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| lapotka | great hike  | |
| second of many 14ers. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2013 4:42 pm | ||
| relic | Long time ago Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1981 | |
| Date is a guess, from the few years I lived in Colorado. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2013 1:16 pm | ||
| Fletch | 14ers.com Gathering Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011 | |
| I met a bunch of folks I shouldn't have. HA! | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2012 1:28 pm | ||
| ajberry | Normal route and on to Columbia Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| With Katie and Megan, both 11. Camped in Horn Fork Basin. Great conditions -- and always nice to climb a mtn named after your employer.... | |
| Posted Oct 27, 2012 5:01 pm | ||
| milan | Collegiate first Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Had a tent near Harvard/Columbia trail fork and this one was a great Mountain, storm almost chased us from the summit. | ||
| Posted Oct 18, 2012 5:47 pm | ||
| mtnfire2469 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2012 | |
| Irish Mist at 14k | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 9:51 pm | ||
| Clark_Griswold | Can't get much better Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2012 | |
| September has got to be the best time of year to hike in Colorado. Today was the nicest weather I have ever had on any mountain at this altitude. Pretty much, as Sarah says. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2012 9:31 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | North Cottonwood TH Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2012 | |
| Ack!!! I love September in Colorado!!!! What a beautiful day. Azure sky, yellow willow and aspen, orange tundra... Enjoyed Tuaca with lunch on the summit. Chilled out for dinner at Eddyline, drinking their heavenly Inner Glow Red Chili Porter. Hell yeah!!! | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2012 6:48 pm | ||
| scvanm | 22nd Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012 | |
| Made it to Harvard, had to give up trying for Columbia too. I just can't camp at 11,500 when driving in from Omaha. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2012 7:21 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | twofer Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2012 | |
| did harvard first, then columbia as a twofer. 4th 14er this year. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2012 11:24 am | ||
| mountainloverCO | Harvard Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2012 | |
| Backpacked up to Hork Forn Basin and enjoyed a night of camping before heading up to Harvard around 5:45. Summited at 8:15 and enjoyed the summit for 1/2 hour, arrived back at the car by 1:15. Beautiful area, great trail, and the little scramble at the top was a lot of fun! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2012 9:48 pm | ||
| LivingColorado | First of the Collegiates! Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012 | |
| My first 14er in the Collegiate Peaks! We camped up in Horn Fork Basin the nights before and after this trek, which made for a very enjoyable trip, as it's absolutely beautiful up there. I'd highly recommend to anyone. | ||
| Posted Jun 20, 2012 3:16 am | ||
| Matt Lemke | Solo via standard route Date Climbed: May 18, 2012 | |
| Great morning for a 14er. Nice and warm and not too much wind. The snow around treeline was a pain as well as the hundreds of downed trees but it wasn't too bad. 3.5 hours up and 3 hours down. | |
| Posted May 18, 2012 4:51 pm | ||
| DerekFreed | via Frenchman Creek Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| A very enjoyable route!! Love the upper basin area, plan to return this way to collect Columbia someday... | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2012 3:47 pm | ||
| xpda | Harvard Date Climbed: Sep 23, 1995 | |
| Mike and I played sousa on the sousaphones on top. Tony and Fullerton flew a kite. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:20 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Frenchman Creek Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011 | |
| Second ascent, this time solo from Frenchman Creek with PT 13374 and Columbia. First time I was up Harvard (2006) was in a snowstorm with zero visibility, it was nice to finally enjoy the summit view after all these years! | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2011 6:17 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Harvard Columbia Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| Starting to get antsy to just finish the 14ers. Harvard was OK. I can't believe I talused over the top of Columbia again. The connecting 4th class ridge is unremarkable. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 7:27 pm | ||
| Spindle | from North Cottonwood TH Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2011 | |
| Long, satisfying, beautiful climb. Didn't go over to Columbia because of snow. Next time. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2011 4:27 pm | ||
| Scott | Harvard Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011 | |
| March 18 I decided to make a winter ascent of Mount Harvard and Columbia with the 14ers.com group. It was the end of the winter season and I really needed to get another 14er in. I got a later start than I wanted and most people were already gone when I reached the trailhead, but two others were there trying to drive the road in the snow. We both tried to drive farther, but I got pretty stuck. After digging out and packing up I headed up the mountain. Because of the late start I was moving very quickly (for me at least) and arrived at camp at about 11,400 feet in 2.5 hours. I had a nice chat with everyone before heading to bed. March 19 It was a very long night and I didn’t get much sleep at all. I thought about (especially) my wife and kids a lot throughout the night and it was hard to sleep. The moon was bright and beautiful during the night. My heart just wasn’t into the climb in the morning and I had a lot on my mind. We had a large group, but I kept mostly to myself and I was dragging pretty slow. The views of the surrounding crags were beautiful and the weather was pretty good, but it was a bit breezy (and a bit cool in the wind). It was a long, but not difficult climb and I reached the top alone. Everyone else had either headed back down or left late and was still coming up. I took some photos and ate on top (it was fairly chilly) before heading back down. I expected to have a pretty good glissade on the way down, but the snow wasn’t as good as I expected and the glissades were pretty mediocre at best. After arriving at camp I contemplated whether or not to spend the night. On one hand I didn’t want to have to come back and finish Mt. Columbia, but on the other hand, I really missed my wife. Sunday is the day that I usually cook her breakfast in bed and I knew I would feel sad if I missed it. I had called her from the top and she told me to have a good time and to not worry about her, but I still missed her much. I stayed and talked with the group about various things just over an hour before deciding to head back down. After packing up camp, it was already 6:09 PM, so I headed down the mountain quickly and after getting off track once (false trail) I reached the vehicle at about 8:20 PM. It was a long drive home and I finally walked in the door at 1 AM. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2011 1:43 pm | ||
| pacojgarza | 2nd time around Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2011 | |
| Did my first repeat 14er exactly a year after the first summit. The trail was really wet and muddy around timberline; I used a snow bridge to cross the swollen creek then went slightly off trail a few times to avoid large snow fields below the summit. It was a 7.5 hr. roundtrip from North Cottonwood creek trailhead. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2011 9:54 am | ||
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