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| ctruscot | Route Climbed: Barr Trial Date Climbed: June 1994  | |
| Moved to Colorado Springs at the base of the mountain in 1994. Summited 1994, 1995, 1996, (missed 1997), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and hope to keep summiting each year that I am here. Before moving to Colorado I was hiker and backpacker. After moving here I started bagging peaks. I missed an ascent in 1997 because I had no one to go with and felt that I should not do it alone. Now I have built enough confidence that I do this alone if my friends are busy ! Every week I do at least a 2 hour hike on this mountain as one of my workouts. What a great mountain to have in my backyard. I love it!!! | ||
| Posted Jun 3, 2002 9:36 am | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: Aug 17, 18 1996 | |
| Ran the 13 mile ascent in 4:28:53, then next day ran the marathon round trip in 6:30:15 with about a 4:30 split to the summit. | |
| Posted May 19, 2002 4:09 pm | ||
| jeffn | Route Climbed: Barr Camp Date Climbed: September 98 | |
| 3:20 up, Shivering and dehiderated on the train down. | ||
| Posted Apr 3, 2002 7:40 pm | ||
| mwalker2 | Route Climbed: Barr Camp Date Climbed: 11/4/2001 | |
| A lovely climb on a November weekend with amazingly perfect weather. Spent the night at Barr Camp on the way up - a cold night, but the day was warm. A quick hike up to the summit - disconcerting to be eating a hot sandwich in a snack bar at the summit, but then again, I appreciated the chair over the usual boulder, and then the long hike back to Manitou Springs. My longest hike in a day so far, me thinks. I'd like to do it again in actual winter. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2002 4:56 pm | ||
| clarkcw | Route Climbed: Crag's Campground Date Climbed: January 20, 2002 | |
| I have done Pikes before in the Pikes Peak half marathon. However, I have refused to do Pikes Peak in the Summber because of all of the tourists on the top who drive up or take the tram. So, along with three buddies we decided to do Pikes in January. We took snow shoes; at the beginning we thought that we would not need them because the trail was packed. However, after about 2 miles into the hike the snowshoes were necessary and really made a difference. After summiting we were blasted by horrible winds. I spilled a bit of water on my jacket and it froze within 2 seconds. We estimate that with the wind chill facor it was -50 degrees below F. But, we were the only ones on the summit so it was great! Make sure that you wear plenty of layers, have face protection, etc. A tough hike, but a wonderful trip! I noticed that there were not too many winter reviews about Pikes . . . so here it is: 1. Wear many layers and be prepared. 2. No avalanche danger. 3. Make sure you are hydrated as our water froze. 4. Have fun . . . summiting in the winter is a great experience. | ||
| Posted Jan 20, 2002 9:36 pm | ||
| UlrichPrinz | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: July 1990 | |
| Did this thing in a quick decision after a rainy morning, when the sun came out at noon. I just took my waterbottle and a sweater and went jogging up the hill. It took me less than half of the posted time, but I was pretty happy to be able to catch a car on the way down after that ;-) Cheers, Ulli | |
| Posted Jan 17, 2002 1:45 am | ||
| Zeke | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 1998 | |
| good climb, can even catch a ride on the way down!! (But dont tell anyone) | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2002 7:29 am | ||
| spyder550 | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: July 2001 | |
| Great climb, trails well maintained. Very popular and crowed but great to get a workout on. Climbed and then descended in 9 hours the whole 26 miles! Had a college cross country runner as a partner and she helped me to keep the pace. We ran down the last three miles, unfortuniately I wrecked and sprained my ankle pretty good. Ohwell it is better now and I am think about doing Pikes again this winter. | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2001 11:21 pm | ||
| Helga | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: 10.27.01 | |
| Beautiful day, no significant clouds, absolutely gorgeous climb! Very windy for a while above the A frame. Sun had set for the last mile before reaching the summit. I estimate it was about 30 degrees. Had started trail at 7:00 am , rested too long at Barr Camp and didn't make it to the top until late which I would not do again. It was weird to find so many tourists by car on the summit after having not seen but few souls on trail . Took advantage of that and hitch hiked down the mountain, I felt like I deserved a free ride....hehe! (Last ride down with the cog railway is at 4:30 btw) | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2001 4:30 am | ||
| odysseus | Route Climbed: Crags Campground TH Date Climbed: 8/19/2000 | |
| My partner and I elected to bag Pikes from the Northwest side, avoiding the Barr Trail parade. This was a great 14 miler, we only encountered one other climber on the trail. Upon reaching the Devil's Playground area, we discovered that the day we picked to climb was the day of the Pikes Peak Ascent Run - what a total zoo! The summit was covered in people. It was a relief to get off the top and back down on the trail! | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2001 11:17 am | ||
| Peter Eliassen | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: 9/1/95 | |
| Stay at Barr Camp for a night and finish it in two days, the descent is rather quick! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2001 11:39 am | ||
| carp | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: July 9, 2000 | |
| I left Manitou Springs at 12:30a and arrived at the top by 10:30a. I had two long rests, one at Barr Camp and the other just above 11,000 ft. In addition to being tired, I needed to wait for the sun to start warming up the mountain. The Pikes Peak Manitou Springs Cog Railroad brought me back down. Why did I climb at night? First, I am not in great shape and I knew I would not do so well in the heat of the day. Second, its better to be operating in the dark when you are fresh. Third, the Cog RR fills up quickly, my best chance to get a ride down was to arrive at the summit early. Fourth, the lightning display over the plains was awesome. | ||
| Posted Aug 3, 2001 5:39 pm | ||
| Jim Clarke | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: 7/22/98 | |
| Long, fairly boring day hike timed perfectly so at the summit I could watch obese flatlanders disembark the cog railway direct to eating cheese fries in the cafeteria. All the while I was starving because I didn't pack enough food...came pretty close to dumpster diving...need to ski the couliors on the east side next. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2001 9:11 pm | ||
| mconnell | Route Climbed: Many of them Date Climbed: 1970's-present | |
| Grew up in C. Springs, climbing the Peak many times in all seasons. Now I use the west side for training. | ||
| Posted Jul 17, 2001 12:24 pm | ||
| climbcolorado | Route Climbed: Barr Trail, Crags and Pikes Peak Challange | |
| I live in Colorado Springs and have done almost all the routes on Pikes Peak. I have hiked, skied and mountain biked the Peak. Mountain Biking the road is not allowed but once a year there is a bicycle race called the Pikes Peak Challange when you are allowed to bike to summit! I have done two winter climbs from the Crags trailhead and one summer hike on the Barr Trail. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2001 10:24 am | ||
| jratk | Route Climbed: Barr trail Date Climbed: May 2000 | |
| Long hike, too many people. Caretakers at the camp are cool to talk to. | |
| Posted May 17, 2001 9:49 pm | ||
| theplugger | Route Climbed: From Crags Campground TH Date Climbed: 6-27-93 | |
| In order to avoid the Barr Trail crowds, and to make the climb shorter, we backpacked up a couple miles from the Crags Campground TH, camped in a meadow, then started early the next morning for the summit as a day hike. What a weird experience to climb a 14er with a restaurant on top and packed with people who had gotten there by train! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2001 1:51 pm | ||
| Jerry Thomas | Route Climbed: Craggs Campground Date Climbed: 6/3/2000 | |
| Not as long as the Barr Trail, pretty easy walk-up. | ||
| Posted Apr 6, 2001 8:52 am | ||
| kilimanjaro1 | Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: 7-14-99 | |
| Long day hike.. camped at Barr cabins | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2001 8:22 pm | ||
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