Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: Oct 18 2003
I got up around 6:00am or so and got out of the campsite before I had to pay $12. I wasn’t too motivated because I couldn’t find the road the night before. I went up a little further and there it was. I headed up the shitty 4X4 road for 3 miles. This was the worse one yet. I got to the Baldwin Creek crossing and decided to keep going. I went to 11,245’ so I could still get 3,000’ of vertical. I started on foot at 8:00am. I continued up the road switching back and forth until about 13,000’. In the mean time a few vehicles passed me. When I got around to the south side of the mountain I had a good view of Shavano and Tabaguache. I continued and started switchbacks again up to 13,700’. The road was worse on this section. The last 500’ looked wicked but wasn’t that bad. I summited around 11:00am. I stayed on the top for a while and headed down at 11:30. I hauled ass as much as I could. I ran for a bit and took one of the gully shortcuts. I got to the truck at 1:15pm. I made great time. I was home by 4:30pm.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: October 2003
Solo trip. I actually slept in the back of my Jeep on Kenosha Pass the night before. Don't ask. I parked just below 11,000 feet and walked up. It started to snow at about 13,000 feet, but it just made it fun! I met Bob on the summit and we swapped cameras for the summit pic. Good times!
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch/West Slopes Date Climbed: June 20 ,1987
Ah...the days before owning a 4X4. The haul up the road from the automobile TH is quite a haul. The weather was perfect, so that wasn't an issue; just needed endurance. Fortunately, I met a guy on the way down that had a pickup at the 4X4 TH and he was nice enough to drive me back down the final 3 miles to my car, making it "just" a 13 mile day.
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch Trail Date Climbed: July 2002
This was my least favorite mountain. The group I was with drove up to the 10,840 ft parking lot. The rest of the trip was on a road with cars going by. It was hazy from the fire that year as well.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: October 2, 1999
Drove up the Baldwin Creek to the 4WD parking area. We hiked the road for most of the way, and then climbed up the talus slope to the summit. We saw a few vehicles that made it up higher on the road too.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: July 2004
The hardest part was getting up to the trailhead. Very rough! Not a big fan of hiking up the road ... sharing the "serene" mountains with ATVs and four wheelers makes this one of the less pleasant 14er routes in my opinion.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: August 18, 2004
My 27th 14er (Half Way!!) on my 27th birthday!! We made it to the summit in 2 hrs. from where we ditched the truck just above tree line and then got back off of the ridge just before the sleet and snow moved in. The crux of this climb is getting out of bed early enough to beat the weather and not on the ridge.
Route Climbed: West Slopes from Baldwin Gulch TH Date Climbed: July 23, 2004
My initial plan was to drive to the 4wd parking spot up the road, but after scouting it out the day before I decided I liked my car too much to chance it on the rough, rocky road. So my buddy, Chris Calvert, and I hoofed it up from the Blank Gulch TH at 9420 ft. The hike up the road was uneventful, switchbacks offered some nice views of North Carbonate, and the final part of the climb was fun finding a route to the summit.
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch Date Climbed: 07/09/04
Not too exciting when you walk the road the whole time but I LOVE LOVE LOVE rocks and was having a gay old time looking for something exciting while I was walking! The ridge was a little more work than the road, that's for sure! Had a decent time, even though Bryan made me hike down the road the night before to make it official. People thought we were crazy when we told them why we did that!
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch 3,000' Date Climbed: 7/9/04
Drove the 4x4 road up Baldwin Gulch. The road is rough at the beginning, but gets better the higher you go. Made sure to get the 3,000' gain and hiked the road to about 13,500'. Pretty boring and I did not realize how loose it was until we headed down. From the saddle to the summit was a lot of fun. A nice little ridge walk through good rock. Then we headed up to the summit. The last couple hundred feet was steep and on good rock. However, there was not much of a trail at times, but it was obvious where we were headed.
Route Climbed: up the road from Baldwin Creek 4x4 crossing Date Climbed: August, 2001
This is one mountain I hope I'll never be bored enough to climb again. I climbed Princeton in the same weekend, so I didn't have to dedicate an entire drive to Summit County simply to top out on this superannuated pile of choss.
