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Sawatch Range > Emerald & Iowa Peaks > Comments
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| nader | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I will sure visit again but just couldn't wait. Thanks for adding these beauties. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 7:03 pm | ||
| Kane | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | 5 star page. About time this mountain errrr.... mountains were added to SP. You are 100% correct in saying that Emerald is the jewel of the three. Such thorough work Aaron, and great photos. This is guidebook material. I'm glad you combined these two peaks as one page on SP, it makes more sense this way. I will add the west ridge of Iowa in time. We descended Emerald's south ridge straight down into Lake Fork Basin and hiked back on out to Clohesy Lake for a nice loopy hike. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 9:53 pm | ||
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| Aaron Johnson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Kane-What was the nature/quality of the trail you took? We could not see much sign of a trail from above so avoided that descent possibility. If the trail is decent, I need to correct it in the text. Did you read the trip report? | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 10:31 pm | ||
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| Kane | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Aaron, I have not read the TR; we ascended the west ridge to Iowa's summit and headed on over to Emerald. Also, we did it in May so all of that talus you see up to that saddle was covered in snow which seemed to help. I recall the ridge to be easy at first (class 2) and then becoming more difficult. At the time i wasn't very experienced on stuff like that but now in retrospect I remember it being class 3 with loose rock, not hard class 3 but normal class 3, and not very much of it either. It was that sharp, smaller talus shit that you find in the central Sawatch, similar to what we found on Ice and very similar to the north ridge of UN 13,545. I remember having to descend and traverse a few rock towers on the ridge as well. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 11:10 pm | ||
| Gangolf Haub | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Perfect page. And great pictures! Thanks for sharing. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 3:32 am | ||
| William Marler | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Excellent. Cheers William | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 9:11 am | ||
| Alan Ellis | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Outstanding! Very comprehensive and informative. Alan | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 9:14 am | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Wonderful page for wonderful mountains. Very thorough descriptions of the route. Thanks Aaron! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 9:43 am | ||
| The Lower Marmot | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Excellent page! I've been interested in these mountains ever since I saw the picture by Peakwolf that you mention in the overview section, thanks for bringing us a page! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2004 6:22 pm | ||
| saintgrizzly | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Aaron- I am so very impressed not only with your enthusiasm for these mountains--and your ability and willingness to share it. We need a 5-star rating--good job! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2004 3:57 am | ||
| RyanS | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Emerald's a good one, thanks for submitting, and great trip report! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2004 11:45 am | ||
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| Aaron Johnson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2004 6:23 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Well done as always! Love the trip report! | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2004 7:25 pm | ||
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| Aaron Johnson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2004 7:55 pm | ||
| Grant | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Excellent Aaron, two peaks I plan on doing in the future. Wonderful images | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2004 6:40 pm | ||
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| Aaron Johnson | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks. They're real good ones. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2004 7:33 pm | ||
| JonBradford | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Very nicely done. Jon | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2005 8:49 pm | ||
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