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| dakotaconcrete | Mt. Garfield  | |
| All around wonderful mountain packed with exciting formations and breath-taking (literally) approaches! I've utilized mt. garfield for the past six months as a conditioning tool and have developed a healthy respect for its numerous different and interesting approaches. I recommend trying one of the many many many different alternate routes that exist! | |
| Posted May 28, 2009 4:20 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Standard Date Climbed: May 4, 2009 | |
| 2,000ft in 2 miles. It'll definately get you sweating. Especially when it's 80 frickin degrees out! From the summit, I can see why they're called the Book Cliffs. Beautiful views of the Grand Valley. | |
| Posted May 7, 2009 1:46 am | ||
| kalet | Climbed Twice Date Climbed: Feb 21, 2009 | |
| 9/2/2008 2/21/2009 | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2008 12:44 pm | ||
| kavak | Mt Garfield Trail Date Climbed: May 24, 1998 | |
| Climbed this with my youngest son. He wasn't in the right frame of mind when we first started but I believe he enjoyed it as much as I did at the end. Tremendous views! They were replacing the flag while we were on the summit. They told us the pole commemorated Vietnam Veterans of the Grand Junction area. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 9:53 am | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Standard Date Climbed: May 28, 2008 | |
| Wow! We just loved this mountain! The route is very interesting and boy is it steep! Not recommended in wet conditions as a slippery fall could be disastrous. We could smell the suplhur oozing out of the mountain beneath the cliffs. Lots of cactus blooms made for great photography and the view from the top is awesome. Thed mountain gave us the impression that it is very rickety and could fall apart easily along the cliffs. The flag on top is plum worn out. Andy's written directions are excellent and we found the whole experience very pleasureable. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 11:11 am | ||
| Larry V | Another summit with Dad Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2006 | |
| Climbed with my 83-year-old dad, and sister on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Wow, what views!!! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2006 3:44 am | ||
| Bob Sihler | Garfield Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2006 | |
| Fresh snow from the night before made the hike even more scenic than it normally must be. The weather, time of year, and the fact that I hiked early on a weekday meant I had the mountain all to myself the entire time. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2006 2:45 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | Mount Mars | |
| I think we should rename Mount G to Mount Mars as it looks like something more from the red planet that our own. Just a thought. I'm full of them. It is steep. good training for Denali with mucho weight on! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2006 6:57 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | Mid-week solo summit Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2006 | |
| Had the summit to myself on an overcast Tuesday afternoon. Was in Grand Junction for work in the morning. Spent two hours roundtrip. I didn't realize that about 2/3 of the elevation is gained before the one mile mark! It was tough on the toes coming down. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2006 4:22 am | ||
| Dow Williams | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: October 12, 2005 | |
| Did the 2000' to summit in under 45 minutes. Noted my exact time in the summit register, might have been right at 40 minutes, can't remember. I assume there is a trail race on this mountain every year, if not, there should be. Observed some horses, maybe wild, maybe not, on a grassy plateau half way up. Cheers. | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2005 12:02 pm | ||
| kylerlott | Route Climbed: Mt. Garfield Trail Date Climbed: Multiple dates | |
| Climbed Mt. Garfield a number of times. It is very challenging for a two mile hike with 2000 feet of elevation gain. Very good training hike for higher mountains or just to keep you in shape. What happened to the flag this year? | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2005 5:22 pm | ||
| bc44caesar | Route Climbed: Mt. Garfield Trail Date Climbed: 12 Nov 2004 | |
| Tough hike, nice view at top. | |
| Posted Nov 14, 2004 12:06 am | ||
| Scott | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: Oct 2001 | |
| Saw wild horses. Nice view. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2003 1:28 pm | ||
| sidhayes | Route Climbed: trail Date Climbed: August 13. 2001 | |
| A nice mountain with a steep interesting trail. Ascended in 33:21 and round trip in 58:43. | ||
| Posted Sep 24, 2003 9:19 am | ||
| Andy | Route Climbed: Mount Garfield Trail Date Climbed: September 20, 2003 | |
| I was in town visiting the in-laws so I thought I'd give this little mountain a try. The weather was gorgeous and the views were worth the hike. It took me almost exactly an hour to reach the summit from the trailhead. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2003 6:49 pm | ||
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