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MadGrad96 - Nov 1, 2013 8:16 am
Bells traverseMaroon Bells traverse (unofficial 14er finishers--all but Culebra)
Daria - Jul 29, 2013 2:20 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2013
Maroon Bells traverse-south to northTraverse from South to North Maroon Bell free solo. Very fun climbing!!! Monstrous peaks with the elevation rise. Amazing views of them from the lake, too.
Hyadventure - Jul 11, 2013 4:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2013
Second of 7Meet running Jesus as he descended the standard route.
mtneering - Mar 20, 2013 5:34 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2012
scrambleand exposed my favorite
Fletch - Dec 28, 2012 5:04 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2012
building trailsran up this afterwards...
MarkDidier - Oct 24, 2012 8:48 pm Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2012
A Long Time ComingHad wanted to give this peak a try for several years. This year it finally worked out. We had great weather, and only two other people on the mountain.
milan - Oct 21, 2012 5:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2012
First Class 4Great trip, it was fun all the way up and the chimney was great.
Scott - Aug 19, 2012 10:49 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012
North MaroonI climbed the traverse North Maroon to South Maroon with my 10 year old son.
A full trip report is below:
Trip Report
Kessler - Aug 19, 2012 10:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2012
North MaroonClimbed the traverse between North Maroon and South Maroon with my dad.
Matt Lemke - Jul 11, 2012 11:00 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2012
Nice climbWith Josh...Fun scramble with great views.
Josh Lewis - Jul 11, 2012 3:36 am Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2012
Standard RouteA decent scramble. Sleeping Sexton later that day made the trip a lot more of a challenge.
Diggler - Jun 30, 2012 10:49 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2012
Last of the Elk 14ersStarted out from the TH @ 5.16 with Faith & Rich. The closer one gets the more reasonable the route (SE ridge; standard) looks. Summited 11.31; :58 from the traverse/bottom of the 2nd gully to the summit. Summited @ 11.31. Clouds all over but none too threatening. Left summit @ 12.33. Down by 17.31. Tremendous views, esp. of Maroon (duh), & Capitol & Snowmass. Loved the way the route went from hiking to steep hiking to scrambling to the steepest climbing on the ridge crest to the summit- classic! Wonderful day on an extremely enjoyable route on a classic peak. Missed you at the summit, bro- there will be others!
Kristin5berry - Jun 13, 2012 6:04 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2012
There's only one North MaroonWow, that was as exposed as they say!
Mooner - Jun 1, 2012 6:48 pm
Up I go5/31/12 via Bells Cord with the Traverse to and from Maroon Peak
xpda - Oct 29, 2011 1:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 1996
North Maroonwith Serge
Ted Eliason - Oct 13, 2011 7:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009
Favorite 14erA great day with goat escort from base to summit. Good to return after getting snowed off in late September.
cftbq - Aug 29, 2011 6:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2011
Standard NE routeA long and very difficult climb! Ranked or not, this is a challenging climb worthy of any serious mountaineer. We waited out a passing storm, making a 14-hour day. No route description can do justice to the complexity of this mountain.
Pete Castricone - Aug 23, 2011 2:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
via traverseAnother traverse with Goldielocks.
ripper333 - Aug 22, 2011 12:10 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
traverse S to Nbeautiful day in the elks.. climbed with pete.. surprising escaped weather most of day but moved quickly nonetheless..
zoomloco - Jul 16, 2011 4:50 pm
4th classic traverseI think n maroon has the hardest standard route of any CO 14er. little bear capitol blah blah, n maroon has many more class 4 sections. did the traverse unroped but every other party climbing only the N peak brought a rope. the traverse is definitely classic, with a lot of options...(a far) second only to blanca traverse in quality