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| John Styrnol | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: 5 Jul 2003  | |
| Myself and 3 others made the summit. This was an awesome hike. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2003 5:25 pm | ||
| Peak Freak | Route Climbed: Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: June 15, 2003 | |
| A delightful day with fellow Sp'ers Aaron & Ellen. Southwest Slopes is my kind of route. Short & straight up. The summit ridge was beautiful. Glissading down the amphitheatre by the West Couloir was a real treat! Thanks, guys! | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2003 12:40 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 15, 2003 | |
| West slopes - very long sustained steep climb up tundra. Climbed with my favorite climbing partner Aaron and fellow SPer Eileen from Vancouver. We had the summit to ourselves. Weather was perfect. We had a great time glissading down a very long snow field. We went very very fast and had a great time. I would climb Massive again via this route in early season. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2003 6:23 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 14, 2003 | |
| I returned to Massive for a 3rd time, doing the extremely steep but fun scramble up the West Slopes route. Man this route climbs fast! Descended down awesome snow fields in the massive amphitheater west of the Massive summits and hiked back down the gorgeous North Halfmoon Creek valley. This great climb on a wonderful day was done with two fellow SP members: my sweetheart Ellen and Eileen, all the way from Vancouver, Canada! Well done, you two! I thoroughly enjoyed this trip! I climbed the West Slopes on the 1st climb as I do not like long, meandering approaches. What a fun route! Steep for sure, but you gain your altitude quickly. We were on top in under three hours. We descended down a fabulous scree field directly from the summit into the basin adjacent Mt. Oklahoma (another great climb), then headed south, rejoining the trail. Excellent climb of Massive. I was deranged to do the East Slopes route the 2nd time, mainly out of curiosity. The large group I was with made it fun, but the route is too long for my tastes. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2003 7:04 pm | ||
| Speedy | Route Climbed: Massive TH Date Climbed: 9/6/02 | |
| Long hike, fun ridge walk, false summit, no summit register, and cold and windy on top. What a great day. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2003 1:58 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: West Slopes from Halfmoon TH Date Climbed: 1996 | |
| I'll always remember this hike because I freaked out and left my hiking poles behind because of an oncoming thunderstorm. I thought they would act like some lightning rod! I still get crap from my friend about that day. Ascended the backside of Massive, and summited North Massive, tagged Massive and descended via the standard east slopes. | |
| Posted May 27, 2003 6:59 pm | ||
| Diggler | Route Climbed: either Mt. Massive Direct or Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: summer, 1991(?) | |
| My 2nd 14er, climbed with my dad during a family trip up to Leadville one summer. We did it the day after climbing Elbert. Don't remember exactly which route, but know that we parked at the same place as for Elbert. We passed a Boy Scout Troop from Kansas, that we'd seen the day before as well (unfortunately, I don't think they made it up either day). The weather was great, and we had a great day. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2003 9:49 am | ||
| Grant | Route Climbed: tour de Massive Date Climbed: sept 3 2001 | |
| bagged four fourteen thousand foot pionts that day. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2003 10:18 pm | ||
| izzyvet | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail/East Slopes Date Climbed: June 28, 1998 | |
| Left Denver very early in the morning. Started at 6:15 am. Solo with my dog Roscoe, a huge Rodesian Ridgeback 14er dog! Got to the summit at 11:35 am. Lots of other folks on the summit and on the ridge to the summit. Great ridge hike!! Still lots of snow during this spring. Snow was quite slushy by the descent though. Back to car by 3:30 pm. Long, beautiful, very enjoyable hike. | ||
| Posted Feb 17, 2003 7:43 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 5, 2001 | |
| More like a trail hike than a mountain climb. Very easy dayhike to the top in just over 3 hours. Roundtrip in less than 5. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2002 4:37 pm | ||
| Hayesred | Route Climbed: southwest slope Date Climbed: July 1999 | |
| steep hiking trail but a moderate hike overall | ||
| Posted Oct 30, 2002 12:55 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: Colorado Main Range Date Climbed: September 3 2000 | |
| This mountain is Massive. It took us 7 hours roundtrip. Great hike. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2002 1:45 pm | ||
| cmccall | Route Climbed: Mt Massive trailhead Date Climbed: August 5 2002 | |
| A very long and tiring hike but worth it | ||
| Posted Oct 2, 2002 3:32 pm | ||
| ogonzoo | Route Climbed: Twin Moons Creek - kinda? Date Climbed: September 07, 2002 | |
| well, we lost the trail up to the summit. we ended up on the west side of massive in the northern most bowl. we could see the ridge and did not want to backtrack, so we scrambled up tons of loose rock and boulders for about 2 miles. it hurt, but felt great. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2002 9:41 pm | ||
| sisyphus | Route Climbed: Mount Massive Trailhead - East Slopes Date Climbed: August 23, 2002 | |
| A long hike to the top. The final ridge to the summit over a few false summits was fun. Got chased off the summit by some black clouds rolling in. Get an early start on this one. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2002 11:24 am | ||
| Bryan W | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail/East Slopes Date Climbed: 9/6/02 | |
| A nice long hike to the top. A massive undertaking. My second 14er! Followed the trail to the saddle between Massvie and South Massive. After that, the trail is sometimes hard to find as you scramble and bolder hop to the summit. There are a few small false summits after the saddle. Keep going and you will get there quicker than you think. No summit register however!!! We decided to just go right down the southeast face instead of going back to the saddle. Not too difficult of a descent. It was obvious that many people do this. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2002 1:53 pm | ||
| hasue | Route Climbed: west couloir Date Climbed: 8/5/02 | |
| Wonderful trail into the heart of the wilderness, camped in a glacial ampitheatre at 13,000 ft. Next morning was a steep scramble up a couloir that took us right to the very top! Tons of fun and a confidence builder! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2002 3:31 pm | ||
| kilimanjaro1 | Route Climbed: East Slopes from Mt Massive TH Date Climbed: july 15, 2002 | |
| A fun climb. First half was pretty tame and flat ... then some uphill and a bit of route finding over the rocks at the end. Overall a very fun climb. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2002 7:21 pm | ||
| Wildtrail | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: June 1999 | |
| I did Elbert (2nd time), Massive (2nd time), Holy Cross in four days. What a trip! | ||
| Posted Jun 28, 2002 3:10 pm | ||
| wayneaflick | Route Climbed: Colorado Main Range Trail (Halfmoon Trailhead) Date Climbed: August 13, 1994 | |
| My son Patrick and I climbed today along with his dog Casey. We didn't take enough water and regretted it. It's an easy climb but it's sure long. Patrick got a ticket at the summit for not having Casey on a leash. The Game Warden was waiting at the summit writing tickets left and right. $50 fine. We were tired when we reached the PU. Casey was so tired we had to lift her into the PU. She weighed about 75 pounds. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2002 11:10 pm | ||
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