Missouri Mountain Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Missouri Mountain Climber's Log

boisedoc - Dec 17, 2006 4:58 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2000

last Sawatch 14er

Certainly more interesting than Oxford or Belford

cftbq - Dec 13, 2006 7:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2001

MO Gulch, NW ridge

Went back to re-climb Oxford and Belford with my wife and daughter. (I had first climbed them back in September of 1976.) Basically on the spur of the moment, after climbing up to a campsite in Missouri Gulch, we all decided to try an afternoon climb of Missouri. We made it, in beautiful late summer sunshine, summitting about 5 pm. The ridge is fantastic. My daughter's first 14er, my wife's 4th, and my 14th.

RMdaytripsgrl - Aug 16, 2006 6:54 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006

Missouri Gulch

A really pretty hike. In the trees is a bit grueling, but isn't every Sawatch in treeline? The ridge traverse is fantastic. I really like the rock on the top with the geological survey marker on it. Something satisfying about sitting right on it to eat lunch.

DudeThatMustHurt - Aug 16, 2006 4:41 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006

Best day out

Was a great day climbing. Summited late due to a late start. had a really fun trip up the west ridge

kylerlott - Aug 14, 2006 10:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006

The big threesome

Hiked Missouri's west ridge, not to bad once you get into the actual gulch. The swithcbacks were a little tough, but once we made it to the base of Missouri it wasn't to bad. We also did Belford and Oxford on the same day. Lots of miles and elevation, we started at 3:40am and finished around 2pm, so you definately want to get an early start to hit all three summits.

ClearSkiesAhead - Aug 12, 2006 7:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006

Up Missouri Gulch

Just followed the standard route all the way to the top.

belexes - Aug 6, 2006 7:56 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006

Missouri Gulch/Missouri Mountain Trail

I got started around 7 AM and reached the summit around 10:45. The weather was pretty crummy: mostly cloudy and rainy on the way back. For most of the day the mountain was shrouded in fog...and in mystery, but fortunately the Missouri Mountain Trail is well constructed any easy to follow all the way to the top. As if on cue, the fog lifted somewhat once I reached the summit, so we had a decent view of the surrounding mountains. There were a few marmots running around in the upper reaches of Missouri Gulch. Missouri doesn't seem as difficult as the Belford/Oxford combo that I did almost a year ago.

sskeep - Jul 27, 2006 1:50 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2006

Triple!

Pulled off a triple or quad?. Missouri to Belford to Oxford to Belford. Over 7,000 vertical in a day!

seth@LOKI - Jul 26, 2006 8:04 pm

nice Views

Nice views

lindasyh - Jul 24, 2006 10:33 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2003

Missouri Gulch TH, Ascend NW Ridge

Nice trail and good switchbacks. The weather turned threatening so no dawdling.

crzyjt - Jul 17, 2006 3:18 am Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006

Standard Route

The start of a long day. Followed Missouri with Iowa, Emerald, Oxford, and finished with Belford.

ElliottDavis - Jun 26, 2006 3:19 am Date Climbed: May 28, 2006

Missouri Gulch

Windy? Don't go up to the ridge too soon like I did! I spent a long time up there; brrr. The wind blew me flat twice and blew my pack off the ridge and down the C Couloir. Fortunately I had already made plans to glissade down; my pursuit was successful.

Gahugafuga - Jun 20, 2006 7:05 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006

C Couloir

Sweet snow climb. Even sweeter glissade back down the NW ridge route.

Michael Hoyt - Jun 19, 2006 12:05 am Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2003

Missouri Gulch TH, Ascend NW Ridge

Four days after our Belford-Oxford hike, we knocked off Missouri. But this time the weather took a turn for the worse and forced us to beat-feet on the descent to stay out of trouble.