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| charles97 | Route Climbed: Sawtooth Ridge from Bierstadt Date Climbed: June 21, 2002  | |
| I summitted Bierstadt from Guanella Pass first and then around 10 am traversed the Sawtooth ridge toward Evans. The class 3 ridge takes quite a bit out of you, but I have to believe that going this direction is a lot easier than the other way around since you are climbing up the steepest parts of the ridge. There were a couple of scary spots, but nothing to worry too much about. The long trek from just past the Sawtooth toward Evans is a killer though. Long and demoralizing. On top of that, the weather started to turn windy and cold. Made summit of Evans by 13:20. By then, the wind is really howling, and I had to put on all my cold weather gear. It was disheartening to see all those energetic tourists driving around the peak in their shiny SUVs, and even more tempting to hitch a ride down with one of them! Had I not come from Bierstadt, I probably would have tried. Hiking back, I decided not to tackle the Sawtooth again. Instead, I went straight after the saddle and took an alternate route down and across the Willows. Mistake! The Willows sucks all energy out of you. In places, the plants were taller than me and so thick, I had to raise my arms and force my way through using my body. Millions of aphids flying around, I probably inhaled at least 20. The marsh beneath my feet was soggy and soaked my shoes, not to mention made me weary of quicksand. I had to use the branches of the willows that I displaced as "stepping stones" to keep from sinking. Took me about 2 hours to get out of the Willows. Fortunately, I can see the top of Guanella Pass most of the time. Otherwise I would have gotten lost for sure. So take my advice, if you decide to do what I did, go back on the Sawtooth. It may be steep, but it'll save you a lot of time and trouble in the long run! #4 of 6 fourteeners in 4 days of hiking. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2002 4:27 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Route Climbed: Northeast Face Date Climbed: July 5, 2002 | |
| Camped near Summit Lake the night before to acclimate. Started up about 7 am and summitted about an hour later. Lots of goats up top. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2002 9:24 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Route Climbed: From Chicago Lakes, Abyss Lake, Various Date Climbed: May-September | |
| Officially, I've climbed Mt. Evans from the bottom twice. Once from the first hairpin turn out of Idaho Springs, and once from the Guanella Pass Road accessing the Abyss Lake drainage. The latter was a trek with full gear over the mountain, dropping into Chicago Lakes over three days. The rest of the climbs have been from Summit Lake in countless combinations. Mt. Evans is my get-in-shape paradise. I've been on its summit more than any other mountain, and it holds a special place in my heart. I have done battle with the elements on most of my visits, and I have come to know the mountain very well. We're like old friends. I've climbed all of the neighboring mountains from Evans as well. Great place to get ready for altitude climbing! Climbed again in 2007 with my daughter Shanna and her friend Cami as part of their training program for an ascent of Mount Sneffels later in the year. We did the Mt. Evans loop (now called the Mount Evans trail by a sign near Summit Lake) and got back to the car just prior to some weather rolling in. Had plenty of goat company on top of Mount Spaulding. This route never disappoints! | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2002 9:32 pm | ||
| wayneaflick | Route Climbed: Guenella Pass Date Climbed: August 8, 2001 | |
| Climbed with my son Patrick. We left the Pass about sun up, and now that the trail through the willows is so improved we made good time to the trees. It was an easy climb but it was longer than I expected. Some minor scrambling along the west ridge. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2002 12:06 am | ||
| ctruscot | Route Climbed: Summit Lake Date Climbed: June 13, 1999 | |
| Instead of traditional route, we went straight up and it was covered in snow. Ice axe came in handy. Could have used crampons. | ||
| Posted May 31, 2002 3:42 pm | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: North face from Summit Lake Date Climbed: June 27 2001 | |
| Chickened out on the class 4 pitch at the top of the Snave route and went around on the ledge to the right and around to the summit. Still a nice class 3 route. Have climbed this several times, various routes from Summit Lake, by car (and then to Bierstadt and back to make it count), and by bike from Idaho Springs. | |
| Posted May 17, 2002 3:36 pm | ||
