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Gore Range > Peak U/"West Partner" > Climber's Log|
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| astrobassman | Great 13er in the Gores  Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2009 | |
| One of the highlights of the 2009 summer climbing season. Climbed solo because my friend was camping at Pitkin lake and he climbed East Partner instead of our agreed upon West Partner. Great place. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2009 6:56 pm | ||
| miztflip | Traverse From East Partner Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2009 | |
| I did the traverse with thoth. Beautiful day in the Gore. We made pretty good time up East Partner and then took off on the traverse. The first 2/3 was pretty easy class 3. The last 1/3 consisted of fun scrambling with some low class 5 if you try to stay high on the ridge. Exactly 2 hrs from East Partner to West Partner. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2009 11:07 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Traverse from East Partner Peak Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006 | |
| Ridge is complicated. With moderate experience and speed the traverse took us 3 hrs, 40 mins! Lots of routefinding. A few low 5th class (5.2ish?) sections. Endlss obstacles. There seemed to be plenty of reasonable places to bail from the ridge if need be. Also, much of the harder scrambling could probably be avoided by loosing some elevation and dropping down off the ridge. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2008 3:51 pm | ||
| Casey Bates | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2007 | |
| Started from Booth Lake and traversed ridge above Booth and the smaller lake to the NW. Suprised to see another party of two descending from this peak shortly before we reached the summit | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2007 11:30 am | ||
| Gahugafuga | Awesome Climb Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| Did a one-day roundtrip from the Booth Creek trailhead. Once it got going, the south ridge was a blast. There is one exposed slab in particular that was the highlight for me, located about two small notches before the summit. It looks like a death wish from below, but it has these huge seams in it that make it very easy, albeit exposed. Also ran into a downward sloping knife edge that was extremely sharp and smooth-sided. Opted not to test my luck with a 1000' drop on the right side. When in doubt, look to the left for an easier way. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2006 12:36 am | ||
| Eric Holle | Route Climbed: West Face/South Ridge Date Climbed: April 26, 2006 | |
| Burley route up the west face, around the back, accross the big gully and up to the summit. With Ben L. from base camp in upper Booth Lake basin. | |
| Posted May 5, 2006 11:54 pm | ||
| steve_hiebert | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 09/16/2005 | |
| Nice route. My partner and I generally followed the description from the new Colorado scrambles guide book. Approach via Booth Falls Trail. Descent via West Ridge. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2005 6:16 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: July 16, 2005 | |
| A great climb on good solid rock with plenty of holds. Some minor class 4 moves required to stay on the ridge crest. On descent we traversed these blocks on class 3 ledges instead. Either way has a lot of exposure, its all a matter of preferences. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 4:29 pm | ||
| lostman | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 2002 | |
| I climbed this with a friend on a backpacking trip long before I knew it had a name. We camped at the little lake east of Booth Lake and scrambled up the ridge from the saddle between the Booth and Piney drainages. I would rate that route Class 2+ if memory serves - a lot of boulder hopping, little scrambling. The views were amazing. We had intended to backpack over a number of intervening ridges and out the Deluge Creek drainage as described in an old article I found online from the '70s written by a super-dayhiker. However after dragging ourselves up, then down, the very steep ridge between Booth and Pitkin drainages (the south ridge of Peak U) with full packs, we decided that some rest and relaxation in the Pitkin Valley was a better way to spend the rest of the trip. | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2004 2:12 am | ||
| colint | Route Climbed: South Ridge from Booth Creek Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| What an awesome mountain. Lots of fun scrambling along the ridgeline. Both the Pitkin and Booth Creek valleys looked awesome. I started from Booth Creek, but because of the distance and likely added difficulty of attaining the ridge from there, it might be better to start from Pitkin Creek. Clear sunny skies all day- I will be back in the Gores soon. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 3:42 pm | ||
| Colonelpyat | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 28, 2004 | |
| Another good one. Went up as an overnight with Kane, Jon, and the dynamic duo of Raymond and Sopris. Had a 500 pound (guess) boulder drop out from underneath me at the first obstacle along the ridge. A good wakeup call as there were some other surprises along the way. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2004 2:09 am | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 28, 2004 | |
| A wonderful "Mayan Temple" of a mountain. Much more difficult then expected. Kane and Colenalpyat offered pleasant company. My dogs Sopris and Raymond made it to a high false summit but couldn't cross the big gulley. I am still proud of them. I wouldn't have made it myself without Jim dog sitting. Thank you again. Jon | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2004 11:22 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: 6/28/2004 | |
| This mountain turned out to be more fun than we expected. A great route on a great mountain. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2004 4:48 pm | ||
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