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| vanny37 | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 16, 2005  | |
| Great day with Alan (alana) and Andy (Andy). Summited around 10am and started for North Maroon soon after! | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2005 11:49 am | ||
| Alan Arnette | Route Climbed: South to North Traverse Date Climbed: 16 July 2005 | |
| It was a nice day, perfect weather, little snow and wonderful climbing conditions with two great SP partners - Andy and Chris. We camped at Crater Lake and left for the South Bell at 3:30AM. After being route challenged for a while, we made the SE ridge and soon the South Bell summit around 10:00AM. It took a little under two hours to make the traverse and we summited the North Bell around noon. The down climb back to Crater took another 4 hours so all in all a 13 hour day. Andy is going to write up a trip report and so will I. We did not take ropes and found the majority of the climbing sections in the 4 range but several sections of the climb to the North Bell were clearly low 5's with major exposure. Trip report available off main North Maroon page | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 6:53 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July, 5, 2005 | |
| Attempt #2 within 3 days. Got better information and stayed on the standard route this time. Made it to the ridge, but found significant snow in a few places crossing the trail on the other side. The snow was questionable so, we went around as much as possible. Got within 0.16 mi of the summit (per GPS) when I got stopped by snow and a steep climb with a potentially deadly fall as the alternative. My partner made it, while I waited. This mountain cut and bruised my body, tested my patience, and ended my hiking relationship with my hiking partner, but I'll be back when the snow melts! :) | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2005 1:57 pm | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 3, 2005 | |
| Attempt #1: Lost the trail on the way up the ridge and ended up trying to get on the ridge too far North. Result, got boxed in, in a long gully. Backed out of the gully and headed further South, but it was too late in the day. Good call, about 3 hours later a storm came in. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2005 12:47 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: standard, i think... Date Climbed: early summer 97? | |
| Fun, exposed climb... and incredible views of the Elks! Traverse was a little on the funky side - watch yourself here! | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2005 3:35 pm | ||
| Larry V | Route Climbed: North to South traverse Date Climbed: early July 1997 | |
| A most memorable day. Lots of snow, but not on the ridge itself. Next to El Diente in snow, this was my most difficult climb. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2005 12:13 am | ||
| Rick F | Route Climbed: Bell Cord Coulior Date Climbed: June 16 2004 + many other times | |
| get up real real early for this one Sumited around 9 am Postholed down from 13 k or so met a nice gruop who even gave me a cold Fat Tire ! Thanks ! | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2004 5:27 pm | ||
| mt_daydream | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: August 31, 2003 | |
| Lots of route-finding. The climb was fun mainly due to the route-finding. A member of my team narrowly escaped from being hit by a tumbling rock dislodged by parties higher up. Make sure you wear your HARD HAT! It was raining the previous evening, but had perfect weather on the summit day. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2004 4:21 am | ||
| chuckallen | Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: June 28, 2001 | |
| After a 7 hour climb, three young friends and I reached Maroon's summit on a beautiful sunny day. We prepared a detailed photographic trip report of our climb in which we provide dozens of tips about the route, our equipment list and our conditioning program, and also information about access to the mountain, acclimatization, safety and the route itself. You can access the page at http://maroonclimb.com/ or by going to the link on the Trip Reports page for South Maroon Peak on this site. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2004 4:37 pm | ||
| coloradoiceclimber | Route Climbed: Bell Cord Couloir Date Climbed: 7/3/04 | |
| This never ending couloir was an amazing climb. Sam was on Pyramid Peak on the 3rd while we were climbing the Bell Cord on South Maroon and took this photo of our route! S. Maroon From Pyramid 7/3/04 Same Bells Photo From Pyramid 8/31/02 Nate, Bill, and I had a blast in this couloir! South Maroon Summit! | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2004 10:39 am | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Bell Cord Couloir Date Climbed: June 12, 2004 | |
| Got on trail from out campsite at 4:00am. The snow in the couloir was nice and hard and great for crampons. Going up the couloir was very exciting espencially when a rock fell from above about the size of a basketball and came sailing down the couloir as a very fast pace. Thankfully I was not in it's path. The climb from the top of the couloir to the summit of South Maroon was very interesting and different from any other 14er I'd been on. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2004 7:50 pm | ||
| balajisv | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 31 2003 | |
| The last mile was a kicker. It's easy to get lost around blind corners on this one. | |
| Posted May 27, 2004 1:59 am | ||
| DaveC | Route Climbed: se standard Date Climbed: july 02 | |
| not as nasty as its rep vis a vis loose rock, but 10 grueling hours, and a real knee burner coming down. met and fell in with 3 other climbers that day. nice place, the elks. my 51st 14er. | |
| Posted May 21, 2004 9:32 pm | ||
| goat14er | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 2002 | |
| The toughest part of the whole thing was that brutal 2,000-foot climb up to the ridge after having done the North Bell the day before. After that, it's good fun scrambling. | |
| Posted May 12, 2004 3:18 pm | ||
| gunnersmith | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: August 20, 2003 | |
| Very fun climb. There is a little route finding necessary, but cairnes are everywhere. Actually, there were too many. This was part of a backpacking trip on the 4 pass loop. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2004 8:53 pm | ||
| truchas | Route Climbed: Via North Maroon Ridge Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| Second time for South Maroon. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2003 9:07 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 8-12-2003 | |
| Sure, the route seems long, but what do you expect from such a complex mountain. When you arrive at the start of the south ridge and look up at the remainder of the route it should be no surprise that it going to take some time. If clouds are beginning to build this is your time to get off the mountain for their are no escape routes once you head off onto the ridge. I thought the route finding on this mountain was an absolute blast and the views from the summit are some of the best I have ever viewed. I would consider this mountain to be more loose than Pyramid-don't be an idiot, wear a helmet. Hiking up the steep grassy benches to gain the south ridge-I had two experiences with rock missles flying past my route at around 60-70 mph. Pyramid has more sustained climbing and has a lot more exposure. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2003 8:12 am | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 19, 2003 | |
| We ascended the South Ridge and then were off to North Maroon via the traverse. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2003 11:32 am | ||
| ctruscot | Route Climbed: the class3 route Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| Way too long - goes on forever. This would be better as a snow climb up one of the couloirs in the spring! | ||
| Posted Jul 14, 2003 7:17 pm | ||
| climberkjp | Route Climbed: Southeast Couloir Date Climbed: July 8, 2000 | |
| A fun couloir climb topping out at a little over 40 degrees. Started too late, though, and paid dearly with it - an open bivy in the rain tied to a tree. Enchanting, aren't they? | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2002 12:38 pm | ||
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