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| big_g | Route Climbed: East Slopes  Date Climbed: Apr 4, 2002 | |
| Nice hike up and saw some goats right on the summit! Fun glissading down. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2003 3:20 pm | ||
| hmronnow | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: February 22 2003 | |
| Snow and some wind, but not too cold. Snow-field just above tree line a bit unstable. Skinned to 13000, then walked on rocks sticking out of snow. Descented to 13500 by foot due to low visibility, the rest on skis. | |
| Posted Feb 23, 2003 11:58 pm | ||
| Grant | Route Climbed: easy route Date Climbed: Aug. 2000 | |
| We started out at about 8:00am and reached the trailhead at about 9:00am. The hike started out pretty easy passing a few abandoned mines. At timberline the slope steepened and we slowed down quite a bit. After about a mile the trail flattened out a little and by that time there were four of us left. Looking up at the top we had 1000’ of gain to go and Lisa called it quits. So Mark, Craig and I keep trudging along. Mark was in good shape and kept waiting for Craig and I. The last 1000-foot section was a good climbers trail and was talus all the way to the top so there wasn’t much of a trail, but we could see the summit the whole time. The last 100’ flattened out a bit and then we were at the summit. Mark, Craig and I were very happy and I was relieved. It was Mark and Craig’s first fourteener and only my second. | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2003 2:19 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 24, 2002 | |
| This was my second ascent of Quandry and was much more enjoyable than the east slopes. The west ridge was challenging from a terrain and route finding perspective. We descended the south slopes - they look like they would be very fun to ski down in the winter. Perhaps a winter trip should be planned (?) | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2002 8:07 am | ||
| phillinley | Route Climbed: East ridge Date Climbed: December 22, 2002 | |
| First winter fourteener ascent. Skied up with skins and skiied down for first fourteener ski descent as well. Beautiful day for December. | |
| Posted Dec 24, 2002 11:20 am | ||
| jcolar | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: November 16, 2002 | |
| Great climb. My first 14er. Lots of wind and snow. Can't wait to get back. | ||
| Posted Nov 22, 2002 8:41 am | ||
| rcorby2 | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: November 16th, 2002 | |
| A great winter climb that started from the Monte Cristo TH. Some may balk at calling this a winter climb, being it's only mid Novmeber; but 20 degree temps, 50mph (no exageration) winds, and enough snow to satisfy the abominable snowman, I'd say it counts! Photos and video available here. | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2002 6:04 pm | ||
| fastandlight | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: March 12, 2000 | |
| Heck of a climb. Lots of false summits up with West Ridge. It was a cold day with lots of wind. Didn't stay on top long. Got wicked cramps on the way down from the snowshoes. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2002 10:31 pm | ||
| granddeity | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 10. 2002 | |
| After a few troubles finding the new trailhead, we had a great hike. Lots of fun. | ||
| Posted Nov 2, 2002 11:20 pm | ||
| rob_runkle | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: August 18, 2002 | |
| Great 4 days of 14ers (9 total). This was my last 14er for the trip. This 14er is close to Breck, which makes for a good choice of a single day excursion. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2002 8:22 am | ||
| climberkjp | Route Climbed: East "Ridge" Date Climbed: October 19, 2002 | |
| Was up in the Breck for the weekend, and was bored, so jogged up Quandary. Easy route, great to get out though. Ran into some mountain goats on the descent. I should've checked this page first - the West Ridge sounds a little more interesting. | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2002 10:56 am | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 30 2001 | |
| Finished Sherman this morning. Alot of elevation gain/loss for one day. The weather held and we were successful | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2002 2:11 pm | ||
| charles97 | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: September 5, 2002 | |
| Nice, smooth and easy going the whole way up. I got started early enough to beat the weather. Started at 8:20 am and reached summit at 10:50 am. It was one of the easier fourteeners. Seventh of 10 fourteeners in 6 days. #15 overall. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2002 3:32 pm | ||
| mtnhappy | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: August 19, 2002 | |
| Quandary was my 1st 14er to bag, and man, i must say i'm now addicted! it was an amazing climb! it's a good 14er to climb for your 1st time. it's crazy how fast the storms come in, so always watch the sky. this climb won't leave you disappointed! it's neat to look at the entire eastern ridge of Quandary (from one of the pullouts on the south side of Hoosier Pass) & actually see what you climbed from a different angle! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2002 2:07 pm | ||
| Ed F | Route Climbed: Quandary Trailhead - East Slopes Date Climbed: September 15, 2002 | |
| Very easy, short hike up to a nice peak. Great weather. Took a short trip to check out the west ridge... it doesn't look too bad. Next time! | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2002 4:19 pm | ||
| kcmule | Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: August 19, 2002 | |
| Fun hike. A little strenuous for me (newbie - 2nd 14er) but we took short breaks whenever we lost our breath and kept plodding along. Views are worth the effort. Played around a bit on the west slope cliffs, but they're still probably a bit out of my league - for now. Not too many folks on the summit and when the clouds moved in everyone split and we had some time alone on the peak. Paid the piper by getting snowed-on on the way down (in August!) but at least it didn't get us wet. Topped off the day with tasty ribs at Breckenridge BBQ in town; highly recommended. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2002 4:32 pm | ||
| wayneaflick | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 22, 1994 | |
| Slept in my pickup at the trail head. Started climbing at sun up. Had an uneventful climb. Except for its length, this is the easest of all. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2002 7:28 pm | ||
| ctruscot | Date Climbed: June 1998 | |
| Beautiful easy hike up the humpback. Snow a foot deep at the summit. | ||
| Posted Jun 3, 2002 4:18 pm | ||
| jasonscottcole | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: May 26 2002 | |
| Summited with Betsie(fiancé) and CJ(brother). We had a great day hiking. | ||
| Posted May 28, 2002 12:07 pm | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Cristo Couloir Date Climbed: Aug 4 2001 | |
| Nice quick climb. I had tried a shortcut to the west ridge the year before and got stuck just below the summit. | |
| Posted May 17, 2002 3:56 pm | ||
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