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| Darren9 | Wilderness Pursuits  | |
| My first time guiding a group in the mountains...a great trail and a great day. | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 12:16 am | ||
| odysseus | Nice Hike Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2007 | |
| Climbed from American Basin with Mountain Girl. Great views! | |
| Posted Oct 18, 2009 12:12 pm | ||
| JustinShapiro | Climbed from Grouse Gultch Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2009 | |
| Since we were camped by Animas Forks we decided to add another 3 miles to the hike up this mountain by taking the Grouse Gultch Trailhead. That was a mistake. Once you go up to the ridge at 13,090 you had to drop about 1000 feet into American Basin, then summit. Only take this route if your backpacking. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2009 4:25 pm | ||
| Tahawus | Handies Peak Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009 | |
| Climbed via the American Basin Route from the Lake San Cristobal Road. The flowers in the American Basin were astounding this time of year. The trail was in great shape although loose gravel made the final ascent to the summit a little more difficult. A great introductory hike to the San Juans. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2009 4:56 pm | ||
| Chad Couch | From Grizzly Gulch Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Ian from Grizzly Gulch after a long drive from Gunnison. A magnificent basin and a great day in the mountains. Loved it! | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2009 4:50 pm | ||
| Liba Hardekopf | from American Basin | |
| nice hike with my son, great fourteener for families with children. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 4:45 am | ||
| Midlife Mountaineer | American Basin! Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| Awesome day; camped at American Basin. Several nice glissades on the way down. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2009 3:09 am | ||
| strudolyubov | Tour de Handies Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2009 | |
| Hiked up Handies via Grizzly Gulch Trail. Continued on the E ridge to UN 13,795, descended to the lake at 12,323 feet. Nice weather, great views! | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2009 4:14 pm | ||
| BigRob | Grouse Gulch TH Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2009 | |
| 8.8 miles 5180 feet elevation gain/loss 7.5 hours CTC Snow traverse head of American Basin | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2009 12:54 am | ||
| sierrasclimber | Run it | |
| Quick run up the trail. Fun. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2009 10:33 pm | ||
| awillson | Handies Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007 | |
| Very beautiful climb on the non-standard route. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 12:04 am | ||
| Pablohoney | First 14er | |
| First 14er, quite some time ago | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 8:02 pm | ||
| byates | a quikie | |
| Did it from American Basin, nice little hike. Wild Flowers were lovely, August 2006 | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2008 11:13 pm | ||
| Athos791 | 1st 14er! Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| After arriving in CO on the 5th and booking it to the San Juans, we made a quick ascent of Handies Peak on the 6th of July. The hike was very enjoyable, and Sloan Lake was still frozen over! Views were the best of any peak i have ever stoop on top of. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2008 10:31 am | ||
| wbass | Grouse Gulch Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2008 | |
| What a wonderful, mostly sunny and quiet day to go on a long hike! For the most part, Grouse Gulch and American Basin trails stick to south facing slopes and were generally snow-free. Nothing but peaks as far as the eye can see! | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2008 10:51 am | ||
| Panthera uncia | What a view! Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| Hiked up Grizzly Gulch. Nice view of the San Juans!! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:38 pm | ||
| shknbke | repeat Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| Celebrated 14er #50 for Jim and Karen with a nice loop hike. Went up Grizzly Gulch, traversed over to Whitecross and bushwacked down to the Cinnamon Pass Rd from Whitecross. American Basin side has better views. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 9:48 am | ||
| HokieJim | Awesome views! Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| Great sunrise over Redcloud Peak on the hike up through Grizzly Gulch. Cold and windy on top, but some of the best views I've seen from a summit! | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2008 3:25 pm | ||
| ktiffany22 | CELEBRATION!!!! Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2008 | |
| #50!!!!! We had a fun celebration on the summit- great friends (thanks Kevin & Jeremy!), specially made t-shirts, mardi-gras beads, sparkling white grape juice in CO shot glasses, gummy bears, and a "50 bouquet!" It is SOOOO nice to finally be there! Loop hiked up Grizzly Gulch and down American Basin. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 2:22 am | ||
| jhodlof | Twice in 2 days Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008 | |
| I summited this twice in two days, and from both trailheads. I Backpacked up and over from Grizzly Gulch and then spent the night at Sloan Lake. The next day I hiked down to the American Basin 4wd trailhead before breaking camp and re-summiting with my lightened pack. I enjoyed both routes. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 10:10 pm | ||
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