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| noahs213 | Guanella Pass  Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2007 | |
| Very overcast with tons of snow clouds. Got to the summit with just a second of a view and it was cold. Got a third of the way down and headed into 50mph winds with snow/hail. Nice weather. It was great. I wish the weather would always be like that. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2007 6:02 pm | ||
| argothor | Beirstadt and Evans Date Climbed: Aug 18, 1998 | |
| Started at Guanella Pass, waded though the famous Scott Gomer willows before the boardwalk was put in, summited Bierstadt and then did the Sawtooth to get to Evans. Headed back to the trailhead without going back over the Sawtooth. Got to the car just as the skies let loose with buckets of rain. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2007 5:21 pm | ||
| Jerry S | Beautiful Day Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2007 | |
| Left Evans, went across the sawtooth and up the rocks on the South side. I had a fun time going up the rocks and it made it much more enjoyable than going up a well worn route. Came back the same way: down the rocks, across the sawtooth, and up spalding to get back down to the parking lot. No clouds all day and couldn't have been more fun. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 12:32 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Guanella Pass Trailhead. Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2003 | |
| Climbed from Guanella Pass. Clear blue skies but windy at the summit. Mount Bierstadt 4,286 m (14,060 ft). | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2007 11:25 pm | ||
| hans.schenk | West Slopes | |
| My wife and I climbed this the summer of 1999. It was my second 14er and her first. They were just starting to put in the walkways among the willow swamp. Needless to say, we got our feet wet because the planks weren't up yet. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:11 pm | ||
| mnichols | Sawtooth Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| It was a nice day, still a lot of snow on the route so I used crampons to hurry my way up so I could get moving on the traverse. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2007 1:40 pm | ||
| Joe_Parvis | West Slopes speed hike Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2007 | |
| Training hike in beautiful environment. Went in afternoon and saw only 2 others coming down through willows. Otherwise quiet and calm alone. Quickly up and down. Tried to run all the way up, but still not ready for that. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2007 12:32 pm | ||
| skorpeo | Solo Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2007 | |
| My first fourteener of the year. 2 hours up and 2 down. Beautiful weather. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2007 7:06 pm | ||
| HokieJim | quick trip Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| quick up and down from Guanella Pass, first to summit before the hords, light snow and windy on top | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 10:07 pm | ||
| HylianHero | #5 Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2000 | |
| Another climb with the Boy Scout Troop. Very windy up on top near the boulders. Sunny day, great weather! | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 1:28 am | ||
| GeorgeJames | B-Day Hike Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| A little more than two hours to the top from Guanella Pass, then across the Sawtooth Ridge and up to Evans. The Sawtooth was really great. Going up over the middle tooth was lots of fun. Heading up to Evans from there was kind of boring though. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:47 am | ||
| rkymtn | West Slope Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Haliku - a quick ascent to gain the Sawtooth to Evans. It was a beautiful day with excellent weather. ---- 7/4/11 - Climbed with my wife via the Western Slopes. We reached the summit on a gorgeous day (one of the best I can recall) in less than 2 hrs. Ran into Governor Hickenlooper and, we think, Senator Bennet on our way down. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2007 10:35 am | ||
| Haliku | West Slope Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| Climbed with rkymtn as part of our goal to do the Sawtooth ridge. The bivy at the TH sure beat driving up from Denver at 3 am. An easy climb and a beautiful sunrise. My 3rd and hopefully last time on this 14er. ___ 8-18-05 Climbed it with Old Guide as our annual 14er climb. Varied weather. ___ 2-21-04 The weather alternated between cloudy and being in the clouds. Winds were moderate and just enough to fill in the tracks making the way down more interesting. Very crowded as the parking lot was full and vehicles were parked along the road. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2007 9:30 am | ||
| dr_gonz | travers | |
| gorgeous area, tons of company. did the evan's traverse. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:37 pm | ||
| slowpoke | East Face Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Started on Evans road at the Epaulet saddle and descended the gully to the Lake Fork valley. Ascended Bierstadt from just above Abyss Lake. Took the Sawtooth over to Evans and back down the road to the car. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2007 8:44 pm | ||
| shannarae2k | LONG DAY! | |
| Climbed this one last year. I hurt my ankle, so it was a long way down the mountain and back to the car. Ugh. ;) | ||
| Posted Aug 27, 2007 9:47 am | ||
| Aspen | Route Climbed: Standard West Slope from Guanella Pass TH Date Climbed: Jul 24, 1999 | |
| This is not the first time I climbed Mt. Bierstadt but it's the first time I did it with the intention to take Mt. Evans via the Sawtooth Ridge with my team. We were successful! :D When we got to Mt. Evans, had offers from tourists to take us back to our parking as a storm approached but we didn't care to. Instead, we went back the same way and got hit by rain and hail. I slipped 40 feet down a path but managed to find an unused trail. My friends knew I was "ok" when they heard my coded whistle (always carry a whistle with you). We made it back to the car with bit of hypothermia and discovered that I had a flat in the rear passenger tire. Hahaha!! What a SUPER Great Day! The next weekend we found ourselves exploring the Maroon Bells. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2007 10:45 pm | ||
| ouray19 | Bierstadt Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2006 | |
| My first successful spring snow climb - but along with it came a learning experience. Chose not to take the snowshoes, had a great ascent but by the afternoon the snow became soft and post holed (I think I used that term right) for about 1 1/2 hours with the car in sight. Drove home in my underwear with the heat blasting because my pants were soaked. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2007 12:43 pm | ||
| Joel Hopper | Great View Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2007 | |
| No shortage of people on the way up when I descended. It was a clear day with great vis. No wind. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2007 1:04 pm | ||
| K_G_Wright | Outstanding! Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2001 | |
| I grew up in Evergreen and have climbed Bierstadt 15+ times including in the winter, solo, night time, across the "Sawtooth", from the west, as an altitude "speed" training for Nepal, etc. My favorite was with my younger brother on the 26th of December (2001 or 2002?) when we summitted at 2300 hrs (11PM). Wanted to add this to my summit logs. Although it's a "trainer", go prepared- I've been on the "Tooth" when lightning was hitting Bierstadt and am lucky not to be a ghost. Having been trained by an Alpine Rescue Team trainer, I can vouch that it's still a deadly peak. Watch the weather, and enjoy those west slopes in the summer- the wildflowers and alpine views are awesome! | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2007 2:54 am | ||
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