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| Darren9 | beautiful but untouchable | |
| In two separate attempts to climb this mountain I was unsuccessful due to deep snow and seriously high winds that pinned us in our tent for 12 hours. Still want to go back someday. A hidden gem. | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 12:07 am | ||
| Nice Axe! | Apostle Traverse (N to W)  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| I'd been eying this traverse since 2005 and finally made it up there. The climb to North Apostle & Ice Mtn was really fun with big talus high up just below the saddle. The traverse to West and the descent were slogs! | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2009 4:27 pm | ||
| scotthsu | Ice Cubed pt 2 Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Via NE ridge after climbing N. Apostle; the route from the saddle to the summit was a real pleasure with pretty solid scrambling. We did the direct class 4 finish of the upper gully which was exciting. Too bad the scrambling was over so quickly after such a long slog to the saddle! | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2009 11:03 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | Refrigerator Date Climbed: May 30, 2009 | |
| Climbed May 30 with shanahan96, asphazell and altitude14er. Great snow conditions in the couloirs, not so much on the standard route. Jamie and I ended up descending the standard route in a mix of snow and semi-loose rock. Below the crux it was all snow all the way back to the fridge and seeing as the snow was steady and our pace was good, we just kept going this way down. The standard route is going to be pretty sketchy for a little while longer until it gets a chance to melt out. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2009 10:09 am | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Refrigerator Couloir Date Climbed: May 30, 2009 | |
| We started climbing towards the infamous 'Fridge' at 3am. Snow conditions were fantastic..no snowshoes needed. We were lucky enough to get no falling rock in the couloir..a hazard it is well known for! The traverse to N.Apostle was too harry due to snow accumulation..we ended up descending the 'Fridge' | |
| Posted May 31, 2009 12:54 am | ||
| Randonnee | Great Climb Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1974 | |
| Part of a group from Prescott College's Challenge/Discovery Program. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2009 8:55 pm | ||
| miztflip | Northeast Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2008 | |
| I thought it was all hype. The nasty talus and scree on the approach for a short, mostly class 2+ ridge with 40 feet of chossy class 3 didn't allow the mountain to live up to it's reputation. The plus is the beautiful area Ice is located in and the views of the surrounding peaks. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 9:29 pm | ||
| heather14 | Traverse from Huron to West Apostle Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Tagged Ice along the way from Huron to W. Apostle. A great mountain, but the decent down the gully wasn't exactly fun. An awesome and very looong day. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 9:34 pm | ||
| cp0915 | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008 | |
| Fun and scenic route. Hit North Apostle afterward. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2008 7:08 pm | ||
| castricone7 | Refrigerator Coulior Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008 | |
| Good times. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2008 5:20 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | via The Fridge Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008 | |
| A wildly fun and exciting mountain! Throughly enjoyed the snowclimb and scramble to the summit. This mountain is SO out of character for the Sawatch. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 1:54 am | ||
| Peter Gram | Traverse from N Apostle Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |
| Lots of snow up there still at this time of year. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2008 8:23 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Ice Cubed: Three Apostles Traverse / Refrigerator Couloir Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2005 | |
| 9/4/05 - Ice Cubed - Epic day with plenty of scrambling in an uncharacteristically interesting area of the Sawatch. 6/22/08 - Went back for the Refrigerator - sweet! | |
| Posted May 16, 2008 5:48 pm | ||
| shknbke | ne ridge Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| Did the traverse from North to West Apostle. Upper couloir was a bit wet/snowy from a morning storm. The n.e. ridge was surprisingly solid, at least compared to the Elks/San Juans! Classic summit that deserves respect. Traverse to West will test your routefinding. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 2:15 pm | ||
| cftbq | Traverse from north Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| A very challenging and exciting peak. Right up the north ridge, and the right side of the crux coulior. After that, everything else seemed easy. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 12:14 am | ||
| xskier77 | The Fridge Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Started at around 5am and climbed the Refridgerator Couloir successfully without any rock fall. The top of the couloir has a very steep section that was fun to use two ice tools for added stability. After reaching the summit of Ice we then made the traverse to North Apostle. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 2:47 am | ||
| kalet | Apsostle Traverse (North to West) Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006 | |
| 9 hours roundtrip from 2WD. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2006 3:28 pm | ||
| Larry V | A great mountain Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006 | |
| The Three Apostles rank among my Colorado favorites because of their scenic beauty and just the right amount of climbing challenge on Ice Mountain. Thanks to Kane's information for making the route finding decisions much easier on the approach and on the northeast ridge. Climbed with my brother, and saw three others on the peak yesterday. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2006 12:43 am | ||
| jratk | NE ridge Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2001 | |
| Wow! Spectacular mountain, great climb. Were planning on doing N apostle but decided not to push our luck. Got off route on the descent and were committed to downclimbing one of the couloirs. Scary... | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 10:08 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | Apostle Couloir and Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006 | |
| 7-7-06: what an interesting day! had planned to climb the refrigerator, but it's out for the year. the apostle couloir made for a nice climb until the final 20-30 feet when scree and ice patches made life miserable. climbed the southwest ridge direct from there....wow, that's one impressive, complicated route. had to drop off the ridge twice, was very impressive. ice, a worthy challenge. 5-30-09: returned to climb the refrigerator with mike, milburn and steve. great snow conditions led to a classic climb, but unfortunately the descent wasn't that great. we ended up on a sketchy traverse towards north apostle before bailing off into the left branch of the refrigerator. what an outing! score: ice mountain 2, jamie 2 guess i need a return engagement sometime to break this tie? jamie | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2006 3:06 am | ||
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