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| WestEndAllStar | North Ridge Trail from Roger's Pass Lake  Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2006 | |
| A great hike in perfect weather, sure beats working on a monday! The views above treeline were awesome, and the views down superstar and shootingstar couloirs were stunning - looks like a pair of awesome snow climbs. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2006 3:02 am | ||
| 1mvertical | Summer Skiing Date Climbed: May 27, 2006 | |
| Not sure if this counts as a summer ascent yet, but it sure felt like one. Wonderful snow conditions from the top at about 10:45am. A couple of traverses required to keep from taking the skis off. | |
| Posted May 29, 2006 12:32 am | ||
| NanitaD | Climb St. Mary's Glacier Date Climbed: May 12, 2001 | |
| We snowshoed up and glissaded down. Beautiful summit - beautiful day. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2006 1:10 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | St, Marys Glacier Date Climbed: May 2, 1971 | |
| Total ascents = 8. One of my favorite early season hikes. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2006 1:33 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | Route Climbed: East Slopes-Anchor Gulch Date Climbed: January 7, 2006 | |
| Skied ~400 feet from the summit. | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2006 12:28 pm | ||
| Asphazell | Route Climbed: East Slopes - St. Mary's Glacier Date Climbed: November 19th, 2005 | |
| CMC outing with some friends. Fierce winds all day, blowing snow, ice, and pebbles. Reached the summit but couldn't see anything. Ahh, the joys of winter mountaineering! Apparrently, the wind in this area of the Continental Divide rarely ceases. Great workout! | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2005 1:38 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: Shooting Star and Super Star Couloirs Date Climbed: Spring '03 | |
| Both couloirs are pretty simple. Kinda boring slogs actually. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2005 12:49 am | ||
| DudeThatMustHurt | Route Climbed: varried Date Climbed: 4 times in Feb, 05 | |
| Spent a good deal of time here in jan and Feb of 05, many fun trips | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2005 5:57 pm | ||
| Scott Wisher | Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: September 24, 2005 | |
| Good, easy, late season hike to the top of a Front Range Mountain, the highest point in Gilpin County. Good views of Winter Park, Evans , Torreys, Grays, Pikes, and Longs. Still some boarders on the rails of the glacier getting ready for this season. To see more pictures than what I've posted on summitpost, click here. | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2005 10:35 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: 17 September 2005 | |
| Starting from Rogers Pass Trailhead. Climbed James Peak twice this day - before and after the peaks to the south. On the way down I met a man who is hiking the Continental Divide (starting June 8 in Canada). He was almost out of water, having not found the last two springs he was looking for. I hadn't seen a water source all day long, so he started down the trail with me until we found a small spring just above timberline. It really made him happy to see water running!! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2005 11:49 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: north ridge Date Climbed: summer 1992 | |
| Climbed this one with a friend and got caught in a nasty storm just after summiting. Compass? I thought you brought one! Dude, I thought YOU brought one! Ended up descending the completely wrong side of the mountain and having to get a ride back to the car the next day... what idiots. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2005 1:39 am | ||
| mdavenport2 | Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: August 28, 2005 | |
| Climbed the hill south of St. Mary's lake. Great tundra hiking. Very nice trail to the summit. Ice Lake is stunning. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2005 7:20 pm | ||
| shansen | Route Climbed: Sky Pilot Date Climbed: August 06, 2005 | |
| We did sky pilot today, there was some fun snow in the basin below the east face, and up into the first turn up into sky pilot (left). two more sections of snow and two nasty rotted rock sections and we gained the summit ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2005 11:08 pm | ||
| rockcairn | Route Climbed: East Slopes (James Peak Lake TH) Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| From FDR353 out of Tolland or Apex there is still a snow field leaving you about a mile short of the James Peak Lake TH. Some vehicles where driving around road closed signs to avoid the main road and reach the TH. (whats wrong with a little more exercise?Just hike it). | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2005 7:48 pm | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | Route Climbed: Starlight Couloir Date Climbed: 7/3/05 | |
| Route climbed with Tim Stich. The couloir does not appear to be as steep as Shooting Star but its hard to tell until you're right on it. Tim and I simuclimbed the route. I placed 1 picket during the climb but really, that wasn't even necessary. For the most part, we soloed it. Steeper sections were encountered towards the top with hard/icey snow. Topped out on the route and snow started falling. After descending another 600', the sun was shining and we were taking off the layers. Gotta love the diversity of Colorado weather!!! | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2005 10:39 am | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Route Climbed: East Slopes - St. Mary's Glacier Date Climbed: June 14, 2005 | |
| A great route, not difficult, but make sure you set out early enough to have firm snow...otherwise, this could be a LONG day. Set out at 6am, gained summit at 8:30, back to car by 10am thanks to a lot of glissading. Crampons unnecessary, snowshoes used on glacier and on East slope/summit ridge, heel risers VERY handy. Flats were mostly thawed out and soggy. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2005 4:44 pm | ||
| umbra alta | Route Climbed: Shootingstar Couloir Date Climbed: May 2004 | |
| Snow was a little unconsolidated on this early climb. Start this climb very early to avoid the early sunhit. We were late and took some falling debris about halfway up. Sprinted up after that. Sustained 50 to 60 degree snow with an even steeper crux. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2005 3:29 pm | ||
| bwilmhof | Route Climbed: St. Mary's Glacier Date Climbed: June 18, 2005 | |
| Very nice day, beautiful route! Schlepped straight up the glacier, across the 4wd roads to the NE side of the moutain, straight up from there. Still a lot of snow, which made the descent a BREEZE! No gear needed but good boots and maybe gators. | ||
| Posted Jun 20, 2005 10:37 am | ||
| virginiapine | Route Climbed: Superstar Couloir on the E. Face Date Climbed: July, 2002 | |
| Spent a good full day on the St. Mary's Glacier teaching a few friends use of crampons, ice axe, arresting a fall on snow, and roped glacier travel. Then we headed across the tundra and down to James Pk. Lake for the night - a very beautiful spot. The next morning we headed up and climbed 'Superstar Couloir' on the E. Face (see Paul's route page for the report - I'm the Michael referred to in the report). Excellent first technical alpine climb for my friends - a bit of steep snow, a bit of rock climbing, and not a long route so we could take our time to talk everything out (when needed). | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2005 11:26 am | ||
| edlins | Route Climbed: southeast slopes Date Climbed: May 22, 2005 | |
| Started from St Mary's Lake at 7am, summited at 10am, back to the lake by noon. The glacier was firm in the morning, the flats near "Jamaica" were half snow covered, and the upper slopes were snowy buy softening up by 9am. I was glad to have snowshoes on the flats on the way down. No crampons necessary. There is still a big cornice on superstar couloir. | |
| Posted May 24, 2005 11:56 am | ||
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