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| Kiefer Thomas | North Ridge  Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2010 | |
| A painfully long day (summit day was 22 hrs). Left camp at 5:50am and summited at 6:10pm and ended at 4:00am. Hardest mountain (per winter) I've ever done to date. Member of our party developed Pulmonary Edema on the ascent out of Cross Creek. Couldn't ask for better weather. Calm winds, single digits temps and clear skies. Awful snow conditions. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2010 2:58 pm | ||
| bricewilson | Cross Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2009 | |
| Up the cross couloir, down the North ridge. Watch for rockfall as the snow softens up. | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2009 9:58 am | ||
| SenadR | Beautiful mountain Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Very nice mountain, one of my favorites hikes. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2009 12:50 am | ||
| McCannster | via Notch Mtn and Halo Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2009 | |
| Climbed the north ridge of Notch, went through the Notch over to Halo ridge, then to the summit. Descended North Ridge. Only 12 miles, but it felt more like 20. 6200 feet of gain. Just enough snow to make the talus scrambling very annoying. Long day, just short of 12 hours. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2009 12:38 am | ||
| Epica | Crying into the Bowl of Tears Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2003 | |
| I hiked this mountain on the 6th anniversary of my husband's death... I found this mountain to be a very healing place. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 11:37 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Girls Day Out Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| I led a group of my fiancee, Amy, and 8 of her girlfriends up the Standard Route of Holy Cross. Eveyone made the summit and back down on a great day! My 4th ascent of the peak. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 2:14 pm | ||
| I like it on top | Halo Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2009 | |
| What a long day via the Halo Ridge. Topped out on Point 13,831 and then got Holy Cross. Mother nature reminded us of how the weather can be in the fall. Snowed almost all day. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 12:00 am | ||
| gimpilator | A Good One! Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009 | |
| This was one of my two favorites from my journey to Colorado. I really wanted to try the Halo Ridge route but decided against it since I was solo. The standard route was really fun anyhow and I spent the first night next to a small waterfall down in the cross creek basin. See my Trip Report about doing seven 14ers in eight days. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 12:40 am | ||
| TCart215 | Via Halo Ridge and Fall Creek Drainage Varia Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| This route turned out to be a lot harder and longer than we anticipated. Be sure to read the whole page describing this route if you plan to take it. We camped at Lake Constantine and summitted the mountain the following day. It took us 11 hours round trip (back to Lake Constantine), and it was trailless bouldering almost the whole time. We returned by dropping into the upper Tuhare Lake drainage basin--I preferred this way over the route going up. We were under-prepared, but we made it back just before dark. For more of my comments on this route, see the Climber's Log on the "Halo Ridge and Fall Creek Drainage Varia" route page. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 10:49 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Via Halfmoon Pass Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| A very long day that included Holy Cross Ridge and the other points. Hiked with Stephanie, Keith and Colleen. Marginal weather but we managed to miss all the rain! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2009 1:45 am | ||
| dakotaconcrete | A humdinger! Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2009 | |
| Great weather!!!...beautiful blue skies made for a perfect summit via the standard north ridge route. Literally spent one second on top because my "greatest friend", chip the dog decided he couldn't make the last few hundred feet..guess he got cold paws, no worries as he proved a great partner! A great mountain definitely! I was very surprised how easy the large elevation gains were stepped away. This mountain proved a real confidence builder, thanks mount holy cross! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2009 8:51 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2009 | |
| Climbed with friend Mike. Completed in about 8 1/2 hours. Tough hike out. Nice Day. 8th 14er in Colorado...9th overall. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:04 am | ||
| Sarah Simon | Dayhike via Standard North Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| This is just a fantastic mountain, I was totally taken with it. Yes, the hike back up to Half Moon Pass at the end of a long day was a test of wills, but we got through it. I slept like a baby the night after this hike - I don't think I even moved for 8 hours straight. Partner: Jill. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 9:48 am | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | Half Moon trailhead | |
| Nice hike with my dog, beautiful mountain! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 3:51 am | ||
| nch5y7 | Independence Day Climb Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Went up Holy Cross via the Halo Ridge and came back down (and quite a bit of up) the standard route. The weather and view were beautiful. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 2:25 pm | ||
| Grampahawk | Too much rain Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009 | |
| We hiked into the East Cross Creek area and set up a camp. It stared raining just before we set up. Two days of rain followed. On the 3rd day the weather broke in the AM so we went for it. The creek was too high so we had to bushwack to the left to find a way to cross. The 'skeeters were ferocious.We got to the top of the snowfield, maybe a half mile from the summit, and the nasty weather came back in. It rained for another full day, and the summit was in white out. SO CLOSE! So we headed for a dry, warm motel. We climbed Democrat, Lincoln, Cameron, and Bross later in the week. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 10:45 am | ||
| JHH60 | A long time ago Date Climbed: Jul 15, 1977 | |
| Climbed the mountain while on a Colorado Outward Bound School class. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2009 1:17 pm | ||
| Pablohoney | Amazing | |
| One of the most beautiful mountains I've been on! | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 8:09 pm | ||
| gkaufman | A complete newbie set up for failure Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007 | |
| Took a trip to Colorado to try out my first 14er. I hauled a 50lb pack to 12.5k (standard ridge route) and quit as I was tired and it was already 1pm. I feared leaving my rented gear at the campsite at the base of Holy Cross and decided to bring it with me thinking I could do it with the weight. I was way wrong and I was stupid for even trying. I never made that mistake again. It still was absolutely gorgeous and it really overshadowed any peaks I had climbed in the East. Amazing! | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2009 12:25 pm | ||
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