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| telemarkdude | Nice Winter Day  Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2013 | |
| Great day. Sunny, very light wind and typical spots for avalanche hazards were safe today. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2013 12:23 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: Nov 17, 2012 | |
| Got Woods Mtn, too. Solo (with Okie) | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2012 8:16 pm | ||
| milan | Cold Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2011 | |
| It was a great day, a lot of snow, hiked with one friend. It was about 0 F and very strong wind and without handwarmers that my friend gave to me, I would not summit. We still gave up Bard. | ||
| Posted Oct 22, 2012 5:43 pm | ||
| DerekFreed | Bard, Parnassus, Woods and Machebeuf Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2012 | |
| Started from Herman Gulch, wrapped around Parnassus and up the SW slopes of Bard. Followed the ridge on over Parnassus, over to Woods, over to Machebeuf, then bushwhacked back down to the Watrous Gulch/Bard Trail Intersection. Nice loop, easy terrain. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2012 12:22 pm | ||
| thatnissanguy | "Ski descent" Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Dragged skis up for some reason? I'm not quite sure why? Nice summit. Took a nap while the group traversed to Bard Peak. | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2011 12:15 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Ruby Loop Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2011 | |
| Second time, loop of Ruby Creek from Urad Mine with Scot and Brian climbing Engelmann, Bard and Parnassus. Very windy day, so we skipped the unranked Robeson to stay off the ridge and out of the wind! | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2011 6:59 pm | ||
| SenadR | Parnassus to Woods Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2011 | |
| Fast and quick hike sunday morning from Denver. | |
| Posted Oct 16, 2011 8:54 pm | ||
| mstender | Via Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2011 | |
| Very nice hike but I did not realize how steep the last part of the climb was once you reach treeline. Still worth it because of the great views and I did not see anybody on the trail all day until I got back to Herman Gulch trailhead. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2011 12:40 am | ||
| Matt Lemke | From Bakerville exit Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2010 | |
| An anomaly! Weather was 60 degrees, sunny and calm...in January! Hiked up the trail and climbed right up the wind blown west slopes to Parnassus and traversed to Bard. Ridge was also clear of snow. My first trip of the decade. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2010 3:59 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Long basin hike Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010 | |
| Good loop. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2010 1:53 pm | ||
| mtnclimer | Gorgeous Day Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Climbed the Northwest route with my wife and 8 and 9 year old boys. Nice and steep until the ridge. Ate lunch at the top. Saw a herd of wild mountain goats, very cool. Took the trail back down to Herman Gulch. Round trip about 5 hours total. | ||
| Posted Aug 30, 2010 12:37 pm | ||
| km_donovan | Watrous Gulch Approach Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2009 | |
| Went with a CMC group. Good times. | |
| Posted May 8, 2010 1:46 pm | ||
| colinpence | three mountains in a day Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005 | |
| This was part of a mountain trio that I climbed this day...Machebeuf, Woods and Parnassus. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:07 pm | ||
| Haliku | Watrous Gulch Loop Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2009 | |
| Rkmtn and I made it a 3-fer with Parnassus. My Denali acclimation made this a nice, but steep, hike. ______________________ Watrous Gulch Variation 30 July 2005 A very direct route. The slope is steep but fairly easy to pick a path as its mostly grass and soil instead of talus and scree. A great route for an outdoor stairsteper workout. Due the steepness I came down via the valley between Bard and Parnassus and then picked up the Bard trail back to the TH thus circumnavigating around the mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2009 10:29 am | ||
| rkymtn | Watrous Gulch Loop Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009 | |
| Headed up with Haliku from Woods after hitting point 12,805' (aka Machebeuf). Enjoyed the views, the company, and the quick descent. Great day in the mountains! | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2009 10:27 pm | ||
| heather14 | Waltrous Gulch Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2008 | |
| W/Wood on an extremely windy day! | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2008 8:24 pm | ||
| Pete Castricone | with Bard Peak Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2008 | |
| Started from Exit 218 at 10:15 am. Raced up Watrous Gulch to beat the predicted afternoon storm and reached Parnassus at 12:25 pm. Considered my escape options before heading to Bard Peak. Ended up running to Bard's summit as a white cloud buried Woods and Parnassus. I stood on Bard for one minute, ran over to its east summit as the flurries came in, then started a direct descent down one of the basins and into the trees. Using my trusty compass and some very faint trail remnants, I ended up at Bakersville (exit 221) and had to walk 3 miles up I-70. I completely avoided the storm, but I would rather have gotten a little cold and wet than walk up I-70 uphill into a headwind! Back to my car at 3:45 pm. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2008 11:14 am | ||
| Sarah Simon | Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| We took the Stairstepper of Doom (southwest ridge) to the summit and descended via the saddle with woods. Great day, no weather threat, but the haze from the California wildfires cut the views considerably. Hiking partners: Rico's CMC outing. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2008 10:25 am | ||
| GeorgeJames | Watrous Gulch Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| A nice place to be on a great day! A steep one, not much trail above treeline, decent terrain though. Over to Bard from here, descended down the valley between the two, all the way down to I-70. Had to hike a couple miles along the highway to get back to the Herman Gulch TH, which was not nearly as bad as I had imagined. Very few other people on these peaks for a Sunday in summer. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 12:25 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Cold, windy, snowy | |
| Not a pleasant place to be in horrendous wind. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 11:43 am | ||
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