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| centrifuge | harvard/columbia  Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| was a long day and didnt bring enough water | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2011 10:46 pm | ||
| tomlauren | Harvard - Columbia Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2010 | |
| Climbed Mount Harvard and Mount Columbia from North Cottonwood Trailhead after a beautiful camp at 11,440 feet in Horn Fork Basin. This was my second ascent of Mount Columbia. My first ascent was in September of 2004 during/after a snow storm. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2011 11:45 am | ||
| Panthera uncia | Traverse from Harvard Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| Hiked this after climbing Harvard. The scree was nasty. | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2010 5:49 pm | ||
| thatnissanguy | Harvard to Columbia Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010 | |
| Threaded the needle during a succession of violent thunderstorms. Took the low traverse which was miserably loose, as was the descent to the main trail. Would be a better snow climb. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2010 9:24 pm | ||
| Legpowered | Columbia | |
| A lot of people complain about Columbia. It wasn't my favorite, I suppose, but enjoyable nonetheless. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2010 10:10 pm | ||
| Vagabond Manifesto | Southeast Ridge, from Colorado Trail Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2010 | |
| Very windy day. Great route for solitude--no one else (and no trail) on this side of the mountain. Herd of mountain goats above treeline, right on the ridge. Pay attention on the way down, it's easy to end up off-route. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2010 8:30 pm | ||
| I like it on top | North Cottonwood Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010 | |
| Steep climb up scree slope, very high winds on ridges, another safe and successful 14'er, so overall a great day. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2010 11:12 pm | ||
| CWFry | West Ridges Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2010 | |
| Great day, love the approach. Fairly bad erosion and scree-skiing on the way down. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2010 4:33 pm | ||
| metal4lyf | with Harvard Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010 | |
| Traversed the boulder field at 12900' | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2010 1:22 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | Columbia/Harvard Combo Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2010 | |
| Climbed Harvard first starting at 3:30 am. Summited Harvard the did the rabbit ear ridge traverse to Columbia. That was Colorado 14er 28 and 29. Nice day, a little rain at the end. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2010 12:16 pm | ||
| BLong | Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010 | |
| Had a fun hike up Harvard > Columbia. Apparently spending 5 weeks in Phoenix (near sea level) and then driving up to the mountains and immediately climbing two 14ers is not proper acclimatization. In the end it made the trip a bit more challenging, which was great! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2010 2:15 am | ||
| seano | Standard route Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2010 | |
| University Pass-level scree. Yuck. Trip report | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2010 7:26 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Three Elk Creek Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| Saw very few people. Great to be mostly off-trail! One of my favorite Sawatch hikes. Got weathered off an attempt the previous year. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2010 6:46 pm | ||
| shknbke | Winter ascent-s.w. slopes Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2010 | |
| Winter ascent of Columbia from our high camp near treeline in Horn Fork Basin at 11600 ft. We were pleasantly surprised to be able to follow the standard scree slog up the steep trail to the south ridge. 4 hrs RT from our camp. A rare bluebird day in Jan! 10/2/04-First ascent was up the standard sw slopes and down the east ridge. The east ridge is LONG! | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2010 12:12 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Summer & Winter Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2004 | |
| 8/22/04 - Climbed Harvard and then Columbia via the standard loop from Horn Fork Basin. Took a bad line down from Columbia - very loose and steep. Long day. 1/3/10 - Backpacked 7 miles to Horn Fork Basin. Climbed Harvard the next day and then Columbia the following day before packing out. Took more or less the standard route; it was extremely windscoured. Just under 2.5 hours from camp to summit on a sunny, windless winter day! | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2010 10:32 pm | ||
| SenadR | combo Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| This was my first time climbing Columbia. I climbed Harvard first, and then did the traverse. | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2009 12:54 am | ||
| strudolyubov | Harvard-Columbia Traverse Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| Traversed from Harvard. Quickly descended west slopes route as the storms were rolling in. Nice views from the summit, nasty wet scree/dirt on the descent. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 12:54 pm | ||
| lanagordon | No. 22 Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| scree fielded it all the way down. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2009 10:18 pm | ||
| kilimanjaro1 | Good Climb Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| Did this one with my nephew Geoff-- it was his first 14er. I had done harvard a few years ago, so we did this as a Columbia only climb. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 3:49 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Happy to see the downhill Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2009 | |
| After the traverse from Harvard, I was pretty happy to see the downhill. Though I dreaded the scree and loose rocks, it went better than expected. Trekking poles a big help! | ||
| Posted Jul 26, 2009 5:30 pm | ||
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