Mount Sunflower Climber's Log
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| davebobk47 | Blue Skies  Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2010 | |
| Nice day with Blue Skies. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2010 3:23 pm | ||
| Alika | HP #10 Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2010 | |
| Got there just before midnight from Mt Magazine, Arkansas. Slept in the car at the summit. Special place, will be back! | |
| Posted Dec 3, 2010 6:23 pm | ||
| Jow | HP #11 Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2010 | |
| Just made it before dark. long day of driving. summitted in sandals take that sunflower | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2010 2:47 pm | ||
| Winex | Flat Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| Kansas is flat | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2010 6:27 pm | ||
| xDoogiex | HP #14 Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010 | |
| It was a close one. We managed to just survive getting mauled to death by man eatting mad cows. i shall never forget the look in there eyes. That was only the beginning. After we a few pitches up the deadly north face a freak midwest electric ice storm blew in. we had to bivy for like 3 and a half mins before pushing onto the summit. the winds were at a roaring 5 miles an hour. we were almost blown off except hotoven was able to build an anchor on the the metal sunflower sculpture. once on top there was a rogue cow looking for trouble and flying bugs that tried to drain us of our blood and our lives. oh mt. sunflower, i shall never forget thee. some of the most scenic views our eyes have ever gazed upon. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2010 12:25 am | ||
| Hotoven | great view off cows... Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010 | |
| Saw some cows and made some breakfast soup. We had gotten here after a night drive from Nebraska's high point. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2010 3:45 pm | ||
| argothor | Kansas high point Date Climbed: May 12, 2010 | |
| The hardest thing about doing this "peak" is finding it, and that wasn't very difficult. | |
| Posted May 31, 2010 8:25 pm | ||
| kteichert | HP #7 Date Climbed: May 25, 2010 | |
| Absolutely perfect day. Thunderclouds just overhead and to the east, and sun setting in the West. Grateful for the Harold Family that they let us enjoy this "summit". | |
| Posted May 26, 2010 12:58 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Mt Sunflower Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2009 | |
| Fun detour on the Xmas drive to Indiana | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2010 12:01 pm | ||
| IHaveArrived | HP #20 Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2010 | |
| Stopped by on my way home from Colorado. Beautiful day for midwinter. 50 degree weather and sun. I found the open grassland of this highpoint in complete contrast to the Rocky Mountains but quite beautiful. | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2010 12:13 am | ||
| Cortez | Splendid Isolation Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2010 | |
| This was a truly remarkable place. The shades of color on the winter plains were in constant flux, changing with the motions of the clouds. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2010 9:11 pm | ||
| highlandvillager | The animals like it Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2009 | |
| After flying into Denver, we detoured east to visit the Kansas highpoint before heading back west to Leadville and Mount Elbert. It looked like some deer had bedded down the night before in the tall grass around the monument, and some cows had made a special effort to poop near the picnic table. HP23 | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2009 12:02 am | ||
| BadgerSummitSeeker | HP # 13 Date Climbed: May 21, 2009 | |
| Believe it or not but of my 13 HPs this might be about my 5th favorite or so. Not because there were any lofty views but I really enjoyed the long views over the sloping land. The isolation is the best part. If you're still and listen you can only hear the wind. So relaxing. The surrounding area isn't as flat as people make it sound. If you take the approach road from the south it's a hilly up & down drive until just before you reach the HP. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2009 7:21 pm | ||
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| xDoogiex | Re: HP # 13 | |
| agree to all of it | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2010 1:04 am | ||
| PhenomenalWoman | Nice stop along the way Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| On the way to Colorado we took a detour from I70 to hit the Kansas high point. Nice day, sunny and breezy. Had some lunch and chatted with ham radio enthusiasts as they set up camp to talk to climbers hitting the nearby 14ers. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2009 9:30 pm | ||
| mountainloverCO | In the midde of nowhere Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| After a stiff 10m hike to the top of this lofty summit, we summitted around 9AM MST and spent 20 minutes enjoying the summit register, quirky sunflower monument, and the vast, expansive views of the Great Plains. A unique beauty for sure. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2009 8:39 pm | ||
| Eleutheros | Hot and Sunny! Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Sweeping vistas of the surrounding fields for over 10 miles in most directions (except southwest). Ham radio fanatics preparing for a hamfest with climbers in Colorado's front range. Walked across the gravel rounabout to the summit. Had a beer and some lunch at the picnic table. Woohoo! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 5:37 pm | ||
| SierraGrace | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| We drove. I nursed at the summit. It was a new nursing-altitude record for me. | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2009 1:00 am | ||
| osatrik | #29 SHP Date Climbed: Dec 12, 1987 | |
| While moving from Chicago to Seattle, we drove across the county and stopped here as our two-plus year blitz of state highpoints drew to a close. It was our 29th state highpoint in 27 months. Our move from United Air Lines to Boeing marked the end of our quick and cheap travel around the US and thus the continuation of the project was at a pace of more like 1 per year rather than one per month. I completed my 49 state high points. in June, 2009. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2009 2:33 pm | ||
| skinnywhitecomic | HP #18 Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2009 | |
| Very easy to find, and easy to drive up to, especially if you have a Hummer! HP #18! | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2009 5:07 pm | ||
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