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| Kiefer Thomas | Via East Ridge  Date Climbed: May 4, 2013 | |
| Hiked up this bad boy with awful, crusty snow conditions. Went with Sarah Simon. :o) White out conditions top. Meandered on over to Meadow Mountain afterwards. Snow made for a long day. Sadly, the views weren't there. Seems like a good place in good weather. | |
| Posted May 5, 2013 11:43 am | ||
| rkymtn | Saint Vrain Trail Date Climbed: Jan 26, 2013 | |
| Mixed snowpack made travel interesting - unconsolidated sugar snow in the trees called for snowshoes and windblown hard pack on the east ridge almost merited crampons. However, the weather was near perfect - warm and relatively windless for CO winter. My wife and I were thrilled to top out and dedicate this climb to Haliku. This was a peak he and I abandoned after climbing Meadow in the worst winds either of us had ever encountered. RIP my friend! | |
| Posted Jan 26, 2013 9:29 pm | ||
| awhite28 | St. Vrain | |
| with Meadow | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2012 1:47 pm | ||
| SenadR | Great views! Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2012 | |
| Nice hike, there is nothing better than spend Friaday hiking, now i'm ready for weekend. Nice solo hike, amazing views of Wild Basin and Longs Peak. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2012 8:52 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | lots of snow Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2012 | |
| Fun summit with some deep snow at times (in late april). | |
| Posted May 30, 2012 12:00 pm | ||
| heather14 | Standard Route w/ Meadow Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2011 | |
| A bit blustery once out of the trees. Great skiing once back down in glades....to bad I suck at tele skiing. | |
| Posted Mar 6, 2011 10:13 pm | ||
| belexes | Saint Vrain Trail Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010 | |
| CMC hike. We had just finished climbing Meadow Mountain in high winds and blowing snow, and the leader asked us if we wanted to continue on to St Vrain. Everyone was doing alright despite the conditions, so we climbed it. As before, one hiker decided to remain at the base of the mountain while we made the ascent from the east. The wind wasn't too bad until we neared the summit, then it really started to blow. As with Meadow, there wasn't much to see, so we didn't stay too long. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2010 4:07 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | My nemesis Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010 | |
| Finally! This was my 5th time to the trailhead and first summit. 1st time: I was a totally unprepared newbie climbing on an Oct/Nov afternoon when it started to snow. 2nd time: started snowshoeing in Feb about noon when I knew I had to be somewhere later in the afternoon. 3rd time: a partner was recovering from a cold and needed to turn back. 4th time: rangers closed the trail due to a mother and her young (they wouldn't say what species). | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2010 10:27 am | ||
| CSUMarmot | The only place Ive felt unsafe Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2009 | |
| Got socked in by some pretty inclement weather, I owe my life to whoever built the rock shelter on the summit | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2010 11:34 pm | ||
| jimlarkey | East Slope Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2010 | |
| Easy climb, great weather & trail conditions. Plenty of thirst-quenching, cold, snowmelt runoff. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=685733 | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2010 5:16 pm | ||
| Kapelmuur | Great day out Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010 | |
| Great day out with pretty much everything you could ask for in a hike/modest summit. Saw a family of Bighorn sheep on the way down. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2010 9:17 pm | ||
| tomlauren | Meadow - St. Vrain Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010 | |
| Snowshoed the pair from the St. Vrain Mountain Trailhead with my girlfriend Meghan. Incredible view of the entire Wild Basin from the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 16, 2010 8:30 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Via St. Vrain Trail Date Climbed: Apr 12, 2009 | |
| So, I hear there are nice views from this summit. I dunno, all I saw was whiteout. The approach is pleasant and we were visited by the Ptarmigan on both the ascent & descent. Not long after leaving the saddle, however, conditions deteriorated rapidly. We didn't spent much time at the summit, and the descent was honestly miserable: Iced over lenses, zero visibility, snow shoes catching on invisible rocks, etc. We rejoiced upon reaching treeline! Partners: Ricardo's CMC trip with Mike. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2009 11:23 pm | ||
| DanielWandsneider | Decent Climb | |
| Climbed this with my roommate in April. We were caught up in a blizzard, and somehow lost each other in the whiteout. Luckily we found each other and continued our climb. The snow was very deep and pretty physically demanding, considering I left my snowshoes at the base. This winter we will be back with skis for some awesome backcountry that we saw on the hike up. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 7:43 pm | ||
| coljayms | Snowy Date Climbed: May 15, 2004 | |
| I met a friendly, white ptarmigan that followed by around for awhile. Total isolation up there. | ||
| Posted Oct 31, 2008 1:05 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Std Route with Meadow Mountain Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2005 | |
| A good snowshoe. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2008 10:50 pm | ||
| argothor | St. Vrain in the rain Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008 | |
| Hiked up under cloudy skies, but still had a nice view of the Wild Basin and a cloud shrouded Longs Peak to the north and views of the Indian Peaks to the south. It started to rain on the way down and rained much of the way back to the Mount St. Vrain trailhead. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 8:48 am | ||
| Kruck | Good snow travel Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| The final push after a long battle with lingering drifts on the approach was pleasant, with good travel snow from the foot of the hill at the saddle with the UN to the southwest to a few hundred yards below the summit. My wife caught a glisse down half the hill as I tried to foot-ski, for the most part unsuccessfully. Met an interesting fellow, Josh from 14ers.com, whom we climbed to the summit and back with from the saddle. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2008 9:42 pm | ||
| MattK | Great Views Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008 | |
| Wife, dog and I. Great views. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2008 7:57 am | ||
| habaceeba | great views Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2007 | |
| I enjoyed this one. The view of Indian Peaks and Long's is spectacular. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2008 6:12 pm | ||
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