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| videogamesforsale | Memorial Day  Date Climbed: May 27, 2013 | |
| This was probably the 8th or 9th time I have climbed Mt Rosa and I have to say I was pretty disappointed at the amount of garbage in Frosty Park. Most of the brand new fencing to keep motorized vehicles out of the meadow has been cut down. Witnessed dirt bikes on trails that prohibit motorized vehicles and lots of fresh tracks almost to the top of the main trail. Every sign is shot to bits. Dozens of trees shot down that were not shot down last year. Lots of garbage in the creek that leads to the reservoir. If this keeps up they will close that road. I've never taken the St Mary's Falls trail but I will next time so I can avoid Frosty Park. And to top it all off the summit marker at the top of Mt Rosa is gone. | ||
| Posted May 28, 2013 1:12 am | ||
| mtnfire2469 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| Too many false summits :) | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2012 10:26 pm | ||
| knotis23 | Kids Fifth Mountain Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012 | |
| Took the short trail from Frosty Park. Climbed w/ Tara (11) and Emma (9). Great time, but I think they liked the "off road" drive down #379 better than the hike. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2012 5:32 pm | ||
| LivingColorado | My baby's first mountain Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| My wife and I hiked this with my friend and his wife, and my friend and I each had our 9-month-old babies (firsts for both our families) on our backs. Great family hike, and great way for my little girl to get her first mountain top down. :) | ||
| Posted Jun 20, 2012 3:13 am | ||
| knotis23 | Great Mountain! Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2011 | |
| Another awesome hike to Rosa. Done this one several times and still love it. Always take the long way from St. Marys Falls, it's worth the extra miles. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2011 10:31 am | ||
| DWRich | 4-way Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010 | |
| Went from the 4-way trailhead, up past St. Mary's Falls. Came down through Frosty Park and Pipeline Trail to 7 Bridges Trail. Nice loop on a beautiful day! | ||
| Posted Aug 16, 2011 2:58 pm | ||
| REM | From Frosty Park Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| My all time favorite for a mountain close by... | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2011 8:17 pm | ||
| jsdratm | From Gold Camp Road Date Climbed: May 7, 2011 | |
| Climbed solo from the Gold Camp Road parking lot. There is still quite a bit of snow on the slope to the summit, but a good trail has been forged through it by previous hikers. Saw two other people and a small dog on my way back down. Round trip (including base of St. Mary's Falls) was about 14 miles and 4500 ft of elevation gain. The view from Mt. Rosa is exceeded only by the view from Pikes Peak! | |
| Posted May 8, 2011 8:21 pm | ||
| stl | Some postholing in April... Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2011 | |
| Nice climb and views of Pikes and the Springs. I'll do it again! | ||
| Posted Apr 18, 2011 1:18 am | ||
| cftbq | My favorite mountain Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Had to do it again, after a too-long hiatus. I "cheated" to shave about 2 miles off the usual route from the Gold Camp Rd. parking lot, and climbed the ridge directly to the tunnel from Helen Hunt Falls. My measurements say this makes about an 11-mile RT, but, amazingly, TOPO! says only 9.2. Take your pick. Of course, snow and some postholing on the last 500 vertical feet. Had the summit all to myself. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2011 8:27 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | 7 Peaks Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2011 | |
| With Almagre Mountain, Almagre Mountain South, Knights Peak, Green Mountain, 10100 & 9982. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2011 12:01 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Great! Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2011 | |
| Great hike. A little more snow than I expected. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2011 10:13 am | ||
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| cftbq | Re: Great! | |
| A little?? In February?? Holy s**t; what were you expecting!? But, yes, it is great; nice to see you guys' entry on the register. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2011 8:18 pm | ||
| Luciano136 | From Gold Camp Rd Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2010 | |
| A very cold day this early in the season. I brought a Camelbak and my water was frozen almost immediately. 20s on the summit with 30ish mph wind gusts. Fun hike nonetheless and didn't see another soul all day (if you don't count a few offroaders that is :). | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2010 10:55 pm | ||
| rowz | Rowz on Rosa Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Hiked with Falcon Curves hiking group. We all summited. 8 members youngest was 53 oldest 73. We came up from Frosty's park. The 4 WD road was very rocky. Beautiful weather. Trail is slick were motor bikes have smoothed down dirt and scratched rocks. Motor bikes are rutting sections of trail. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 11:44 pm | ||
| PapaBanucci | From Helent Hunt Falls Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2010 | |
| To the south ridge. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2010 12:06 pm | ||
| Incliner | Snowy... Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2010 | |
| The drive to frosty's park is pretty bad in January but was a highlight. Most would say that this is an easy hike, due to the lack of steep mixed snow, rock and ice. But that is what makes it tougher, say moderate. The lack of rocks knee to waist deep snow and relatively steep grade make the trail tough to negotiate. The summit push flows though some great trees and rocks, the view is 360 degrees of the pikes region. The Western view has lines of snow peaked mountains... | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2010 4:13 pm | ||
| pyerger | Rosa | |
| Climbed a couple of times, from Helen hunt falls. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2009 2:26 pm | ||
| wlstone | Third Time's The Charm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2009 | |
| On her third attempt, my wife finally summited on a gorgeous, clear, rather solitary day. Yay Nicci!!!! | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2009 11:06 pm | ||
| TCart215 | A hike up to the clouds Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| Just some suggestions I wrote to the page's author about: The trail is clearly marked, but I saw nothing about "Nelson's Trail". The clearing on the right is bordered by a fenced off area and there is an old beat-up sign that says "Captain Jacks Multi-Use Trail System". The trail number for Mount Rosa is #672 (the one on the right, going uphill). Then at the first summit the trail #673 to the right is the trail to take all the way to the top of Mount Rosa. After we summited we in the clouds most of the time, but every once in a a while there would be a clearing for beautiful views of the Penrose-Rosemont Reservoir and Pike's Peak. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 10:26 pm | ||
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