Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Humboldt Peak > Climber's LogHumboldt Peak Climber's Log
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| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Rainbow Trail-East Ridge Date Climbed: September 30, 2004  | |
| 14er #14. De ja vu of my snowstorm hike on Huron 10 days ago. More wind and fog than snow this time though. As usual, my view was very limited, but I did get to see the Crestones later in my hike down (the standard west route). Note: the summit log container was broken and no paper/pen to be found. Thus, not able to sign in there... | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2004 12:02 am | ||
| Saintgrizzly | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July, 1984 | |
| Easy mountain, but nice. Climbed with Aaron and Mark. Wonderful view of the more "precipitous" Sangres from the top. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2004 12:43 am | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: June 26, 2004 | |
| Went to climb this the afternoon after climbing Crestone Needle. We left camp at about 1:30pm and started hiking up the long switchbacks to the ridge right into a fun graupel storm. There was a big trail crew working and they all decided to go down due to weather and tried to convince us to go down as well. We continued up and the weather never really cleared but never produced any lightning just more graupel. 2nd summit of the day with no view at all. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2004 3:06 pm | ||
| DaveC | Route Climbed: from s colony Date Climbed: june 97 and july 01 | |
| the best part of this peak is the view of the crestones it provides. met the infamous goat in camp the second time. | |
| Posted May 20, 2004 9:52 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 27, 2002 | |
| Crestone Needle and Humboldt in a day is a grunt! Especially when you start near the 2WD trailhead.... This was the day that I took this special shot of Humboldt from Crestone Needle's summit. A trip report is available here. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2004 12:16 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 1997 | |
| The climb was cold and windy, but not too long. The view from the summit and west ridge were well worth the effort. Second time to summit Humboldt. | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2004 9:01 am | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Kit Carson - Cottonwood Date Climbed: Aug. 2, 2003 | |
| Started at 6 AM from the Willow Creek trailhead in Crestone, traversed Challenger, Kit Carson and Columbia before reaching Humboldt at 1:50 PM. Descended to the lake and up Broken Hand pass but by now it was raining and there was distant thunder so I bailed on my attempt to bag the Crestones (I climbed them last year anyway) and bushwacked down Cottonwood creek to the road about 6 PM. I jogged about 2 of the 7 miles back to my car before getting a ride. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2004 8:40 pm | ||
| goat14er | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 1998 | |
| Again, this one was a few years ago. I climbed it with Boy Scout Troop 122 out of Los Alamos, NM - and about the only thing I remember was being absolutely floored by the views of the Crestones | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2004 12:55 am | ||
| hhsilleck | Route Climbed: West ridge Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| Nice views of the Crestones. | |
| Posted Jan 10, 2004 7:21 pm | ||
| summiteer16 | Route Climbed: Upper Colony Lake/ Ridge Date Climbed: June 2003 | |
| A much easier climb than the Crestone Twins. As you ascend, watch for false cairns. I did not, and ended up on the North Face, from which i followed to the summit. It was not too bad, but the actual route is much easier. We cached axes and such on the ridge,(due to snow) and a buddy left a backpack, which was torn to pieces by marmots, so heads up. | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2003 9:00 am | ||
| eckdoerry | Route Climbed: three 14ers Date Climbed: Augest 10, 2001 | |
| I climbed all three of the local 14ers this day in one long hard push. Real hardmen can add in Kit Carson too, but, ah well, maybe next time. Did a wierd variation up a sketchy couloir on the SE face of the Needle, then traversed to Crestone Peak summit --- also sketchy in places; couldn't see the simple ridge route the guide described (need better guide!) -- and then slogged up Humboldt, which is the least interesting in terms of climbing, but a nice relaxing grind to end the day. Started at 530am, got down by 130 to avoid lingering monsoon weather. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2003 11:48 am | ||
| Grant | Route Climbed: S Colony Lks - 2wd parking area Date Climbed: Aug, 17, 2002 | |
| Forgot my boots, so I taped up my ankles and did it in my Nike sandles. Humboldt was a nice hike and the views of the Crestone's were incredible. I was getting a lot of looks and I got the feeling that people didn’t want to talk to me probable because I was wearing sandals, and I was in an area where there are a lot of experienced hikers and climbers. I’m sure they were being judgmental as would I if I came across someone hiking in sandals. OH WELL. It was fun and pretty easy overall just long. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2003 4:11 pm | ||
| big_g | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2003 | |
| Came over Broken Hand Pass the day before and camped at Upper South Colony Lake. I slept through my alarm though. I still got the peak in plenty of time but I was chased into the Bears Playground for an unplanned bivy by the weather. That was a fun ridgewalk. I never got hit with any significant winds or rain although Humboldt did. Lucky I guess. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2003 1:41 am | ||
| Alan Ellis | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 1, 2003 | |
| Started very early to beat the daily crowds. Summited at 7:30 am and had the entire mountain to myself. This is a nice day hike and warm up for the big peaks nearby. Views of the Crestones and the Sangres are the icing. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2003 3:40 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: Standard West Ridge Date Climbed: 1996 | |
| Humbolt Peak couldn't be a more perfect introdction to the spectacular Sangre's. The view of the Crestones will blow you away. This peak will also inspire you to keep climbing away. | |
| Posted May 27, 2003 7:06 pm | ||
| charms | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 21, 2002 | |
| After conquering the twin Crestone's on each of the previous two days, I was glad to "walk" up to Humboldt on the third day. In order to stick with my 3000 ft rule on each 14er, I hiked back down to the trailhead and then returned to our base camp at South Colony before the rest of my group got up that morning. What an awesome view of the peaks I had conquered the day before. This was a fun and easy hike. The view was very short lived as an early, 11:30 am, storm came in and blocked our view. | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2003 6:37 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 21, 2002 | |
| This was our 3rd 14er in that many days after climbing the Crestones. I was wiped out. There was a storm moving in and the clouds made for some fantastic views and pictures. A thoroughly enjoyable mountain and a relief that it was easy enough to do after 2 tougher days. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2002 12:14 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: Traverse from Kit Carson Date Climbed: July 7 1999 | |
| The big Anthill! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2002 9:12 pm | ||
| jdjordan45 | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| My dad and I drove the 4X4 road to the South Colony Lakes trail head, camped, and left early the next morning. We summited around 10:00 and enjoyed and awesome view. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2002 2:01 pm | ||
| Hendere | Date Climbed: September 7, 2002 | |
| Great views to the north and south. Big winds on top, so I left in a hurry. All in all, a very fun hike! | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2002 4:41 pm | ||
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