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| huskerhiker | Keyhole Route  Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| Camped in the Boulderfield the night previous. Rained solid from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning. Saturday morning we chose to attempt summit despite incredibly dense fog. Less than 10 others summited that day. Began to drizzle as we descended, so already slick rocks became much more slippery. The Trough became a virtual cascade of streams and waterfalls on descent, making for less than ideal conditions. Broke camp as soon as we returned to Boulderfield and descended as quickly as possible - not out of fear of lightning, but to return to dryness and warmth. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2006 10:05 am | ||
| eazyelion | Loft Meeker&Longs Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2006 | |
| Wonderful ascent to Loft and quickly up Meeker in early morning light. Descended considerably too far down and ended up having to do some complicated moves to make our way back on route below the Palisades. Actually found Clark's Arrow! Kind of a joke if you ask me with how guide books talk about finding it. The stress of trying to get back on route was exhausting, yet rewarding with the scrambling up to the homestretch and eventual summit. Keyhole descent was long, but enjoyable after successfully climbing the two highest peaks in RMNP. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2006 12:31 am | ||
| winterfae | Keyhole Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| Made great time on the way up, summitted as clouds engulfed the view unfortunately. Was definitely fun though and would love to do it again on a clear day! Trough and homestretch were faves on this one. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2006 1:49 am | ||
| Anneka | Loft ascent, North face descent | |
| Beautiful, shorter, less crowded and perhaps easier than the Keyhole. Rappelled off the north face for fun on the way down. The Loft is the way to go, especially on Labor Day weekend. September 2005. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2006 3:37 am | ||
| Casey Bates | Keyhole Solo Date Climbed: May 13, 2007 | |
| Left parking lot at 2:00am. Solo. Spring conditions. Snow not firm enough for crampons but an ice axe was essential for the many exposed traverses after the Keyhole. Few people. Great conditions. First time attempting Longs in September 2006: Could not go beyond Keyhole due to wind and verglas. Solo trip. Bivied near treeline and began climbing at 3:00am. Sunrise was epic from the boulder field. An extremely valuable solo experience even without the summit! | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 11:15 pm | ||
| Grizz42 | Keyhole Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006 | |
| Great hike up until keyhole when clouds started moving in. Got to the summit but couldn't see anything then it started to snow. Made it quite a long day. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2006 4:39 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| A whole lot of fun! Started hiking at 2:30am. Summited by 8:30am. The top of the mountain was engulfed in a cloud, so the view was minimal, though the cloud broke for a few minutes. I thought the homestretch was great fun - best part of the mountain! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 9:12 pm | ||
| swm88er | Keplinger's Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006 | |
| Crazy Climb! Story forthcoming. Wouldn't change anything, but wouldn't climb Longs that way again. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 5:08 am | ||
| joe_akeem | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2002 | |
| With my buddy Jeremy. We drove up there from Denver after work on Friday, had dinner and started hiking at midnight. Back at the car around 2pm the day after. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2006 8:29 pm | ||
| stevepack | Cables Route | |
| My first 14'er. Climbed the cables route and descended the Keyhole route in June 1984. We didn't have much of a view, snowed like crazy the whole time and if I remember correctly, most of the route was still snow. Good times, need to get back and do Longs on a clear day. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2006 7:32 am | ||
| royswkr | Rescue helicopter landed on summit while we were there Date Climbed: Aug 26, 1990 | |
| Windy climbing up to Loft, but died down while we were on Meeker so went on to Longs and down Keyhole. | ||
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 4:51 pm | ||
| bjd5578 | At Long Last.... Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Had planned this trip for three years, and it kept getting cancelled. Finally tackled it (and many of my fears) on this hike. My first Class 3 hike...I may be hooked, although I'm still kind of an exposure weenie... | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:30 am | ||
| Will Davis | Keyhole Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006 | |
| Keyhole route, solo. First to summit that day. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 2:21 am | ||
| sprosseda | Keyhole Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2006 | |
| Great day, sunny and mild. No ice axe needed. Fun scrambling from boulderfield to summit. 12 hours round trip. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2006 8:14 pm | ||
| Schwede | The loft Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2006 | |
| The loft is a wonderful route! Much more fun than the tourist highway keyhole route. A storm the previous night put an inch of snow above 12,000 feet which greatly added to the difficulty, and fun! No matter how many times i climb this mountain it never gets old!! Kieners next time maybe? | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2006 11:36 pm | ||
| yliggie | Back for Seconds Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2005 | |
| Climbed keyhole for the first time last year and loved it. A beautiful day with great weather. I'm headed out later tonight to do it again. The weather looks a little iffy so we'll see how it goes. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 3:59 am | ||
| ChuckO | Keiners Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006 | |
| Excellent climb. The route lived up to all it's reputation. It is truely a classic. A wonderful "blue sky" day. Moved pretty quickly - 5 hours from Chasim Lake to summit. Part of a two day double header with Mt. Meeker. Thanks Dan!! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 8:27 pm | ||
| smason505 | Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2006 | |
| Camped at the Boulderfield. First on top at 6:45AM. Had the summit to ourselves for 45 minutes. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 6:14 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | Loft Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006 | |
| Loft up, Keyhole down. We accidently ended up in the Notch from Keplinger's couloir. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 3:36 am | ||
| Scott Wisher | Finally made it Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006 | |
| After being turned back by terrential rains about a month ago, we made it to the summit with what seemed to be about 5,000 others. The trough is tough. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 2:32 am | ||
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