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| milan | Spring gathering  Date Climbed: May 5, 2012 | |
| Awesome, I went to the 14er dot com spring gathering where I met a lot of friends some of who I hiked later that summer. Still some snow in the mountain, I did the loop Horn-Fluted-Little Horn and it was surprisingly difficult class 3 on Little Horn. I descended trhrough a gully to the south to avoid the difficult ridge and got into postholing nightmare. | ||
| Posted Oct 24, 2012 5:12 pm | ||
| seano | From Dry Creek Date Climbed: May 25, 2012 | |
| From Dry Creek. Pretty straightforward. Trip report. | |
| Posted May 26, 2012 1:30 pm | ||
| matthewp | Multiple summits. | |
| I've climbed this mountain multiple times, and guided it a few times. Tons of fun. Much harder than most of the 14ers I've done. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 3:47 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | 5 Peaks Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011 | |
| With Fluted Peak, Little Horn Peak, 7060 & 6980. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 12:59 pm | ||
| miztflip | Ridge Run Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2011 | |
| Approached via Horn Creek which was amazing. Climbed to the saddle of Lil' Horn and Fluted. Bagged Lil' Horn then over to Fluted. Great views of the Needle all the way. The ridge over to Horn was fun but the descent down Horn Peak trail is disgusting. One of the worst trails I've been on. For about half it is an abandoned 4x4 trail which goes straight up. Tons of baseball sized loose rocks. Snow was not a problem. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2011 7:53 pm | ||
| pyerger | horn peak Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2010 | |
| Climbed horn peak, on a VERY windy day. was suprised, at how little snow there was. Awesome view of the Crestones! We rode a snow gully down the east face, for a quick descent. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2010 1:47 pm | ||
| shknbke | Horn Peak Trail Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Combined Horn with Fluted and Little Horn on a bluebird summer day. Nice trail which didn't make it feel as steep as it is. Ridge run to Fluted and Little Horn offers some optional scrambling. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 12:07 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Dry Creek Loop Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Third peak of the day after Little Horn and Fluted. The ridge on the Fluted side has some easy scrambling near the summit and was much more interesting than the Horn Peak Trail, which I used for the descent back to the trailhead. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2009 9:49 am | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | 1999? | |
| I did climb Horn Peak and carried most of the way my son to the top. Nice mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 10:01 pm | ||
| rjevans95 | Hard Won Victory Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009 | |
| My Dad and I climbed Horn Peak on the Horn Peak Trail. The day started out sunny and cloudless, but by the time we reached the treeline there were clouds gathering. This was my third time to climb Horn Peak, and once we got to the summit, we came right back down. On the ridge, a sleet storm came in and the temperature dropped. A few words of advice: bring a warm coat and DO NOT get a cheap rain poncho. If it gets windy, the poncho will be of no use, as I and my dad found out. It was an incredibly hard hike, but the view was very rewarding. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 5:22 pm | ||
| boisedoc | good weather Date Climbed: May 27, 2008 | |
| still plenty of snow to deal with in the trees along the East Ridge trying to follow the Horn Peak Trail. The snow was quite rotten and difficult even in snowshoes at times. No crampons needed. Above treeline, it was free of snow. Great views of the Crestones. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2008 3:11 am | ||
| km_donovan | Horn Peak Trail Date Climbed: May 11, 2008 | |
| The trail was 95% cover with snow 1 mile above the sign in to the tree line. Above Harlequin Creek the trail was buried. Used crampons in the morning and the afternoon was a post-hole-a-thon even with snow shoes. Got a great glissade on the way down. | |
| Posted May 12, 2008 12:57 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Horn Peak Trail Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2005 | |
| This was my first solo hike in winter-like conditions. I'll always remember it. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:31 am | ||
| Westcliffe Willie | My First Thirteener Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| Beautiful, clear day. Took the standard route from Horn Creek trailhead. My first encounter with marmots. Friendly buggers in the rocks along the final ridge. There are some spots to camp just in the treeline, if you'd cache a little water. Give you the option to continue to Fluted Peak and others. Views from the peak were spectacular. Fluted Peak at center.  Mt Adams, Kit Carson Mt, (Challenger/Columbia Pts) and the Crestones. Little Horn, front left.  | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2008 9:55 am | ||
| Colonelpyat | Loop Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2007 | |
| Did this one with my dad. We went up the Horn Peak Trail but came down via Dry Creek. We dropped straight down to the lower Dry Lake from the summit, staying right of the gully on the south face. If I were to do it again I think I'd take the east ridge down a few hundred feet and then hit the tundra on the south face. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2007 1:08 am | ||
| Kane | Horn Peak Trail | |
| In my opinion Horns look is better than its standard route. Very ardous indeed. Horn would be a good one for winter. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2007 8:18 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Trail breakin' on the NE Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 4, 2006 | |
| A beautiful November day, but some serious trail breaking from 10,700 and up! Kicked my butt, but it was worth it for the views. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2006 4:54 am | ||
| km_donovan | Route Climbed: Horn Peak Trail Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| Did it again with a buddy. Climbed through the clouds to clear, windless skys above 11,000 feet. A total cloud deck below us so the mountains were just sticking through...NICE! | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2006 1:39 pm | ||
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| RyanS | Re: Route Climbed: Horn Peak Trail | |
| This sounds really cool. Do you have any pics from that day? | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2006 12:00 am | ||
| PapaBanucci | Long Ago | |
| Climbed long ago. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2006 4:06 am | ||
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