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| heather14 | Harvard & Columbia  Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| A very long day! Got caught on the traverse by some storms which didn't help, but we got both peaks! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 3:34 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | Successful Traverse Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| The climb up Harvard was quite scenic and very enjoyable on a great trail. The descent below the saddle (12,700') with Columbia was pretty good but the low point and the first part of the ascent up to Columbia was pretty rough with lots of boulders, medium snow fields, lots of zig zagging, etc. If I had to do this again I would go even lower to avoid this mess. A minor system with thunder just to the east resulted in us spending just a minute or so on the summit of Columbia. We even had a little snow for about 30 minutes. The descent down Columbia was pretty rough but I didn't think it was as bad as advertised as long as you find the loose trail and don't go down the scree. Overall a long but scenic day! | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2007 11:05 am | ||
| cftbq | Did the twofer Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2007 | |
| Did the "traverse" from Harvard, leaving the ridge well before the Rabbits. A very long day, didn't reach Columbia's summit until after 4 pm. Cold and windy by then. Still, a great combo. 14er #26 for trishapajean. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2007 12:42 pm | ||
| Scott Rogers | Frenchman Creek | |
| Did this one several years ago. Tried for Harvard on this trip but was denied via lightning. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2007 8:30 pm | ||
| pittbrownie | Columbia Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007 | |
| *cough, cough* Great way to spend a sick day. Thought about heading over to Harvard but the weather was kinda sketchy. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2007 9:24 pm | ||
| mlatham | Nort Cottonwood Trailhead Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007 | |
| My wife, Marella, and I encountered *very* little snow on the way up Horn Fork Basin. Camped near the fork heading up to Columbia, beautiful warm June night. Hike up and down was a bit tedious and snow free. All in all a good day in the high country. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 12:58 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: West Slopes via North Cottonwood TH Date Climbed: May 25, 2007 | |
| I was the only sole on the peak the entire day that I could tell? It was a challenging day as much snow remained in Horn Fork Basin, the trail kind of dissappeared and I found myself bushwacking to the summit. Lost the snow overed trail on the descent and spent an hour & a half offtrail ("LOST") in H.ForkBasin. A GREAT ballbust.. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2007 12:35 pm | ||
| Peak_Bagger | Both of em Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2002 | |
| Gotta love CO and days when you can climb two peaks. | |
| Posted May 15, 2007 7:29 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Three Elk Circle Tour Date Climbed: May 13, 2007 | |
| My Sawatch finisher! hiked up the East Ridge via Three Elk Creek and traversed around and down the Southeast Ridge. Nice circle tour, but a strenuous "early" season hike, over 4800' of vertical takes its toll when you haven't been climbing with regularity! | |
| Posted May 13, 2007 7:33 pm | ||
| Anya Jingle | Hiked over from Mt. Harvard Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2003 | |
| We survived a major thunderstorm on route from Harvard to Columbia. Made the summit of Columbia as well after all. What a day! I didn't enjoy the descent off Columbia. The route was just so loose. The rest of the hike was great. Our photos are here: Mount Harvard and Mount Columbia as a day hike | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2007 4:15 am | ||
| boisedoc | off route Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2000 | |
| lots of sidehilling as I got off route. Did Harvard seperately | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 5:00 pm | ||
| royswkr | Day hike in iffy weather Date Climbed: Sep 14, 1987 | |
| Hailstorm began just after leaving summit so took shelter. Eventually decided not to wait for it to quit which was just as well as it was still hailing back at parking lot. | ||
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 5:03 pm | ||
| bjd5578 | Harvard and Columbia Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006 | |
| Climbed Harvard and Columbia together in one day (then camped below treeline). Harvard was fun - Columbia, not so much. 3 hours to summit Harvard, 5 hours to get from Harvard to Columbia. My advice: do this one separately! | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 3:07 am | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | East Ridge from Three Elk TH Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2006 | |
| A gorgeous day where we climbed the ridge and were suspended above the clouds. Didn't see a soul all day on a 14er on Labor Day Weekend?!?!?! Unheard of. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2006 8:29 pm | ||
| belexes | North Cottonwood TH Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006 | |
| Hoo Boy. Lots of character-building on this one. The weather was lousy pretty much all day long, and I was not prepared for it. We had a few episodes of steady rain on the way up, but then a storm rolled in as we were coming down. The wind really picked up, and we had some pelletized snow. That was not pleasant at all. There were a few crashes of very loud thunder as well. The sky did clear up as we arrived back at treeline. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 12:15 am | ||
| cftbq | Bypassed the Rabbits Date Climbed: Sep 15, 1976 | |
| 14er #5; same day as Harvard. Tried the connecting ridge, but had to bail into Frenchman Creek drainage. Summitted from the NE about 6 pm. My first twofer. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2006 9:46 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | From Harvard Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Loose tedious traverse b/c I stuck w/ middle of the slopes which was not much fun. Descent from Columbia on steep rotten trail not much fun either. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 3:06 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | nice camping and smooth ascent Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1999 | |
| rolling! | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 8:12 pm | ||
| lindasyh | North Cottonwood TH, Ascend Harvard S Slopes to Columbia N Slopes, Descend Columbia W Slopes Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2003 | |
| Did the double but it was tough. Absolutely ran out of steam. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 10:24 pm | ||
| slowpoke | Harvard to Columbia - Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Camped in Horn Fork. Bad mosquitos. Summited Harvard the following morning in under 3 hours. Followed the entire ridge over to Columbia. Rapped once down 30 feet or so of some real exposed technical stuff. Went unroped over 3rd, 4th and some low 5th the rest of the way. Didn't get to climb the rabbit :( Ascending the west slopes of Columbia will go down as probably my most unpleasant experience in the mountains to date. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 4:57 pm | ||
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