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| shanahan96 | Four Beauties | |
| Aug 3, 2003- long, long longs hike. 15 miles with the crowds. next time i'll do the north face during the winter. still a pleasant route June 29, 2008- up the interesting north face(cables). enjoyable alpine challenge, can't wait to try this baby in winter! Mar 14, 2009- winter summit via the trough with jamie and layne. bluebird dry with great, compacted snow in the trough from top to bottom. #30/100 and the finish of the front range 14ers in calendar winter! June 20, 2009- climbed the notch couloir with dominic. broadway wasn't that bad and views were first rate behind us in the couloir! jamie | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 4:12 pm | ||
| Chad Couch | Route Climbed: Keyhole Route Date Climbed: August 11, 2005  | |
| Left trailhead at 3:10 a.m. in a foreboding misting rain. Sky had cleared by the time we reached the Boulderfield. Homestretch was pretty wet in a few places, but only complicated things minimally. Summitted at 9:25. Back to car at 2:45 p.m. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2005 5:50 pm | ||
| hoopyfrood | Route Climbed: The Keyhole Date Climbed: August 6, 2005 | |
| Beautiful sunrise, perfect weather, great friends... I couldn't ask for a better day! | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2005 4:14 pm | ||
| druwdowns | Route Climbed: Keyhole Route Date Climbed: July, 27, 2005 | |
| Bagged the peak with my 67 year old dad. A day dreams are made of! | ||
| Posted Aug 10, 2005 3:39 pm | ||
| cornfed97 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: August 3rd, 2005 | |
| Sweet hike. Started at 0200 and finished at 1440, not bad for a flatlander. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2005 3:18 pm | ||
| myrone | Route Climbed: The Keyhole Route Date Climbed: Saturday August 6, 2005 | |
| Started up with my buddy Kevin at 2:50AM with bright stars and lots of people. Headlamps all the way to the Boulder Field and then a beauitful sunrise at the Keyhole. On up the "Bull's-eye" route with groups of others, summited at 8:05. Took in the spectacular views all-around, signed the summit log, and headed back down at 9:05. Back to the trailhead at 1:55PM, my 16th 14'er, what a great day on this great mountain with perfect weather. Sweet!! | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2005 1:05 pm | ||
| Alan Fiolkoski | Route Climbed: Old Cable Route-Keyhole Date Climbed: June/July 78-79-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98 | |
| Great mountain with many experiences. Looking forward to climbing many more times. | ||
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:40 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Keiners, descent via the North Face Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 | |
| A 24 hour climb with Gerber and Danforth. I plan to write a trip report when and if I recover. We'll see... | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:28 pm | ||
| CharlesD | Route Climbed: Keiners with descent of North Face Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 (all of it) | |
| A splendid, marathon climb with pksander and Chris Gerber. Lambs Slide was rock-hard snow and quite dangerous. Broadway was quite mellow and spectacular. The technical pitches were pretty easy once you got the route right. For various reasons, the route took a lot longer than expected, and we summitted at 4:30 pm. Descent via the North Face was tortuous and annoying. At four hours, I have trouble believing that it's the shortest way down! A three-hour death march under spectacular stars got us to the car at midnight. Long but affirming trip. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 11:40 pm | ||
| Joe and Erica | Route Climbed: Keyhole Route Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 | |
| My 18 year old daughter asked to climb Long's Peak for her High School graduation gift. I was more than happy to oblige! This was an great experience as father and daughter summitted this mountain at 8:20 a.m. The view was incredible, the experience fulfilling, but climbing with my daughter was the best part of all. This is probably just the beginning as we are already talking and dreaming of other conquests! | ||
| Posted Aug 1, 2005 10:26 am | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Kieners Route, w/ descent of North Face Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 | |
| Did this with Peter (pksander) and CharlesD yesterday. This was quite a long day, but super fun and with great company. It's been 11 years (almost to the day) since I did Kieners the first time, and it was just as cool as I remembered it. Pictures are posted here, if anyone is curious about route conditions: Kieners Photos | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2005 2:42 pm | ||
| haytraci | Route Climbed: The Keyhole Date Climbed: May 2003 | |
| One of my first few 14ers, but the most intense thus far. It was my introduction to exposure and, although it wasn't exactly difficult, it was definitely mentally trying. Loved it...but what's not to love? | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 6:02 pm | ||
| eggheadsherpa | Route Climbed: Keyhole Route Date Climbed: July 25, 2005 | |
| Beautiful mountain, the surrounding area was covered in a mist as well. Rocks towards the top are slick due to heavy use. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2005 4:04 pm | ||
| kheatwol | Route Climbed: Lambs Slide to the Loft then Summit Date Climbed: 7/21/05 | |
| First Summit of Longs! Really enjoyed the snow climb up Lambs Slide. Route is still in excellent condition! | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2005 1:00 pm | ||
| lpollock | Route Climbed: Keyhole Ridge Date Climbed: July 24, 2005 | |
| A very appropriately named peak (whether intentional or not). Very long. But very amazing as well. Incredible views of Rocky Mountain NP. We didn't think we'd have a chance with the weather forecast, but turned out to be pretty decent. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 7:00 pm | ||
| bdgantt | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July 23, 2005 | |
| The Ledges and the Narrows are completely dry. The first 2/3rds of the Trough is free of snow and ice, but there are some damp spots. About 2/3rds of the way up the Trough is a large slab of ice and snow. The slab can be avoided completely and safely by keeping to the left. I saw a few small patches of snow on the Homestretch Some of the chutes were wet, but I saw nothing dangerous. The weather was beautiful, and there had to be at least 100 people who made it. | ||
| Posted Jul 23, 2005 11:40 pm | ||
| climber46 | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: July 21, 2003 | |
| Longs Peak was so spectacular that I will likely return here sometime. It was a very difficult climb because I was dealing with fatigue due to the altitude, yet at the same time I had to be careful that I did not fall in the scrambling areas such as the Trough or the Narrows. I saw a marmot in the narrows and got a close-up photo of it! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 9:07 pm | ||
| LS | Route Climbed: Keyhole (normal) Date Climbed: 12 Jul 2001 | |
| See my trip report and pictures here: http://distantpeak.com/web/mountains/n-america/longs_peak | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 3:25 am | ||
| CWFry | Route Climbed: Keyhole Date Climbed: September 2003 | |
| Started as a hike to Chasm, weather held, so I summited. Great day. The Narrows provides a nice intro to exposure for those seeking to up the ante. Feb. 12, 2006: summit via Keyhole. Fun intro to using my new crampons! Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2005 5:02 pm | ||
| lilmantis | Route Climbed: the North Face Date Climbed: 5/23/05 | |
| There was still alot of snow on the route, enough that we did'nt rope up. It was a beatiful day until decent when the T-Storms came in. I think I got a record decent time! This was my 2nd Longs summit. My first was in September last year but this trip was alot more fun! | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2005 12:12 am | ||
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