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| astrobassman | Favorite Indian Peak  | |
| Ascended Navajo Snowfield, then the west chimney, decended the airplane gulley. What an awesome day. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2008 4:19 pm | ||
| MikeyB | Navajo snowfield/west chimney Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| Climbed up the snowfield/west chimney to reach the summit with the intent to continue over to Apache. However, approaching storm clouds changed my mind and thus descended the Airplane gully for a fun round trip of Navajo. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 11:26 am | ||
| shknbke | via west chimney/Navajo snowfield Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| A fine day via Navajo snowfield, traverse to Apache, up west chimney. Added Niwot Ridge for a nice loop. See TR. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 9:55 am | ||
| slowpoke | Via Airplane Gully Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Fun climb. Summit was shrouded in clouds though which was kind of a bummer. Will have to go back and maybe do the snowfield or something. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 6:37 pm | ||
| peakrat76 | West Chimney Date Climbed: Jul 8, 1973 | |
| My first "big" Colorado Peak. Bivvied at the foot of the glacier. A great climb. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:32 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | 3x: West Chimney (2x), Navajo Snowfield & North Face Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2005 | |
| 8/28/05 - Traversed ridge from Apache. Navajo's West Chimney rocks! Such a fun, classic chimney with wild exposure below. Descended Airplane Gully - loose talus isn't so great but the airplane wreckage is definately worth seeing. 8/2/08 - 2nd trip, this time via Navajo Snowfield (which was still in good snow climbing shape, not icy) and the North Face. Also climbed Dickers Peck and Niwot Ridge before heading down Airplane Gully. 6/21/10 - Traversed from Apache and climbed up the delightful West Chimney (with a bit of snow and ice). Above the namesake 4th class chimney we climbed a fun low 5th class chimney system that I'd explored on the previous trip. Great scramble, always is, always will be. | |
| Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:02 am | ||
| utclimber | North Ridge | |
| Climbed via the North Ridge. | ||
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 12:05 am | ||
| heather14 | Via Niwot Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2007 | |
| Traversed Niwot Ridge to Niwot Peak, then to Navajo. Started down the gully, but didn't have our snow/ice gear so had to climb back up and across the ridge. A great day! | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2007 3:16 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | west chimney Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2007 | |
| memorable west chimney climb with jamie nellis. frequent patches of snow and ice forced us to constantly evaluate what was/wasn't acceptable to have a safe climb. very enjoyable! jamie | |
| Posted Oct 7, 2007 5:59 pm | ||
| mow10 | Nice view Date Climbed: Oct 4, 1998 | |
| This is a nice summit to achieve in the center of the Indian Peaks. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2007 12:22 am | ||
| boisedoc | Great summits Date Climbed: Jul 10, 1988 | |
| One of the great Colorado summits. Cut up my hand on a fall in Airplane Gully- wish I had known about trekking poles back then. | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 5:34 am | ||
| roozers42 | Route Climbed: Airplane Gully Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Traversed to Niwot Ridge and down a gully to get back to the unnamed lake. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:06 pm | ||
| wlloyd | West Chimney | |
| Reversed route down chimney & snowfield for descent. Had to downclimb the Navajo snowfield quickly due to approaching storms. Would like to go back and climb the N. Face sometime, | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2006 6:43 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | Route Climbed: Airplane Gully Date Climbed: May 1971 | |
| I've summited twice since my first visit, once from Apache via the connecting ridge and up the West Chimney. | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2006 2:07 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: North Ridge Date Climbed: July '03 | |
| Pretty simple climb. 4th class. Need to cross an easy snow field. I didn't take crampons and just chopped steps. The actual summit is only 4th class. Fun solo climb. Descent route sucks. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 9:24 pm | ||
| mntnplay | Route Climbed: Airplane Gully Date Climbed: 2 October 2005 | |
| Sunny and warm on the trail, but cold up high, with conditions exacerbated by very high winds. Can you say the phrase "biting spindrift" as your cheeks get wrapped around your ear lobes? Ascended the frozen couloir on thin, slippery snow. We were glad that most of the otherwise loose rocks were glued in place. Topped out via SE chimney on snow and a little ice. 5:00 up. Rapped the chimney with 30m to avoid slippery downclimb. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 11:55 am | ||
| rockcairn | Route Climbed: Airplane Gully Date Climbed: September 17, 2005 | |
| Sunny all day, with some high gusty winds while going up the gully; which made going by the airplane wreck eery as is sounded like it was trying to take off once again. There must have been some snow fall up there in the past couple days as the gully and summit was sprinkled with snow, most of which was melting quite fast by that afternoon. Glad to have gone up and down with gully without anyone ahead or below me. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2005 10:18 am | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: Airplane Gully Date Climbed: September 10, 2005 | |
| A beautiful day in the IPW - that is once all the clouds were cleared out by the high winds!! We waited for the clouds to clear out and it was worth the wait. We had a spectacular fall day. Great visibility from the summit and a fun climb up the chimney. | |
| Posted Sep 11, 2005 3:17 pm | ||
| ajdonner | Route Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| This was my second alpine rock climb. Super fun-similar to the north ridge of Toll, some fun climbing between sections of scrambling. Several fun variations to the summit block- worth playing around on if the weather is holding. The loose descent down Airplane Gully is worth forgetting aside from the wreckage itself-something somber to reflect on as you curse the ground slipping out from underneath oneself. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2005 11:58 pm | ||
| umbra alta | Route Climbed: Navajo Snowfield Date Climbed: October 2003 | |
| This route almost killed me. Our attempt was late in the season, when the snowfield was down to alpine ice in many spots. A loose crampon and a shitty grip on my axe sent me sliding several hundred feet. The only thing that saved me was a desperate decision to dig in my frontpoints as a last ditch effort to stop. The resulting tumble changed my trajectory just enough to land me in the only patch of soft snow amongst dozens of huge boulders. Pure dumb luck. I had a puncture wound in my calf and a high ankle sprain that took months to recover from, but I'd trade that any day for knowing what it sounded like to break both my legs. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 6:07 pm | ||
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