Wait! I do remember something of interest: the astounding hailstorm that I raced down the peak. Three inches of hail in 20 minutes, and only a think Gore-Tex to protect me. That hurt.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: May 23, 2004
Still quite a bit of snow covering the road which made for a more difficult hike with alot of postholing. We started at the very bottom elevation 9400 and sure wish I had a 4x4 to enable a higher start. The extra elevation gain though was great for conditioning. Great glissade from almost the top for about 2000 vertical feet.
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 13, 2003
Not too bad considering you're hiking on a road! After summiting this and Mount White a huge thundersnow storm hit. Never seen one before so that was kind of neat (except for the lightning)
Route Climbed: west slopes, from Baldwin Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: August 1995
Was one of only two solo climbs I have done. Windy and freezing cold - I did it fast. Hope to go back next month for some photos and additional first hand information to beef up the peak page.
Route Climbed: Little Browns Creek Date Climbed: August 1996
This one was awhile ago - but it was my first Fourteener. Camped just below treeline and got Mount White as well, not to mention a few amazing quartz and smoky quartz crystals.
alpine master - Apr 3, 2005 11:33 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: Oct 18 2003I got up around 6:00am or so and got out of the campsite before I had to pay $12. I wasn’t too motivated because I couldn’t find the road the night before. I went up a little further and there it was. I headed up the shitty 4X4 road for 3 miles. This was the worse one yet. I got to the Baldwin Creek crossing and decided to keep going. I went to 11,245’ so I could still get 3,000’ of vertical. I started on foot at 8:00am. I continued up the road switching back and forth until about 13,000’. In the mean time a few vehicles passed me. When I got around to the south side of the mountain I had a good view of Shavano and Tabaguache. I continued and started switchbacks again up to 13,700’. The road was worse on this section. The last 500’ looked wicked but wasn’t that bad. I summited around 11:00am. I stayed on the top for a while and headed down at 11:30. I hauled ass as much as I could. I ran for a bit and took one of the gully shortcuts. I got to the truck at 1:15pm. I made great time. I was home by 4:30pm.
Old Ickabod - Mar 29, 2005 9:00 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: October 2003Solo trip. I actually slept in the back of my Jeep on Kenosha Pass the night before. Don't ask. I parked just below 11,000 feet and walked up. It started to snow at about 13,000 feet, but it just made it fun! I met Bob on the summit and we swapped cameras for the summit pic. Good times!
ColoradoScott - Feb 2, 2005 11:54 am
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch/West Slopes Date Climbed: June 20 ,1987Ah...the days before owning a 4X4. The haul up the road from the automobile TH is quite a haul. The weather was perfect, so that wasn't an issue; just needed endurance. Fortunately, I met a guy on the way down that had a pickup at the 4X4 TH and he was nice enough to drive me back down the final 3 miles to my car, making it "just" a 13 mile day.
Richrat - Jan 30, 2005 6:53 pm
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch Trail Date Climbed: July 2002This was my least favorite mountain. The group I was with drove up to the 10,840 ft parking lot. The rest of the trip was on a road with cars going by. It was hazy from the fire that year as well.
keeganyoung1 - Nov 22, 2004 6:22 pm
Route Climbed: Standard via Jeep Gulch Road Date Climbed: 9/25/04Awesome run with my girlfriend and dog. Be sure you hit the Jeep road before dawn as it takes some time and can be a bit wet due to streams.
mr_g - Oct 12, 2004 10:15 am
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: October 2, 1999Drove up the Baldwin Creek to the 4WD parking area. We hiked the road for most of the way, and then climbed up the talus slope to the summit. We saw a few vehicles that made it up higher on the road too.
hhsilleck - Sep 13, 2004 4:42 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: July 2004The hardest part was getting up to the trailhead. Very rough! Not a big fan of hiking up the road ... sharing the "serene" mountains with ATVs and four wheelers makes this one of the less pleasant 14er routes in my opinion.
coloradoiceclimber - Aug 18, 2004 5:19 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: August 18, 2004My 27th 14er (Half Way!!) on my 27th birthday!! We made it to the summit in 2 hrs. from where we ditched the truck just above tree line and then got back off of the ridge just before the sleet and snow moved in. The crux of this climb is getting out of bed early enough to beat the weather and not on the ridge.
