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| Woodie Hopper | Traverse from Harvard  Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2009 | |
| Traversed from Harvard. Trudged through a few snow-fields en route while trying to lose as little altitude as possible. Three marmots greeted me on top. Descended the West Slopes (aka scree from Hell)- not recommended. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 11:25 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | North Cottonwood Creek | |
| A lot of loose scree, was not sure if followed the right trail. Took nice photos of marmots. My dog again very happy. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 3:57 am | ||
| mattpayne11 | Successful Traverse Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2009 | |
| Long day! | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2009 12:04 am | ||
| DudeThatMustHurt | Beat the storm Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| Very high winds at the summit but a good day overall, went down the south slope back to the main trail which made the decent quite interesting to avoid the storm rolling in. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2009 8:05 pm | ||
| awillson | Columbia Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2007 | |
| Very steep and loose! | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 12:13 am | ||
| MattK | With Harvard Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| Wife, dog and I. Traversed from Harvard and threw in UN 13,374. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2008 6:19 pm | ||
| canichol | Route Climbed: SE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1994 | |
| Neared the top as a storm moved in, and three guys bounded off down the west slopes. Felt the hair on my head stand up and the rocks around me started buzzing, so I hit the ground. Seconds later a huge boom overhead, and I knew I had time to run to the top and without waiting I was headed down after those three guys. Never stopped to look back, and happy to be back alive. There's excitement well worth the price in pushing to the limits. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2008 12:06 am | ||
| Renardo | Combo with Harvard Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Hope to never have to go through that descent again! | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2008 11:16 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | Harvard & Columbia From Pine Creek Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| Camped up near Bedrock Falls. Found a place to cross Pine Creek without getting wet. Summited Columbia after tagging Harvard. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2008 7:26 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | Frenchman Creek Loop Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008 | |
| Climbed from the NE then bagged UN 13374 on the way back. Aside from the horrific mosquitoes in the forests near the creek, this was quite a pleasant way to climb Columbia. My Sawatch 14er finisher! | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 5:52 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | Harvard - Columbia Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 12, 1984 | |
| Good climb - nasty descent. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2008 11:41 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| This was my third time climbing Columbia. We did it via the SE ridge. The weather didn't look good enough to go for Harvard. We descended Three Elk Creek. We saw half of a baby deer. We figure a mountain lion was near by. | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2008 9:12 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | With Harvard Date Climbed: Aug 19, 1989 | |
| This was my first time climbing Columbia. I climbed Harvard first, and then did the traverse. | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2008 9:09 pm | ||
| spannring29 | Beautiful day Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2007 | |
| Great day with nice views of the Sawatch. | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2007 11:40 am | ||
| HylianHero | #22 Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2005 | |
| Our second attempt on Columbia, we had gotten snowed off the first time. We climbed from Frenchman's Creek, a great alternative to the main route. We didn't see anyone until near the summit. It was definitely a rocky climb. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 9:27 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Finnaly Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| 3rd time's the charm. After being turned away by and EARLY morning storm, and then a sick partner, I finnaly got her done. I saw 18 Mountain Goats on the summit! | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2007 1:08 pm | ||
| dr_gonz | yup | |
| made it | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:51 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | Ouch Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| A really rough trail from Harvard as well as the descent. Not to mention the clouds started rolling in at 1000. The high point was 17 mountain goats with their bright white coats. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2007 9:34 pm | ||
| shanrickv | Traverse from Harvard Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| A trip report on 14ers.com recently referred to Columbia as an "evil mountain" that "sucks beyond belief." How very true! While Harvard is tall and beautiful, Columbia is basically a mound of talus and scree. Still, it is checked off and I don't have to go back! Climbing this hill makes me really look forward to going to the Crestones next week. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:19 am | ||
| Mots010 | Harvard to Columbia Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| We stayed high on the traverse, keeping the climb at sustained exposed 4th class with a 2-3 5th class moves sprinked in. Rock was a bit loose, but a very enjoyable climb. Back at the car at 12:35. Descent off Columbia was not bad at all, especially after the traverse. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2007 9:17 pm | ||
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