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| altitude14er | Route Climbed: North Halfmoon Creek Approach Date Climbed: 10/18/2004  | |
| The winds were gusty but snow wasn't too bad, My climbing partner Mark was involved in a minor a slab avalanche but escaped unscathed | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 7:24 pm | ||
| Asphazell | Route Climbed: S. Halfmoon Date Climbed: October 2004 | |
| What made this climb interesting was the snow. Had a small slab release on the summit ridge after my partner had crossed over and I was halfway accross. Made for some interesting verbage and slip n' slidage. Was nice to see Elbert again, one of my first 14'ers. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2005 11:19 am | ||
| Ratballs | Route Climbed: Up Colorado Trail, down Mount Massive Trail Date Climbed: June, 2002 | |
| Got totally turned around from the get-go, ending up on the wrong trail, which I discovered when I could see Leadville from treeline. Still, it was a remarkably fun day on what is otherwise an unremarkable hump in the sky, or collection of humps. I bopped along the top from South Massive to North Massive, visiting all summits and sub-summits between. I believe I descended a scree-filled gulley and intersected the Mount Massive Trail for a quick trip down. Honestly, though, I probably wouldn't bother with Massive again. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 9:08 pm | ||
| pebblehopper | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 22, 2004 | |
| Nice climb!. Raced the thunderstorms down, but none the worse for the wear. View was great! | ||
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 4:03 pm | ||
| ungerfeld | Route Climbed: Willow Creek Date Climbed: January 16 2005 | |
| I turned around at 13,900 ft running out of time and strength in strong winds and poor visibility. To know more, see Scott's report below. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2005 7:41 am | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: Willow Creek (see trip report for details of our trip and route details) Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2005 | |
| All Summitpost winter trip. Two of us made it, two of us got very close-but didn't reach the summit (including me), and one still got up really high. Great trip and great company. TRIP REPORT. Will go again next winter to attempt entire traverse! | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2005 1:17 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: August 14, 1988 | |
| After a previous attempt on the east slopes route in September of the year before, when we had to turn back due to snow conditions above 13,500, we returned for the steep haul up the shorter route. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2005 11:32 am | ||
| Richrat | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trailhead Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| Due to trail repair, there was a slight detour on the trip. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2005 6:16 pm | ||
| hmronnow | Route Climbed: Mount Massive Trail from Half Moon Road Closure Date Climbed: 16th of January 2005 | |
| See Casey's description below | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2005 5:03 am | ||
| bc44caesar | Route Climbed: Mount Massive Trail from Half Moon Road Closure Date Climbed: 16 Jan 2005 | |
| Reached the summit with Henrik (hmronnow) as part of the all-SP team also including Scott Patterson, Emilio (ungerfeld) and Joel (photo61guy). Started from the road closure on Half Moon Road and headed west into the woods. After six and a half hours of tedious trail breaking through consistently knee-deep powder we had only covered 1600' and about three miles, making camp just below the Colorado Trail. While camp was being set up Henrik, Joel, and I helped break trail up to treeline to speed the next day's ascent. The next day the wind was strong above treeline, but Henrik and I made the summit in the clouds after 4.5 hrs. Joel turned around just below 13000' while Scott descended with a fatigued Emilio after nearly reaching the 13900' saddle. The descent to camp took only 2 hours and with a still-broken trail the descent to the car only took 1.5 hrs! A fantastic trip on a challenging climb with great partners! Now's the time to climb Massive though with a veritable highway to the top - hurry before the next snow!! | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2005 1:41 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: North Half Moon Creek Date Climbed: August 22, 2004 | |
| Had a great hike, but boy did we make it tougher than it should have been. Totally missed the "large rock cairn" marking the turn on the trail...not sure what we were looking at, 'cuz it was large and tough to miss! | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2004 3:41 pm | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: October 14, 2000 | |
| A very long day on this mountain. We missed the cairn so ended up hiking up the entire basin and climbing the scree slope to the ridge. We then had to traverse the ridge over the minor summit. Alot of wind at the top too! Spent over 9 hours on this mountain, which would have been quicker had we turned at the cairn. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 8:57 am | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Tour du Massive Date Climbed: September 18, 2004 | |
| Took the standard route to the main summit of Massive. Then skirted below the summit of Massive Green and hit North Massive and Point 14,169. Came back to Summit Massive Green and back over the main summit of Massive. Finally summited South Massive. This was a very long intense day and was fun to do Massive again. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2004 11:14 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Tour de Massive Date Climbed: July 5, 2004 | |
| My 7th Fourteener. (+North Massive+Massive Green+South Massive). Great fun and first experience in the beautiful Sawatch Range! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2004 9:37 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: east slopes Date Climbed: July 1972 | |
| Climbed with Sarge (dog) and dad. Best scree descent I can remember. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2004 6:37 pm | ||
| MelM | Route Climbed: Main Range Trail/East Slopes Date Climbed: September 6, 2004 | |
| Only a dusting of snow on the mountain (if even that much). Easy hike below treeline and just above treeline...then the fun starts. Gain a lot of vertical in just over a mile. We were discouraged by the summit ridge at first, but it was only light scrambling. The most incredible views! We started too late and just made it back before dark, as we underestimated the decent. Start early! Third time was a charm for me! Had to turn around twice before due to weather and a chest cold. Oh yeah, saw a herd of approx. 10 deer on the trail. A good omen! My friend ran out of water on the way down, but was able to filter some from a stream just below treeline. | ||
| Posted Sep 7, 2004 6:49 pm | ||
| pennibocker | Route Climbed: Traditional route from the East Date Climbed: June 12, 2004 | |
| This mountain is more impressive that its counterpart immediately south. A great day all in all. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2004 2:21 pm | ||
| F Bomb | Route Climbed: Standard (Mt. Massive Trail) Date Climbed: August 22, 2004 | |
| Got a late start at 6:30 summitted about 10:45. Was snowing pretty good. Heard thunder as we were leaving the summit about 11:00. Booked down to treeline where it rained on us the rest of the way. Great long hike. Amazing views from the entire ridgeline. | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2004 12:05 pm | ||
| pusdkq6ee | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trailhead ( near north Mt. Elbert Trailhead ) Date Climbed: 8-14-04 | |
| It was a easy hike belowe the treeline. It was a little hard above the treeline but I did make to the summit. It has a beautifull view. I enjoyed it a lot. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2004 3:39 pm | ||
| colint | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| This route is long and crowded. The mountain is impressive, though. I would like to try some of the harder, shorter routes in the future. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 3:15 pm | ||
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