kilimanjaro1 - Aug 6, 2004 11:41 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes from Baldwin Gulch TH Date Climbed: July 23, 2004My initial plan was to drive to the 4wd parking spot up the road, but after scouting it out the day before I decided I liked my car too much to chance it on the rough, rocky road. So my buddy, Chris Calvert, and I hoofed it up from the Blank Gulch TH at 9420 ft. The hike up the road was uneventful, switchbacks offered some nice views of North Carbonate, and the final part of the climb was fun finding a route to the summit.
rob_runkle - Aug 1, 2004 3:44 pm
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch Date Climbed: July 24, 2004For a road hike, this was great!
Speedy - Jul 15, 2004 11:55 pm
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch Date Climbed: 07/09/04Not too exciting when you walk the road the whole time but I LOVE LOVE LOVE rocks and was having a gay old time looking for something exciting while I was walking! The ridge was a little more work than the road, that's for sure! Had a decent time, even though Bryan made me hike down the road the night before to make it official. People thought we were crazy when we told them why we did that!
Bryan W - Jul 13, 2004 12:27 pm
Route Climbed: Baldwin Gulch 3,000' Date Climbed: 7/9/04Drove the 4x4 road up Baldwin Gulch. The road is rough at the beginning, but gets better the higher you go. Made sure to get the 3,000' gain and hiked the road to about 13,500'. Pretty boring and I did not realize how loose it was until we headed down. From the saddle to the summit was a lot of fun. A nice little ridge walk through good rock. Then we headed up to the summit. The last couple hundred feet was steep and on good rock. However, there was not much of a trail at times, but it was obvious where we were headed.
Ratballs - Jun 22, 2004 8:06 pm
Route Climbed: up the road from Baldwin Creek 4x4 crossing Date Climbed: August, 2001This is one mountain I hope I'll never be bored enough to climb again. I climbed Princeton in the same weekend, so I didn't have to dedicate an entire drive to Summit County simply to top out on this superannuated pile of choss.
Wait! I do remember something of interest: the astounding hailstorm that I raced down the peak. Three inches of hail in 20 minutes, and only a think Gore-Tex to protect me. That hurt.
xskier77 - May 25, 2004 1:02 am
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: May 23, 2004Still quite a bit of snow covering the road which made for a more difficult hike with alot of postholing. We started at the very bottom elevation 9400 and sure wish I had a 4x4 to enable a higher start. The extra elevation gain though was great for conditioning. Great glissade from almost the top for about 2000 vertical feet.
Ryan Kowalski - Apr 19, 2004 4:52 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 13, 2003Not too bad considering you're hiking on a road! After summiting this and Mount White a huge thundersnow storm hit. Never seen one before so that was kind of neat (except for the lightning)
RyanS - Apr 12, 2004 12:10 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: August 20, 2002We cranked out this hike very quickly and encountered a brief snowstorm on the summit. A trip report is available here.
Larry V - Apr 8, 2004 2:23 am
Route Climbed: west slopes, from Baldwin Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: August 1995Was one of only two solo climbs I have done. Windy and freezing cold - I did it fast. Hope to go back next month for some photos and additional first hand information to beef up the peak page.
pphlux - Mar 19, 2004 11:16 pm
Route Climbed: Baldwind Gulch Date Climbed: July, 1997This was a while back, I was fifteen, and it was my first fourteener.
There is a reasonable account of this ascent here:
http://www.cunap.com/~hardingr/projects/14ers/antero.html
Recommended for an easy ascent. An SUV will get you
pretty close to the top.
sbkelley - Jan 23, 2004 4:11 pm
Route Climbed: Little Browns Creek Date Climbed: August 1996This one was awhile ago - but it was my first Fourteener. Camped just below treeline and got Mount White as well, not to mention a few amazing quartz and smoky quartz crystals.
JonBradford - Oct 24, 2003 12:34 am
Route Climbed: ouh standard route. you know. the one with the road. Date Climbed: October 22, 2000Climbed with dogs Jax and Moses. Forgot my subglasses on a 6 am start. My retinas are still smarting.
Jon Bradford