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| huelskbc | North Ridge  Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008 | |
| Beautiful hike, though a somewhat strenuous hike up Halfmoon Pass with the backpacking pack. We had some issues with bugs, especially when we were back down by the creek setting up camp, but still a great weekend! | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2008 1:13 am | ||
| Panthera uncia | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2008 | |
| Beautiful but long hike over halfmoon. I will be back to climb the HC couloir when there is a little more snow! :) | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:57 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | 4th Ascent Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| 4th time up this one, took a couple of friends up the standard route who had never been. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 12:49 pm | ||
| mattpierce | Awesome Peak Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| The creek was running kind of high and the 1,000 ft climb back out on the standard route was tough but this was a very rewarding 14er... | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2008 3:53 pm | ||
| cftbq | Standard route Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008 | |
| Repeated this 14ers with trishapajean, as this was the last one she needed in the Sawatch (and it may be more difficult next year). A gorgeous day of clear skies and sunshine. Made the RT in just over 10 hours, including a cool half hour on the summit. Mostly snow-free. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2008 1:53 am | ||
| thexcat | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Last 14er of week trip for me and brother. Nice hike. Previous day we walked 25+ miles but failed to summit snowmass mtn(went up wrong way). We were pretty tired, but still managed to leave at 4:30 am, arrive before 8am and had summit to ourselves with 3 bottles of Paulaner as our victory treat. When returning from summit, 900' gain was a killer. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 3:16 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | Angelica Halo Loop Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| My first snow climb on a fantastic Independence Day. A very nice climb, perfect for a beginner. I led the bootpack for most of the way up, and loved every second. Descended along the Halo Ridge, which made for excellent views, but left me completely gassed. Elected to come down the trail from the Notch Mountain Shelter rather than navigate the notch, which didn't seem like a good idea for an exausted climber. Skies so clear that I wished for clouds to keep the sun from beating on me. Holy Mosquitos! Bring some bug spray for this one, and try not to stop too much, because the bugs will zero in on you quick. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 7:13 am | ||
| big_g | Via Halo Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Spent the night in Notch Mtn's shelter which is something I've been wanting to do since learning of it's existance some years ago. Glad I finally did. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 10:29 pm | ||
| rleclair | Celebrating the 4th of July on MHC! Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| MHC is perhaps the prettiest mountain in Colorado! This was my second summit of MHC via the standard route. Went with fellow SPer and good friend shanrickv (aka Patrick) and had a fantastic, yet long day from the TH to the summit and back. Also had the honor of meeting 6-year Colorado phenom - Kessler! | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2008 1:42 pm | ||
| Kessler | With Dad Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| At age 6 I climbed it with my dad and had a great time. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2008 12:25 am | ||
| Scott | Holy Cross Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| July 3 2008: Six year old Kessler left the trailhead in the afternoon and backpacked over Halfmoon Pass and over to Cross Creek where we camped. There were several snowfields to hike across. The stream was really high which made for an interesting crossing. We had a nice camp at Cross Creek. July 4 2008: At 6:15 am we left for the summit of Mount of the Holy Cross. We reached the top just before 11 am, but spent over an hour on the summit on a bluebird day. We hiked down the mountain and packed up camp and at an early dinner before climbing back over Halfmoon Pass. We had a second dinner on Halfmoon Pass and didn’t arrive back at the trailhead until 7:30 PM, over a 13 hour day, though we took our time on the climb out over Halfmoon Pass and down to the trailhead. With 4300 feet (1310 meters) altitude gain and 4800 feet (1460 meters) of descent on day 2 the peak was a hard earned prize for any six year old. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2008 12:22 am | ||
| shanrickv | Holy Cross on July4th Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| Had a great 4th of July on a long climb with good friend, Robert. Did it one day from Half Moon TH. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2008 10:26 pm | ||
| dswink | Prettiest Colorado climb I have done Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Pretty forest trails, beautiful meadows full of flowers, and a darned good looking peak. | |
| Posted Mar 10, 2008 2:43 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | with UN 13831 Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| This was my third time climbing Holy Cross. The bugs were annoying on this hike below treeline. We also included UN 13831, which is a high 100. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2008 9:18 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Invigorating Date Climbed: Jul 28, 1990 | |
| This was my first time climbing Holy Cross. The climb back over Half Moon Pass was invigorating! | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2008 9:15 pm | ||
| jimegan | MT OF THE HOLY CROSS Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2006 | |
| CLIMBED THE N RIDGE FROM HALFMOON TH...KIND OF A YO-YO ROUTE WITH PLENTY OF ELEV GAIN/LOSS! | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2008 8:16 pm | ||
| tomlauren | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2004 | |
| Hiked the North Ridge from Halfmoon Trailhead. Had the summit to myself at 8:58 AM. Water bottles started to freeze. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2008 8:03 pm | ||
| devnull4 | Prep for Rainier Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| It was a long haul up there, but well worth it. | ||
| Posted Jan 10, 2008 2:05 pm | ||
| Kenneth.alone | Winter ascent. Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2007 | |
| This was wonderful, snowy experience up Holy cross couloir with a friend and I. It was also my sixth time on top of this wonderful place. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2008 4:46 pm | ||
| spannring29 | Halo Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| Climbed with a couple of buddies from 14ers.com. Cold, cold morning with mist, fog, and low clouds. Long, painful descent of the standard route, but well worth it. | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2007 12:26 pm | ||
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