a training hike for our Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness 4-pass loop trip later in the year and MAN was it tough. We hiked over Half Moon Pass and camped, tackling the summit the next morning. We spent another night at East Cross Creek, then hiked out the next morning - this was a challenging summit! | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:57 am | ||
| Steven Cross | North Ridge, 3 days Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2006 | |
| Hiked in and camped on Sep 9th with my dad and his friend Tom. Great views of the mountain. Clouds covered the peak on the 10th. There was about 3-4 inches of snow on the mountain. No views on the summit when we arived. Spent over an hour on the summit occationally seeing a short distance view. Clouds started to lift as we sescended down. The 11th we hiked out and only I made it to the summit of Notch Mountain. A few inches of snow dusted the mountain making the Cross very clear. Very impressive. 8th 14er. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 6:01 pm | ||
| mcdonnellms | Standard Route up North Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2006 | |
| Climbed Holy Cross as my first 14er. Climbed with my two adult sons. Left our campsite at East Cross Creek at 4:45am. Summited at 9:30am. Sunny, cold and all to ourselves. Amazing! | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 3:56 am | ||
| roozers42 | Route Climbed: Halfmoon TH Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Amazing views of Holy Cross after Halfmoon Pass...if only I had had time to do Halo Ridge... | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2006 4:30 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | From Hunky Dory Date Climbed: Jun 14, 1999 | |
| With Jim McClain from Hunky Dory with the two high thirteeners and one lower one! Great trip. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 6:50 pm | ||
| markhyams | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2006 | |
| Great to revisit this area. I climbed it 12 years prior and it brought back many memories. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2006 3:50 am | ||
| 1mvertical | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Great hike, incredible mountain. The only drawback was the bugs. We got eaten alive all the way to 13k'. The clouds built fast, but never made a move on us. A perfect day. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:04 pm | ||
| lindasyh | Halfmoon TH, Ascend Halo Ridge, Descend North Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2005 | |
| This route requires lots of scrambling but lets you see the cross. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2006 11:04 pm | ||
| Roam Around | Angelica Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| My first ever technical snow climb! It was tremendous fun! Climbed with All Yeah Boy. We hiked in Friday niht and camped at the creek. Thanks to Andy for the awesome beta on the climbers trail to get to the Lake Patricia area. Can't wait to do more of this type stuff. | ||
| Posted Jul 9, 2006 6:11 pm | ||
| myrone | From Halfmoon TH Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| Started up at 4:00AM under mostly cloudy skies, saw only a guy and his dog the entire way up. Reached an empty summit at 8:42 with heavy rising clouds all-around, stayed about 25 mins then back down through rain showers to the TH at 12:42PM. My 25th 14'er on this fine wet day in Colorado. Sweet!!! | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2006 4:42 pm | ||
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