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| ctruscot | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive trial Date Climbed: November 2, 2001  | |
| Had an itch for one more 14er since my excursion to Long's Peak in September was cancelled to snow. Went on a Friday with a friend. Slept in our cars and it was freezing when we got up. We had sunshine and blue sky all day. Real beautiful trail but a long one. Snow on the ground and sometimes knee deep but never enough to pull out the snowhoes. Someone had gone up the day before and left some nice steps in the snow at the top. I would like to thank him/her. Only saw 2 other hikers as we were coming down | ||
| Posted Jun 5, 2002 12:34 pm | ||
| coloradoclimber | Route Climbed: 9.4 EC West Slopes Date Climbed: 7-10-98 | |
| awesome backpacking in the upper halfmoon lake area! | |
| Posted May 28, 2002 4:46 pm | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Northeast slopes Date Climbed: Aug 16 2001 | |
| First summit of Nolan's 14, less than 3 hours from Fish Hatchery but already most of the other runners are ahead of me. Down the west scree slopes an on to Elbert. | |
| Posted May 17, 2002 4:31 pm | ||
| jeffn | Route Climbed: Main Range TH Date Climbed: August 98 | |
| Much longer going down than up. | ||
| Posted Apr 3, 2002 7:32 pm | ||
| darinchadwick | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: August 1996 | |
| Hiked up Massive the day after Elbert. After all the crowds on Elbert, it was weird to have the whole mountain to myself. Never saw anyone the whole day. A massive T-storm kept me from lingering on the summit. I raced it back down, and it struck while I was at about 12,500 feet, so I guess I beat it. This mountain is called Massive for a reason, if I'm ever in CO in the winter, I know what ski-traverse I plan on trying. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2002 7:28 am | ||
| steve simmons | Route Climbed: from the east Date Climbed: august 16th, '01 | |
| morning summit, 9:00, good conditions, chilly and windy | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2002 4:19 pm | ||
| nader | Route Climbed: Colorado/Main Range Trailhead Date Climbed: July 1997 | |
| Long Hike, Bad Knee, Great Time | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2001 4:17 pm | ||
| Zeke | Route Climbed: Halfmoon Date Climbed: Aug. 2000 | |
| Climbed this one w/my two buddies who bickered all day about who was the best at EVERYTHING.... Best part was they got into a shouting match at the bottom, made for a fun ride home! HA! Talk about your long days.. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2001 11:55 am | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Halfmoon Trailhead Date Climbed: November 11, 2001 | |
| Left Aurora at around 5:30am and began hiking at 7:45am. Should've gotten an earlier start for this time of the year. A little more than half way up I ran into some untracked snow that was pretty deep in places and this slowed me down quite a bit. Took me about 6 hours to make it to the summit and another 4 to get back to the car. Definately going to buy some gaiters for my next snowy hike. This was the most difficult 14er I've climbed so far mostly due to the amount of snow I encountered. Not a very technical climb just long. This was the first 14er for my dog Chelsea. She and I were the only ones on the summit except one other guy this particular day. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2001 12:29 am | ||
| Marmot Murmer | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: August 18, 2001 | |
| Delayed because of the Leadville Trail 100 (running), we didn't hit the trailhead until 10 a.m. We were concerned about the late start, but there wasn't a cloud in the sky. We summited at 3 p.m. very much exhuasted. The view made me forget about how tired I was..absolutely amazing!!! If you hike this mountain, don't get discouraged at treeline when you see how far you have to go...it goes quickly! The clouds started to form around 4 p.m. out of nowhere and, luckily, we were only sprinkled on the last hour of the hike back to the trailhead. You don't realize what a long hike it is until the way down! This hike is highly recommended! | ||
| Posted Sep 24, 2001 2:31 pm | ||
| SwenGolly | Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: 8-31-01 | |
| A day after climbing Bierstadt, this flatlander Hoosier and Colorado College student son were thrilled by the solitude of Massive. We took two leisurely days, camping just below treeline. An early start the next day yielded one of the most beautiful sunrises you'll ever see, but it was snowing pretty good by the time we reached the top, resulting in summit photos awash in white. This was 14er No. 3. If my son goes on the 50-year plan to get through college, I might get 'em all. | ||
| Posted Sep 3, 2001 8:24 pm | ||
| mwalker2 | Route Climbed: Mt Massive Trail Date Climbed: 9/1/01 | |
| Another solo hike - mixed weather and a nasty hailstorm to top it off. I was alone at the top - a brief pause in the crowd of hikers that day. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2001 6:01 pm | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Halfmoon Trailhead Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| Did this one at night.....what a view. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2001 3:38 pm | ||
| Peter Eliassen | Route Climbed: From SW Trailhead Date Climbed: 9/10/00 | |
| Wonderful hike, although the scree scramble on the western side below N. Massive is pretty sketchy. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2001 11:23 am | ||
| climbcolorado | Route Climbed: Southwest Slope | |
| This is the shortest route on Massive but it is steep and can involve some steep snow climbing in spring. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2001 9:53 am | ||
| jratk | Route Climbed: can't remember Date Climbed: July 1999 | |
| The first 14er I took my dog up. Made it a two day trip setting up camp near the trail head. Unusually hot day at the summit. My 7th mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2001 11:30 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: September 18, 2000 | |
| Mt. Massive was the fourth of six fourteeners that my friend Duane and I summitted in September 2000. The night before was the first bad weather of our trip, and we were temporarily afraid that we would have unfriendly conditions on the mountain. As it happened, the snow that had collected on the upper slopes overnight was mostly gone by the time we arrived at that elevation. We followed the trail to the south ridge, then hiked the ridge to the summit. It ended up being a terrific day. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2001 7:23 pm | ||
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