| tiefenthaler | Route Climbed: Road by bicycle Date Climbed: May 1992 | |
| Chuck and I rode up with our road bikes from Idaho Springs. Saw a black bear on our first attempt, but had to quit because of bad weather. Were successful a week later. | |
| Posted May 13, 2002 11:30 pm | ||
| papillon | Route Climbed: Summit Lake Date Climbed: 04 May 2002 | |
| Climbed road to the summit. A snowstorm came in while we were having lunch at the summit. Lots of sheep -grreat day! Descended very quickly down NE face. | ||
| Posted May 6, 2002 6:19 pm | ||
| darinchadwick | Route Climbed: Road Date Climbed: August 1996 | |
| Do I still get to sign the summit register if I parked at the summit and walked for 10 minutes? What if I then did the sawtooth ridge to Bierstadt, then back up to Evans summit? Does that count? What's more pathetic, to walk up a road, while others drive, when you could be spending your time and energy on a more remote and satifsfying peak? I don't know. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2002 12:19 pm | ||
| jwclimbs | Route Climbed: Diamond II Date Climbed: June ??, 2001 | |
| We went to do the "Snave" route but the snow had melted out significantly and we had to improvise. This was the only route left from Summit Lake that wasn't a scree scramble. The rock sections were great as well. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2002 11:47 am | ||
| Zeke | Route Climbed: Sawtooth Rigde via Bierstadt ridge & summit Date Climbed: Sept 1999 | |
| Awsome ridge climb, do both Bierstats south and the Sawtooth ridge in one day. check Roach's book on 14ers for details some great 3rd & 4th class climbing on a longer day, about 8-9 hours. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2001 1:45 pm | ||
| dkeating2112 | Route Climbed: Ridge surrounding Summit Lake Date Climbed: 06/29/2001 | |
| Started at Summit Lake and climbed the ridge to Mt. Spalding and then followed the ridge south to the Summit of Evans. Total distance one way was about 2 miles. I hitched a ride down with some people in order to spare my knees. For a 14,000 footer, I would have to rate this climb as easy. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2001 6:35 am | ||
| odysseus | Route Climbed: Mt. Spaulding / Summit Ridge Date Climbed: 7/17/2001 | |
| This was my girlfriend's first fourteener, so I thought it would be a short (3.5 miles), easy one to start her out with. Not! We climbed over Mt. Spaulding from Summit Lake and joined up with the trail coming from over the Sawtooth. This took us around Evan's West side. Pretty interesting route for a first timer! We slid and stomped directly down the Northeast face back to the road. She was a real trooper through it all. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 11:10 am | ||
| odysseus | Route Climbed: Mt. Evans Road from Summit Lake Date Climbed: 8/17/2000 | |
| This was my second time up Evans, albeit it felt like a bit of a cop-out walking up the road! My partner and I were still green and didn't feel like doing a talus climb up the summit face from the lake, so we took the LONG stroll up the road. People driving up looked at us like we were from another planet. The summit was encased in clouds and we managed to get a ride back down to the lake from some folks before the rain started hard. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 11:09 am | ||
| odysseus | Route Climbed: Northwest face from Summit Lake Date Climbed: 5/30/2000 | |
| This was my first experience with a 14er. I don't really consider it my first bagged peak, as the route was so short and fairly easy, albeit there was still a good deal of snow around. Met a lady from Bosnia at the lake and we spontaneously decided to make the climb, with the NW face being the obvious way up from our viewpoint at that time. Found out later that the NE face is the preferred way up from the lake! We got a lift back down to the lake from the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 11:06 am | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Via Sawtooth Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| The sawtooth ridge was alot of fun. Did not see a single mountain goat. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2001 3:37 pm | ||
| climbcolorado | Route Climbed: Sawtooth Ridge | |
| I have climbed Evans from Bierstadt via the Sawtooth Ridge and have biked up the road twice! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2001 8:00 pm | ||
| Peter Eliassen | Route Climbed: Guanella Pass/Bierstadt Date Climbed: 9/12/97 | |
| Wonderful hike, although go back over Bierstadt on the way back to Guanella, as you can get lost easily if you try to make your own trail back to Guanella. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2001 12:25 pm | ||
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