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| charles97 | Route Climbed: Horn Fork Basin to Columbia then Harvard Date Climbed: Sept. 6, 2005  | |
| A grueling 12 hour day covering 16 miles and over 6,000 feet of elevation gain. It was all worth it though because I made it to the top of both peaks in the same day. The day started with rain and sleet, but eventually became just cloudy. Very lucky that I was able to spend all day out there without the threat of storms. Met only 2 other hikers on Columbia, and I had Harvard all to myself. I descended into the basin northeast of Columbia and then climbed up Harvard's SE ridgeline. Left trailhead at 6:30 am (late), summited Columbia around 11:30 am, left for Harvard around noon, and summited Harvard around 3:30 pm and returned to the trailhead around 6:30 pm. Saw a whole herd of mountain goats in Horn Fork Basin above Bear Lake. At least 30 of them. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2005 7:53 pm | ||
| jhansen007 | Route Climbed: Harvard/Columbia Ridge Date Climbed: Sept 4, 2005 | |
| Summited w/ sp'er ahansen54 and our father. Set up high camp at 11,600 in Horn Fork Basin. Summitted Harvard early in the morning -- foggy morning so not much for views. Then followed the long long ridge to Columbia. I recommend dropping all the way down to the marsh at 12,500 (Roach's book says 12,800) if loose rock isn't your thang. From there you'll be able to stroll up the grassy slopes until you hit the section of rock near the summit. The standard trail down columbia is full of scree. Surfs up dude! | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2005 5:59 pm | ||
| kalet | Route Climbed: East Ridge/Three Elk Creek Date Climbed: September 5, 2005 | |
| 5.6 hours roundtrip. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 12:53 pm | ||
| ahansen54 | Route Climbed: Harvard-Columbia Date Climbed: September 2005 | |
| Ended up dropping down into the basin rather than trying to find a route below the ridgeline. The trail down from Columbia was pretty hellish. Summitted with SP'er jhansen007. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 7:31 pm | ||
| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: Harvard and Columbia combination Date Climbed: September 3, 2005 | |
| After summiting Harvard, we headed DOWN 2,000 feet into the basin on the flipside of Horn Creek basin (to 12,500) then started the boulder/scree hop to the top of Columbia- lots of work, but worth it and fun:-) The climb off of Columbia was interesting- 2,500 vertical feet of scree where every step you took you "took the mountain down with you" ...seriously. A good fun day in all! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 11:54 pm | ||
| myrone | Route Climbed: From Horn Fork Basin via Mt Harvard summit Date Climbed: Saturday August 27, 2005 | |
| I climbed back down from Mt Harvard summit back to tree line, found the trail and then proceeded to climb to the Mt Columbia summit while storms raged all-around yet Mt Columbia stayed clear. I reached the summit at 12:41PM stayed about 15 mins and then back down to the TH by 3:22 completing my 11 hour "marathon",. My 19th & 20th 14'ers and and awesome day. Sweet!! | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 10:00 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | Route Climbed: Harvard and Columbia Combination Date Climbed: July 30, 2005 | |
| Is there a trail between Harvard and Columbia? If there is, I sure had trouble finding it. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 12:35 am | ||
| shanahan96 | Route Climbed: Princo-Gerics Creation Route Date Climbed: July 1, 2003 | |
| 1st 14er! car broke down in Buena Vista the night before so we decided to climb "that mountain there". started from town at 4am, couldn't find a trailhead on foot so we decided to climb straight up the mountain. an interesting way to start nonetheless. jamie | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 4:08 pm | ||
| alpine master | Route Climbed: South slopes Date Climbed: Oct. 5th 2004 | |
| Climbed in combo with Harvard. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 5:33 pm | ||
| alpine master | Route Climbed: East ridge Date Climbed: Oct. 9th 2003 | |
| Cool back country hike. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 5:20 pm | ||
| jnoffsinger | Route Climbed: North Cottonwood Trailhead Date Climbed: June 21, 2005 | |
| Couldn't find trail up to South ridge. Blazed trail through scrub brush from Horn Fork Basin. Steep ascent, but found grassy slopes to be forgiving. Used hiking sticks for the first time. They were great. Reached the summit of 14er number 9 on my list for a brief moment before the storms arrived. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 11:11 pm | ||
| doumall | Route Climbed: Traverse via Harvard Date Climbed: July, 21 2004 | |
| 26th 14er! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2005 3:09 pm | ||
| mdavenport2 | Route Climbed: Frenchman Creek Date Climbed: July 10, 2005 | |
| Perfect day, great solitude on the Frenchman Creek route. Shared the summit with 5 others. This is a very nice route with little scree. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2005 6:55 pm | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | Route Climbed: Horn Fork w/descent on West Face Snow Fields Date Climbed: 6/26/05 | |
| Nice hike. Lots of wind. No one else on the summit. ahhhhhh! | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2005 11:07 am | ||
| eggheadsherpa | Route Climbed: Three Elk Creek TH Date Climbed: 08/09/03 | |
| Long hike from Three Elk Creek TH, lost the trail shortly after leaving the car. Pretty desolated trail...didn't see anyone except at the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2005 1:46 am | ||
| Old Ickabod | Route Climbed: Harvard and Columbia Traverse Date Climbed: July 2003 | |
| I was able to summit both of these peaks in a day. The hike toward bear lake was gorgeous and I did see a bearprint on the trail. A nice hike to the summit of Harvard. The traverse to Columbia is much farther than it looks. However, it is a lot of fun! The scrambling up to Columbia's Summit was boulder-riffic! | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2005 8:50 pm | ||
| Ratballs | Route Climbed: from North Cottonwood Creek trailhead via West Flank. Date Climbed: July, 2002 | |
| A slog up a scree gulley, a quick nap alone on top, then a fun run along the rotten Rabbits to Harvard. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2005 9:22 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: September 14, 1985 | |
| It is a beautiful trail hike into Horn Fork Basin; well worth it for the fun, even without the climb. After reaching timberline in the basin we angled up to the northeast, encountering much scree on this route. Two steps forward, one step back. It felt like 6,000 ft elevation gain, probably because it was. Once the south ridge is attained, it's a simple hike to the true summit. This was another memorable climb from the standpoint of seeing no one else all day. Try that on a nice weekend now! I guess there will still be solitude on 13ers though...alas. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2005 11:54 am | ||
| Natasha | Route Climbed: Harvard-Columbia via Hornfork Basin Date Climbed: July 4, 2004 | |
| Had a great day, first time spending this much time on a class 3 section...it was tough, but we really enjoyed it. The scree coming down from Columbia leaves MUCH to be desired and seemed endless. Some unsolicited advice, bring ankle gaitors. Surprisingly, we didn't run into that many people doing Harvard, especially for a holiday weekend. We didn't see anyone on Columbia...very peaceful. | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2004 11:18 pm | ||
| mr_g | Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 23, 2001 | |
| A short climb, relatively speaking, although it was steep until we reached the ridge. Trekking poles came in handy for this one. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 8:52 am | ||
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