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| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek and Iowa Gulch routes Date Climbed: July 23, 1983  | |
| In 1983 and again in 1988 I climbed from Leavick to the south ridge, by the "standard route". On Sept. 27, 1992 I started from high in Iowa Gulch, climbing Dyer Mtn by the SE Slopes route and continued ESE along the narrow ridge to Gemini (Class II). The walk south from Gemini to Sherman's summit is an easy stroll on a high plateau, with the summit in view the entire way. From the summit I continued south to the Sherman/Sheridan saddle, and then returned to the west from there along a lightly used trail along the northern side of this drainage (not on the maps) and some scree, where the trail had disappeared over the years. This is a nice tour that avoids most of the crowds and allows more summits to be climbed as well. | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2005 12:07 pm | ||
| Richrat | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek Trail Date Climbed: May 2003 | |
| The snow made it possible to slide down from the saddle. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2005 9:00 pm | ||
| Alex Wann | Route Climbed: Iowa Gulch Date Climbed: December 29, 2004 | |
| For me this trip was a first for many things. It was my first 14 thousand ft. peak, my first winter ascent, my first moonlight trek, and my first time climbing with an ice axe! And oh how sweet and intense this climb was. Even though I was exhausted at the end (mostly due to the stinking powder in the valley at the base of the peak) I know that I will be back for more. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2005 7:59 pm | ||
| DylanWann | Route Climbed: Iowa Gulch Date Climbed: December 29, 2004 | |
| What an awesome climb! Mt. Sherman is definitely a good beginning fourteener for novice climbers, especially in winter. I climbed Sherman with Wildman21, Alex Wann, and Trevor Simmons, and it was my first winter summit of a fourteener. We climbed it under a full moon and had a blast--not to mention the south ridge before the summit was wild to cross in the wind and driving snow. It was great. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2004 5:56 pm | ||
| WildMan21 | Route Climbed: Iowa Gulch Date Climbed: December 29, 2004 | |
| I climbed with Trevor Simmons, Alex Wann, and Dylan Wann. The climb was wonderful. The moonlit night climb was spectacular, and the final push to the summit was in near zero visibility in the driving snow. After leaving our camp at 1:00am, we finally reached the summit a couple hours before sunrise at 5:00am. Mount Sherman was a most rewarding climb. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2004 12:58 pm | ||
| Trevor Simmons | Route Climbed: Iowa Gulch Date Climbed: December 29, 2004 | |
| I climbed with Wildman21, Alex Wann, and Dylan Wann. We started climbing at 1:00 AM and summitted at 5:00 AM. Shortly after we reached the summit, extremely strong winds and snow made the moonlight trek down miserable. The climb was good, save post-holing and painful scree slogging. The summit ridge was very fun and rewarding, though! | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2004 10:52 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek Date Climbed: December 19, 2004 | |
| Yet another awesome day! Parked a mile shy of Leavick due to 8" of snow on the road and bad tires. Snowshoes and crampons weren't necessary, but were a plus in spots. Standard ascent up the ridge had significant, avalanche-looking-potential kinda snow on it so, we ascended closer to the summit where there was very little snow and much talus protruding through. Endured a headwind for most of the ascent, but nothing compared to the ridge. The ridge was unfairly windy and a few gusts had me fearing I might literally get blown off. Even with the wind, the day was perfect, cobalt blue skies and beautiful views as always! Oh yeah, and don't forget your gaitors...I did.... :( | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2004 2:10 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek 4WD Trailhead Date Climbed: August 28, 2002 | |
| From the four wheel drive trailhead this is a relatively easy fourteener with only one short narrow section that was a little sketchy due to high winds. Great views of Elbert and Massive to the west. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2004 9:49 pm | ||
| sisyphus | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: October 23, 2004 | |
| An exceedinly windy and cold day. It was very clear, however. The summit ridge was a little icy in parts, but nothing major. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2004 12:28 pm | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: Four Mile Date Climbed: June 26, 1999 | |
| Started from the Fourmile Creek 4WD and ascended the road past the mining ruins. Climbed up to the ridge and then to the large summit. A nice 4.5 hours day. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 10:54 am | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: Four Mile Date Climbed: August 15, 2003 | |
| My second time climbing this one from Four Mile was very quick - three hours. We were going to also climb Gemini Peak, but clouds moved in, although the weather started out very nice. Most of the folks on the summit were from out of state. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 8:39 am | ||
| bc44caesar | Route Climbed: Four Mile Date Climbed: 11 Oct 2004 | |
| Started from the gate - reached the summit after about 1hr 20min. Traversed over to Gemini then back down. The weather was pretty rough - extremely windy and cold with about 100 yard visibility, but by around 11:00 on my way down the clouds suddenly cleared and there was blue sky everywhere! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2004 8:42 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek Date Climbed: June 22, 2004 | |
| My 5th fourteener; awesome day! Got kind of mixed up with the fresh snow on the ground and all the intertwining dirt roads, but made it to the ridgeline and summit without problem. A calm day with fog hanging in the distant valleys. Beautiful! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2004 9:29 pm | ||
| scvanm | Route Climbed: Four Mile Creek Date Climbed: July 24th 2004 | |
| Great hike with my 9 year old son. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 11:26 pm | ||
| F Bomb | Route Climbed: Four Mile Creek Date Climbed: July 26, 2003 | |
| My second fourteener and my first in 2 years. Nice easy hike had a lot of energy when we got to the top so we went and did a couple of the nearby 13ers. (White Ridge maybe?) | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2004 2:16 pm | ||
| saintgrizzly | Route Climbed: From the west. Date Climbed: Late '70's | |
| One of Aaron's and I first 14-ers, so at the time it was nice. It's overshadowed, now, by others. I agree with Aaron--west route is better. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 8:28 pm | ||
| wayneaflick | Route Climbed: Four Mile Creek Date Climbed: July 24,2004 | |
| My son Troy, his wife Heather, Kolton & Kassidy, my grandkids, myself, Troy's friend Tom and his son Duston climbed today. It was first 14er for everyone but Tom, Troy & me. The day was cloudy and Sherman had a dusting of snow but the weather held pretty well. When we came down the ridge it got pretty cold with the wind and snow. The snow & cold only lasted about 10 minutes though. All in all, it was a good climb. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2004 11:28 pm | ||
| DukeJH | Route Climbed: Fairplay Side Date Climbed: July 11, 2004 | |
| A fairly easy hike with the exception of the numerous roads and trails around the mines in the basin. This one was my first solo although there were quite a few people on the mountain. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2004 1:38 pm | ||
| belexes | Route Climbed: Fourmile Creek Date Climbed: July 16, 2004 | |
| The hike started out fine, until I reached the Sherman-Sheridan saddle, where it became cloudy and very windy. The wind seemed to die down at the summit, where the views are very nice. Pretty easy despite the wind. Then from there, I hiked on over to the Gemini peaks. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2004 7:42 am | ||
| Speedy | Route Climbed: Sacramento Gulch Date Climbed: 07/11/04 | |
| Neat route. I'm getting more comfortable with the more obscure routes now that I know the mountains and understand topos better. Saw a lot of neat flora and fauna and no people til the summit. That was pretty neat. Bryan hit some quicksand like stuff on the way down that I thought was kind of funny...he didn't seem to share in the amusement! | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2004 8:39 pm | ||
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