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| jeffrawn | Ouch!  Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2009 | |
| Standard route from South Colony Lakes. Temps in the 20's and wind gusts out of the SW up to 50-60mph. This was not much fun, although it was curiously fascinating to have the wind actually push me up as I climbed the final ridge. You can bet I stayed well-away from the north edge! Spent a long time getting the Jeep to the end of the road - one week before its closure. I think I might rather have hiked! | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2009 12:03 am | ||
| McCannster | Windy Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2009 | |
| Hiked Humboldt with 3 friends today. Started at the 4x4 TH at 8 am summited at 11:30 am, got back at 2 PM. Wanted to get a hike out of the TH before they closed it for good. The drive up the gnarly road was harder than the hike. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2009 10:31 pm | ||
| kilimanjaro1 | Cold Wind Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Did this one from the 4WD trailhead. Uneventful except for the brutally cold wind and bone shaking 4WD road. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 3:35 pm | ||
| pyerger | Humbolt | |
| Climbed this with friend Larry, and Nancy. Nice summit ridge. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 3:14 pm | ||
| sarah.simon | From South Colony TH Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Well, the tediousness of the 4x4 route nearly put me to sleep (5 miles an hour in 4 low...) but I enjoyed this hike. I was not feeling well for whatever reason and totally sucking wind starting with the climb to the saddle clear to the summit. But the weather held and we enjoyed the summit to ourselves and had pleasant weather for the outhike. Partners: Deb & Kevin. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2009 10:08 am | ||
| Liba Hardekopf | South Colony Traihlead | |
| Still a lot of snow. Beautiful hike with my dog. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 3:54 am | ||
| miztflip | From S Colony TH Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2009 | |
| Climbed 13,799 first from the 4X4 TH. 30-40 mph winds with lots of snow in the trees. A tree across the road on the way out resulted in a crushed middle finger but still a great trip. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 9:04 am | ||
| mattpayne11 | South Colony Road sucks Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007 | |
| Drove in from Colorado Springs, leaving at 3 AM. Started on the trail from the top of the road at 6 AM. A strenuous climb from the saddle, awesome views of the Crestones. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 12:57 am | ||
| Pablohoney | Standard route | |
| Summited a few years back. Fell in love with the Sangre de Cristos, Been back a few times, always something new to see. | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 8:23 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | East Ridge variation Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Jamie and Prakash, sort of a variation on the east ridge route. The road was so well packed out by snowmobiles that we stayed on it much farther and gained the east ridge closer to the SE gully. | |
| Posted Feb 9, 2009 10:22 am | ||
| shanahan96 | east ridge - winter Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2009 | |
| cruised the east ridge on a glorious winter day with mike and prakash. packed road and trail through the woods made this one much easier than ever expected! ~12 miles/5400' vertical in 10.5 hours roundtrip. #17/53 in calendar winter | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2009 8:55 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Standard route in summer, East Ridge in winter Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2005 | |
| 7/16/05 - Afternoon hike of standard route from camp at South Colony Lakes after climbing Crestone Needle in the morning. 2/1/09 - Winter ascent of the east ridge from 2WD parking lot. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2009 11:02 am | ||
| rfbolton | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2008 | |
| Picked this one off with Edward Earl after backpacking into South Colony Lakes that morning. We got lucky because the thunder was faint and far enough away that we didn't feel too threatened. Great view of the Crestones! | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2008 12:41 am | ||
| paisajeroamericano | Alexander von Humboldt? | |
| the sangre de cristos are pretty sweet - still lots of snow in late april - I twisted my knee postholing through the woods on the way down - cody made it - checked out the sand dunes and a cool frozen waterfall before leaving the area | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2008 1:00 am | ||
| lilmantis | Spontaneous to Westcliffe Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008 | |
| What a great day. The afternoon did bring a small storm but we never had any issues with lightning, which made my day considering all the run-ins I have had with it here in Colorado in the past. Climbed with my friend Stephers (after she had just done a 26 mile marathon) and got my ass kicked. Guess I better start running more? Nice to just take off to the Sangre's for a couple days at the last minute! | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2008 9:46 pm | ||
| rleclair | 6 PM Summit Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008 | |
| It's a rare event to be able to summit a 14er at 6 PM but when the conditions are perfect...why not? Met climbing partners Alan and Patrick at South Colony Lakes around 3:30 PM Saturday and was met with the question - what to do Humboldt? Conditions - both trail and weather - were perfect! We summited in 2 hours, spent 30 minutes on the summit, and then about 1.5 down for a hot dinner of dehydrated pasta. Great times! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2008 10:27 pm | ||
| shanrickv | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2008 | |
| Climbed in the early evening after climbing Crestone Needle in the morning. Had absolutely beautiful weather without a cloud in the sky. Enjoyed the sunset and put on head lamps for the last bit of the trail to camp. Overall, a great weekend in the Sangre de Cristos. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2008 5:12 pm | ||
| mountainloverCO | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008 | |
| The crux of this hike was probably driving up South Colony Lakes. A pretty nasty road, to say the least. Summitted on a cold, windy morning and encountered 2-3 inches of snow from the saddle all the way to the top, which was pretty weird for a mid-August outing (although CO weather never ceases to surprise me). Overall, a nice, easy hike with some of the most spectacular scenery in Colorado...seeing the view of the Crestones from Humbolt's ridge makes me very eager to climb the Needle at some point. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:49 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008 | |
| Hiked it after The Needle. Got down just before the noon showers showed up. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2008 8:07 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | 6th Peak in 24 hrs Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2008 | |
| My 43rd 14er. Humboldt should try a little harder to be awesome like all the peaks around it. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:04 pm | ||
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