Mount Ouray Climber's Log

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chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Jun 12, 2011 8:45 pm Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2011

West Ridge  Sucess!

Climbed the west ridge of Ouray in combo with Chipeta and PT 13472A. Longer route than expected, PT 13472 is farther from Marshall Pass than I thought. Also lots of vertical involved between bumps on the ridges and the saddle between the peaks is only 12,300'.

seano

seano - Jun 2, 2011 3:43 pm Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2011

East ridge  Sucess!

Super-windy on the ridge, but still a nice hike, with a great view of the rest of the Sawatch to the north.

strudolyubov

strudolyubov - Nov 28, 2010 12:27 pm Date Climbed: Nov 26, 2010

East Ridge   Sucess!

Hiked E Ridge direct variation starting from FR 200 at 9,900'. Bushwhacked to the tree line through 1-3 ft of snow. Windy on the upper ridge and the summit. Watched the sunset on the way back. Nice hike, beautiful views.

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Sep 26, 2010 3:23 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010

Tour d'Ouray  Sucess!

Went up the east ridge and down the northeast ridge. Beautiful hike on a beautiful day! The aspen were past peak down below, but from above treeline, there was still something to see. There were a few tiny patches of snow - mostly on the northern aspects of the ridges - but nothing to worry much about. The only people I saw all day were a father and young son bow hunting in the trees.

sevenvii

sevenvii - Aug 26, 2010 11:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010

Ouray from E Ridge  Sucess!

Took my 5 year old on her first peak bagging. She did great all the way up, got a little tired on way back. Overall a great hike, and nice views of the Armchair and nice bristlecone pine. We had the peak to ourselves.

Eric Holle

Eric Holle - Jul 12, 2010 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010

West Ridge  Sucess!

From Marshall Pass with Chipeta Peak and Point 13,472A.

Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Jul 5, 2010 10:13 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010

West Ridge  Sucess!

I've had family in town a good part of the week, so it was nice to make an escape to the mountains to be by myself for a few others. I was shocked to meet only one other person on this mountain all day! I didn't expect Grays & Torrey's hordes, but - my gosh, a brilliant day (albeit frigid in the morning), a high Thirteener - amazing that so few make their way here. (No complaining, mind you...)

heather14

heather14 - Jan 25, 2010 10:08 pm Date Climbed: Jan 9, 2010

Spring Day in January  Sucess!

I stumbled off and on someone's trail in the trees and up the ridge.

shanahan96

shanahan96 - Jan 3, 2010 10:02 pm Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2010

starting the '10's off right  Sucess!

1/2/10- got a surprise with the road plowed to the grays creek TH, saving me a day and 10 miles of snowshoeing!

the flip side of that was saturday was now my summit day and i endured -5 deg temps in a heavy wind and snowstorm. the rime ice on the northeast ridge was beautiful and spooky simultaneously. finished the day postholing through bottomless snow in the dark for 2.5 hours; what an adventure!

7/2/16- a rainy fourth weekend saw michelle, steve and i abandoning snowmass plans for a weekend of easier climbing, starting with ouray's west ridge. washing machine terrain below treeline made for a wet climb where the sun never quite broke loose. overall enjoyable day, let's go find some sun!

jamie

big_g

big_g - Oct 5, 2009 12:06 am Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2009

W Ridge  Sucess!

low cloud ceiling but it rose as I ascended. Clocked some 59 mph winds. That's a little brisk!

MattK

MattK - Aug 13, 2009 8:29 am Date Climbed: May 25, 2009

Ouray  Sucess!

Wife, dog and I via the east ridge. Devil Armchair is beautiful. Unfortunately we couldn't see from the top as the last 800' or so was socked in.

mattpayne11

mattpayne11 - Apr 27, 2009 1:10 am Date Climbed: May 25, 1986

Don't remember much  Sucess!

I think I need to go back and do this one since I was only 7 when I climbed this, I forget a lot about it...

mattpierce - Aug 8, 2008 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2007

From Marshall Pass  Sucess!

Awesome summit near the Colorado Trail

Kiefer

Kiefer - Jul 10, 2008 1:12 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2008

Marshall Pass  Sucess!

An incredably easy mountain. I think I almost sweated!
Good views of Antora.

altitude14er

altitude14er - Jul 5, 2008 4:57 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008

Route Climbed: West Ridge from Marshall Pass  Sucess!

A great climb. I enjoyed the Marshall Pass Road. Me and my friend Jeff spotted Beaver and Deer but saw no other climbers..not much of a trail up this peak. Sunday we went to the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs, good times!

SarahThompson

SarahThompson - May 16, 2008 5:41 pm Date Climbed: May 14, 2006

Devil's Armchair  Sucess!

5/14/06 - My first attempt was a month earlier and I turned back near treeline when the wind picked me up and slammed me against the talus! 2nd try was successful. Up NE Ridge, down E Ridge. Nasty snow conditions in the trees.

1/6/18 - Solo winter ascent in extremely dry conditions from Grays Creek TH. Up and down the E Ridge. A lenticular cloud was stuck to the summit and it was horribly windy inside it!

MountainHikerCO

MountainHikerCO - Mar 7, 2008 10:00 pm Date Climbed: Sep 18, 1993

West Ridge  Sucess!

I climbed Ouray via the west ridge from Marshall Pass.

Foxy Long Bottoms

Foxy Long Bottoms - Nov 25, 2007 9:18 pm Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2007

W. Ridge  Sucess!

HIked with Eric, Jen and Scott. Beautiful day.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Oct 1, 2007 10:23 am Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2007

Devil's Armchair Loop  Sucess!

Up the NE Ridge, down the East Ridge. This is the way to go on this one, the bristlecone forest at the base of the armchair is beautiful.

Not much snow in this part of the state from the previous days storm, seemed to bypass the southern Sawatch. Clear day, but chilly and windy. Could see Pikes, Uncompahgre, Castle, Evans and Blanca, this peak has some of the longest view corridors I have ever seen!

jrf

jrf - Jun 25, 2007 5:23 pm Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006

West Ridge from Marshall Pass

Beautiful day but the short distance is deceiving. This hike still took quite a while due to the up and down on the ridge and the endless talus. I was relieved when we finally reached the summit. My group only saw one other person the entire day.

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