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Sawatch Range > Point 13,545 & Twining Peak/"Blue Peak" > Climber's Log|
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| POLUKO | Fun  Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2009 | |
| Easy hike from the pass with great views of the region. Loved it! | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 12:16 pm | ||
| miztflip | From Independence Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2008 | |
| Great little afternoon hike. Hiked over 13,500 enroute. Awesome views back into Hunter Fryingpan. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 9:27 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Short day in an interesting area of the Sawatch Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006 | |
| Twining & UN 13500 make for a nice mellow, short hike from Indpendence Pass. A great choice if you've just exhauted yourself in the Elks the day before and are heading back to the front range. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 1:48 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | it's worth it in the end... Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007 | |
| I enjoyed one of the most beautiful sunsets from the summit of Twinning peak at the end of an exciting day of climbing. Busted out the hike from Independece pass over Pt 13,500 to Twinning half an hour before the sun set, making the hike out in dusk/moonlight. Earlier that afternoon I hiked Bull Mtn over to S Elbert from Echo Creek. A couple of Dale's Pale Ale's taste pretty good at the end of such an amazing day! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2007 11:16 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | low-key day Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2007 | |
| enjoyed an easier day with jamie climbing point 13,500 and twining from independence pass. was pleasantly surprised with how beautiful the area is. jamie | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:37 pm | ||
| Che | Nothing Beats Riding in June Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Pretty righteous ascent. Definitely leaves more to be desired from the surrounding area. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:25 pm | ||
| Britette | Skied Twining Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2007 | |
| Climbed sw flank from IP and skied the Twining Couloir (I think) on north face. There are a lot of couloirs to ski off the north side, none of which are particularly aesthetic or long, but makes for a short ski tour. Skied down to the Upper Hairpin Trailhead. Weather was suprisingly cold for June with about 3 inches of fresh powder - dust on crust is how I would call the skiing conditions. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 12:42 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | via Independence Pass Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007 | |
| Climbed Twining Peak with PT 13500 via Independence Pass. Great quick little climb to two high summits! I think RT was not even 2 1/2 hrs. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 10:07 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | Sunset Snowboarding Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2007 | |
| Che Wentz and I started at 3:30 PM from the pass just afte a little storm. We summited the sub peak and then Twining or Blue Peak as I've heard it called. We sunk into some waist deep muddy slosh holes a few times on the way back but it was well worth the swim! Nice mellow-surfy-sunset-turns back to the lot... | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2007 6:27 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | From Independance Pass Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006 | |
| For some reason, I had a hair up my butt to go to Aspen for breakfast. On the way home, I took a few hours to ascend this delightful (and quick) mountain. Good weather and no body else on the mountain! | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 8:18 pm | ||
| Gareth | Route Climbed: Garratt/Martin Route Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006 | |
| This was my second attempt to climb Twining. It helped that the weather was clear this time around! Short and sweet, simple climb from Independence Pass. Nice views from the top. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2006 10:31 pm | ||
| djilk | from Independence Pass Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| We hiked from Independence Pass up UN 13,500 as described in ColoradoScott's trip report. The views are incredible: the entire Elk range is visible to the west, and more rare views of the west sides of Elbert and Massive to the east. A pretty waterfall on the lower-western slopes on the way down highlighted hike/scramble down. We climbed on the Fourth of July and saw ZERO people after leaving Independence Pass behind. Twining has a "double summit" that is visible from UN 13,500. The first summit is just a hike, class 2 or 2+. The other (higher) summit is about 100 feet east, and the ridge between them is "airy" - a little exposed - and getting to the summit requires maybe one easy class 3 move, but not in an exposed point. This page really needs to be reorganized: Twining Peak is a separate bicentennial peak, and point 13,545, whether or not it's the most interesting route, is only a route, and it's not a hiking route. The route from Independence Pass is the natural hiking route, and there are really two routes, the southwest slopes and the continental divide ridge over UN 13500. | ||
| Posted Jul 5, 2006 3:13 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: Independence Pass Date Climbed: July 1994 | |
| Was just driving over the pass with a buddy and on the spur of the moment decided to knock them off. It was very worth it. Only 2 to 4 hrs round trip. | ||
| Posted Aug 13, 2005 10:28 pm | ||
| H2SO4 | Route Climbed: From near Independence Pass Date Climbed: August 1998? | |
| This was a while ago when I was 8 or 9, and I don't quite remember it very clearly, but what I do remember is very pleasant. My dad and I hiked from a trailhead near Independence Pass, through some marshy meadows, and then headed up a talus slope to the ridge (me pausing for quite some time to scramble 10 feet up some outcrop, and then back down). From the top of the ridge it was an easy hike up to the top, though there were several humps that I thought were going to be the top, and then weren't. Just thought I would crow about my accomplishments for a few minutes. | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2005 5:27 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | Route Climbed: South Ridge with Unnammed 13,500' Date Climbed: July 29, 2001 | |
| Please see my trip report of this climb. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2005 6:07 pm | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: Peak to Peak via Lost Man Pass Date Climbed: Early July of 2004 | |
| The mountains around North Fork Lake Creek are very assecible and make for fun climbing. I will go back and build up this area on SP. | |
| Posted Dec 10, 2004 11:10 pm | ||
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