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| Bob Sihler | Second Try  Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| The first time I tried, it was on a July afternoon in 2004, and a strong thunderstorm chased me away when I was less than a mile from the summit (one of the most terrifying experiences ever as I hustled across the open, rolling tundra with lightning, thunder, hail, and snow pounding the area). No problems at all the second time. I started shortly after dawn and had a pleasant, uneventful hike there and back. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2007 4:51 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Timber Lake TH Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007 | |
| Did this long hike solo. Began at 7:30am. Summited at 12:30am. Its 5.3 mile to the lake alone; From the lake an additional mile "or so" and 1,840ft. higher on steep, off trail talus and tundra. The seclusion was surreal..saw Elk, Hawks, Deer & a Coyote! | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2007 7:50 pm | ||
| slowpoke | From Milner Pass Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| This was a consolation prize in what would have otherwise been a really long, really wet adventure in the park. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2007 4:21 pm | ||
| spannring29 | Ida to Timber Lake Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2006 | |
| Very nice hike. We encountered a couple of sheep running down the trail toward us on the way to Ida. The route to Timber Lake is fairly easy to determine and definitely worth the time. We had a little trouble getting a ride back to Milner Pass, but all around, a great day. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2007 7:22 pm | ||
| boisedoc | quick access to a high peak Date Climbed: Jun 26, 1989 | |
| too lazy to keep heading over to Cracktop | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2006 5:46 am | ||
| lindasyh | Survived the "Death March" Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2000 | |
| A long day in the park ... | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2006 5:16 pm | ||
| thephotohiker | Death March Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2000 | |
| A continental divide hike from Milner Pass to Bear Lake, later referred to as "The Death March", took us over Mount Ida, Chief Cheley Peak, and Flattop Mountain. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2006 1:35 am | ||
| Dan Leonhard | great mountain! Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005 | |
| I climbed this peak, like many others, on a trip across the Park. The peak gave me a little surprise after the summit- it had been hidding a storm coming my way! Pretty area. I'll do it over again and again! | |
| Posted May 31, 2006 8:00 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Milner Pass to Bear Lake Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1969 | |
| Total ascents = 8. First time on a long, one day, traverse from Milner Pass to Bear Lake. The summits that day included Ida, Chief Cheley, Cracktop, Julian, Terra Tomah, Sprague and Flattop. I've repeated that trip without the side trip to Julian and Terra Tomah on two other occasions. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2006 1:19 am | ||
| NanitaD | Route climbed: from Glacier Gorge Overlook Date Climbed: Aug 26, 1995 | |
| Ida was the first summit of five that day...Ida, Chief Cheley, Cracktop, Julian, and Terra Tomah. Actually Ida was the first and last summit that day since once we went out to Terra Tomah we returned over all of the peak and back to Ida. By the time we reached the summit for the second time the sun had just set. With no moon we couldn't see two feet in front of us even with headlamps and ended up huddling up until sunrise when we returned to our vehicle. I've returned to the summit of Ida 4 times since that day. | |
| Posted Feb 22, 2006 1:26 am | ||
| jennakate | Route Climbed: Milner Pass Date Climbed: June 6, 2004, August 4, 2004, and July 23, 2005 | |
| Every time I've summitted, it has been a little different. The first time I snowshoed most of the way to the summit without following a trail (basically just going straight up). The second time I took my family and friends up the trail...which made things much easier! The final time I climbed was on route to Bear Lake. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2005 8:19 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | Climbed Twice Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2010 | |
| 8/7/2010: TR 12/21/2003: Day 3 of a Rocky Mountain National Park traverse from Cameron Pass to Grand Lake. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2005 5:24 pm | ||
| Joe_Parvis | Route Climbed: via Milner Pass Date Climbed: September 11, 2005 | |
| Beautiful day. Climbed Ida on Continental Divide ridge traverse between Milner Pass and Bear Lake. Think we saw pksander and Fabio in saddle between Ida and Chief Cheley, but didn't know (who) until I read this summit log just now. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2005 5:55 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: via Milner Pass Date Climbed: September 11, 2005 | |
| Climbed Mount Ida and Chief Cheley Peak with Fabio on a beautiful September day. Cold in the mountains at our 5 a.m. start and a great hike to the summit of Ida and then down the steep ridge to the saddle and up Chief Cheley. A long and fun day. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2005 10:48 pm | ||
| jbouman | Route Climbed: Milner Pass past Marmot Rock, up and over to summit Date Climbed: July 30 2005 | |
| 5 hours to top, primarily due to a 50 lb. six-year old daughter who needed to be carried most of the way, and then an overzealous ram bighorn who stood in our way near the start of the boulder hopping. After he laid down for awhile and then turned around, we could resume our climb past 3 or 4 false summits to the top. After lunch, a nice return to the pass after a few snowflakes and raindrops at the top. | ||
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 9:18 pm | ||
| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: From Trailridge Road Store Date Climbed: Summer 03 | |
| 20 miles round trip- after summiting Mount Ida, we went for a little "off-road excursion!" We descended down the slopes to TOUCH all of the Gorge Lakes: Azure, Highest (this was my first time climbing scree- I was actually quite scared, I laugh at that now!), Inkwell, (yeah, ever cling to a rockface wall with a lake below you?!), Arrowhead, Doughnut, & Loves Lakes. We then begun the long UP and DOWN treck through Forrest Canyon, back to our start. From dawn 'till dusk... ended the last hour of the hike with one shoe off (blisters- don't get them anymore with my new awesome Merril boots!:-) The Lakes are AMAZING- each are unique and different in color- I've hiked most of the lakes now in RMNP, and these are by far my favorite. Do this hike, it's incredible! (You can do the Milner Pass trail and just "look" at the lakes.... but how fun is that?!:-) | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2005 10:34 pm | ||
| ajsamuel | Route Climbed: Standard from Milner Pass Date Climbed: September 10, 2004 | |
| Good hike and was proved to be an elusive summit. Clouds limited visibility to around 100 yds. on the ascent and lifted about a mile or so into the descent. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 8:54 am | ||
| thebeave7 | Route Climbed: Timber Lake Date Climbed: August 5th, 2004 | |
| Nice scramble, got stuck in some thick brush at one point, but the meadows and views above were spectacular. Eric J Lee | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2004 3:35 am | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Standard trail from Milner Pass Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| Nice climb, part of a 4 day Continental DIvide traverse from Milner Pass to Bear Lake. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2004 9:47 pm | ||
| Nelson | Route Climbed: Milner Pass ascent, Gorge Lakes descent Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1989 | |
| Yes, Mt. Ida is a lovely and easy tundra walk. The day I summited we turned it into one of my longest and toughest days in RMNP! The recipe: park one car at Milner Pass, the other at Forest Canyon Overlook. After climbing Ida walk the divide to climb Chief Cheley Peak, then drop down into the often seen but rarely visited Gorge Lakes cirque. Make your way down into Forest Canyon, cross the Big Thompson River, then climb and climb up to the Overlook. At one point on the descent we nearly used our short length rope to rappel a short section, but then found a way around on a narrow ledge. We went in this direction to avoid afternoon thunderstorms on the divide. It's a good idea to take a compass bearing on the overlook destination parking lot before you drop into the dense Forest Canyon. Don't plan on being home for dinner! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2003 8:04 am | ||
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