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| big_g | Via Mallory Cave  | |
| Nice little quickie hike and Mallory Cave was a little bigger than I expected. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2009 3:25 am | ||
| sync | Via Mallory Cave Trail Date Climbed: Dec 7, 2008 | |
| Climbed with CharlesD. Steep trail and fun scrambling at the top. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2009 2:57 pm | ||
| McCannster | via Mallory Cave trail Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2008 | |
| Climbed the wrong slab up near the top, had to do an interesting downclimb, found the right summit block, climbed it, then started heading down cause of an incoming T storm. 2 hours roundtrip from Chautauqua TH. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2008 5:45 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Standard Route Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2008 | |
| Standard trail up and down. Raptor nesting prevented a summit-might do again in the fall. This is a fun one! | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 10:57 am | ||
| mow10 | Beautiful upper mountain | |
| After countless trips up Mallory Cave trail for climbing and hiking, I finally went on to find the summit this winter. It is one of the most amazing areas of Boulder Mtn Parks. | |
| Posted Mar 16, 2007 9:43 pm | ||
| Kruck | Wicked down-climb Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2007 | |
| Fun climb to the top. I surely missed something going down to the SW. No "meadow" involved. Wicked steep downclimb with some class 4 over drops onto slanted earth. Ended up exiting through stone "door" near the creek, then crossing the creek and climbing up to Bear Peak Trail. Also, sweet hard-pack snow made for probably some easier going in places, some harder going in others. Thanks for posting this page. I tried to follow directions, but getting off-track might have been the best (and most exciting, for sure) part! | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2007 2:39 am | ||
| kpiljay | via mallory cave Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2006 | |
| Cool hike, nice rocky summit to climb round on. Quite windy at top. | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2006 7:36 pm | ||
| myles | Route Climbed: from Mallory Cave to summit Date Climbed: September 1977 | |
| A hiking buddy and I were in Colorado for a business trip, so I took him for a baby helping of climbing, doing an exposed third-class route on a lower pinnacle. Then to Mallory Cave and the summit. Beautiful way to spend the morning, and had to high-tail it to Colorado Springs, where we arrived at the conference still pretty dusty. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2005 4:00 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Route Climbed: Mallory Cave/ South Couloir Descent Date Climbed: November 5, 2005 | |
| Very fun hike and an exciting, airy summit. Went with my wife and a friend, Josh. Tried to descend the SW slopes, but ended up getting off-route and worked our way down a steep couloir between cliff bands, until we made it to the bottom of Bear Canyon. A great afternoon in the mountains! | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2005 6:45 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | Route Climbed: Mallory Cave Date Climbed: October 3, 2005 | |
| For such a short hike, Dinosaur Mountain is really fun. It's actually quite exciting in deep snow! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 7:02 pm | ||
| kalet | Route Climbed: Mallory Cave Date Climbed: 2004 | |
| Interesting on snow! | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2005 10:43 pm | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Up Mallory Cave, down the Southwest side Date Climbed: March 19, 2005 | |
| Climbed in good weather with Chris Gerber and Mason. Great climb with lots of scrambling. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2005 8:18 pm | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Ascended via Mallory Cave, Descended Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: March 19, 2005 | |
| Climbed with Peter and Mason, and got within about 75' of Dum before we hit a raptor closure sign :-(. Could have spit on the summit, but technically we missed it since we decided not to face the potential wrath of the OSMP on their crusade to keep us of our land. :-). Will have to come back in the fall when the top isn't closed. This is a really fun peak to scramble around on. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2005 3:53 pm | ||
| georgbetsy | Route Climbed: Mallory Cave Date Climbed: December 22, 2004 | |
| Given the new snow and terrible driving conditions, I decided not to climb Mount Evans today and hiked up Dinosaur mountain. Initially I planned to attempt to drop to the ridge and try to climb Green Mountain, however given the conditions, Dinosaur turned out more difficult than expected. The trail was extremely slippery and treacherous due to the new snow, and the routefinding was difficult, since no path was visible. I found several routes that would be possible without snow, but they were too risky for me on my own during the winter. (I believe that I found Ryan's tunnel). After trying different approaches to the summit (mostly trying to look to the right (north) of where the trail ends) for more than 1 hour, I final found an easy route, traversing around the summit block to the south across a small boulderfield. Great winter trip, however, I am sore due to several falls on icy rocks on the way down. I will be back during better weather to attempt the ridge towards Green Mountain. | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2004 7:09 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Mallory Cave, descent via Southwest Slopes. Date Climbed: May 4, 2004 | |
| I took Erin and my friend John, and tried to find the same route I did in spring of 2003. I don't think this is the way most people go, and it isn't the route the page's author describes, but I have seen evidence of foot traffic in spots. I know of a few secrets along the way... a tunnel, an alcove, amazing views. My route involves a fair amount of ups and downs, but it's a blast! We hit the trail from the NCAR at 6:30 and returned a little before 9:00. | |
| Posted May 10, 2004 1:47 am | ||
| CharlesD | Route Climbed: Porch Alley, descent via south ridge meadow Date Climbed: May 7, 2004 | |
| Incredible! Rossiter describes it as a very zen summit and I now understand what he means. Loads of violet green swallows and chickadees flying around. Incredible views of Bear Peak, the Sacred Cliffs and Skunk Canyon. Wonderful scrambling and not a soul in sight. | |
| Posted May 8, 2004 1:10 pm | ||
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