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| myrone | South Maroon via Maroon Lake TH  Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009 | |
| Started up at 4:45AM and reached summit via south ridge route with several new friends at 11:31AM . Headed back down at 12:00 noon and back to the TH at 5:45PM. My 48th 14'er with perfect weather all day long....sweet! | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 2:40 pm | ||
| cftbq | South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| Camped overnight at the bent tree to shorten this route. The Hill of Death is unrelenting, and god-awful loose; actually worse coming down. Swung wide to the left to minimize the slope and enjoy more of the ridge. 10 hrs. RT with some 40 min. on the top in flawless summer sunshine. Route finding is challenging. Gullies are loose and crappy. Actual rock climbing and ridge walking is outstanding. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2009 1:55 am | ||
| noahs213 | One Traumatic Experience Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2009 | |
| Horrible luck. Planned the traverse. Perfect weather turned into a whiteout and thunder on the middle of it. Long story short. Me and my climbing partner had to get rescued out by the Aspen Mountain Rescue. Will post a TR soon. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 5:19 am | ||
| Liba Hardekopf | with my dog | |
| Started late from Maroon Lake parking lot (11:30), and ran the first section (until the bend tree). Was completely alone on the trail (midweek), and my dog got bloody paws from the sharp rock. Would recommend to find a partner for climbing... Duchess was truly amazing (getting close to completing all fourteeners. I did not take her on Pyramid). | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2009 11:58 pm | ||
| jrf | South Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008 | |
| 11.5 hours to do South Maroon. We elected not to do the traverse. We did have perfect September weather all day. The descent back down to the valley was brutal on the knees. | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2009 12:01 am | ||
| COhawkeye | South Ridge and Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Slog up the slope but worth it once the traverse began. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 1:46 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | South Ridge Standard Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| I loved the walk in, I loved the climbing. Maroon is plesantly solid and has a character all its own, very much unlike North Maroon or Pyramid. I HATED the great slope, which ruins this otherwise wonderful route for me. You can read about our climb in deatil here: A Young Man's Game. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2008 2:58 pm | ||
| ajfraser | brutal bell cord Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| I would normally never attempt a snow climb this late in the summer, but after some reconnaissance we found that last winter's epic snowpack was still holding deep and strong into August. With a 3 a.m. start we found the snow to be plenty hard up until the last 100 meters to the saddle as the sunrise began the thaw. That being said, there were a couple sketchy snow bridges to circumnavigate from underlying meltwater hollowing tunnels and 3 or more short sections where late thaw left 15 foot crux pitches of 60+ degrees. Very hands on and sustained. A very long and demanding couloir, but outstanding. Final rock scramble to S. summit was enjoyable, and a relief to finally shed the crampons. Descent of Maroon's east slope is every bit as brutal as described. Knees will be screaming at the bottom. Brilliant day. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2008 12:27 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Maroon Peak is a great mountain indeed. A little brutal on the way down otherwise it might rank in my top 5 ever. Once you gained the south ridge - the climbing was fun! And the route finding made it challenging as well - never a dull moment all the way to the top. I would have liked to enjoy the summit a bit more but we knew it would a long climb back down. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 11:13 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| A fun scramble, it's all relative but I thought it was more fun than challenging. Bumped into this guy Aaron (also solo) and we decided to climb to the top together. Very high!! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2008 1:48 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Long Day Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| This was my third climb of Maroon. It was a very long day, starting and ending in the dark. We did the standard route. I left some skin from my hands behind on a rock that relocated when I grabbed it. My second climb was on 7-24-99 | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2008 5:53 pm | ||
| hhsilleck | Route climbed: Bell Cord Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008 | |
| Perfect conditions on the snow, but still some worrying rockfall. Really fun snow climb and a neat summit. With Derek Dalton. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2008 6:28 pm | ||
| s_tuning@msn.com | Bell Cord Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008 | |
| Long day... Thunderstorms started about 11am and kept up off and on all the way back to the TH at 1700. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2008 7:34 pm | ||
| vanhorne | bell cord Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |
| Perfect weather. Did the Traverse also. Getting down off North maroon was interesting due to the large amount of snow still covering the trail. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2008 2:14 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | Bell Cord Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008 | |
| Ben, Dan and I climbed the Bell Cord and traversed to the summit of Maroon Peak on a very warm day. We skied from just below the couloir, but not the whole thing becuase of poor snow conditions. We climbed the Bell Cord a week prior and traversed to N Maroon Pk. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2008 10:30 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | 2x, Memorable Summit Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2005 | |
| Two ascents via the standard route. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2008 11:06 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 1, 1992 | |
| This was my first climb of South Maroon. I did the standard South Ridge route. A friendly marmot tried to get in my pack. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2008 11:31 pm | ||
| tomlauren | Bells Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007 | |
| From camp at Crater Lake, climbed the South Ridge of South Maroon Peak, performed the traverse to North Maroon Peak, then descended North Maroon's Northeast Ridge back to camp with my friend Keith. Descending Maroon Peak for the start of the traverse was one of the sketchiest parts. Picture steep slabs covered in ball bearings. Slipped and cut my leg on that section - still have the scar five months later. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2008 10:15 pm | ||
| Peter Gram | Bells Traverse | |
| I climbed both Bells in a day, doing South Maroon first. The route finding wasn't too hard, and we left the rope in the pack all day. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2008 11:23 pm | ||
| MattGreene | Rang the Bells | |
| Found North Maroon and the traverse to be relatively easy. I rappelled once, not out of necessity, but more because I'd have hated to carry a rope and not use it. Surprisingly, descending South Maroon was the hard part. I must've been off route. There were cairns around me, but the grass was so steep and slick I felt like I needed a "grass axe" to stop myself if I fell. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 9:08 pm | ||
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