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| stamina | Twice was a charm  Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2001 | |
| Made our original attempt on Thurs.-Aug 01-2000. Made a route finding mistake at Gaines Ridge. While re-checking the route, all of a sudden, lightning ripped on the summit and all up and down the mountain. I thought I was going to die, as Diggler, (read his log), can attest to this wicked lightning storm as he was climbing on the same day. Returned a year later not to be denied, and made the summit on Aug. 2-2001 at 1200 hrs. Got back down to the lake at 1630 hrs. An amazing mountain as it is so remote. Great views from the summit of Captial Peak, North Maroon, and South Maroon. The approach thru the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area is beautiful. Great climb! Also, after summit day, we hiked up to Trail Rider Pass on the Hagerman shoulder. Well worth it! | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2009 10:18 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Mar 7, 2009 | |
| Initially attempted this mountain twice, both times from the Geneva Lake side. Snowshoed in with Steve Gladbach March 6th and successfully summited March 7th during a storm. An unbelieveable amount of snow & most of it thigh to knee-deep powder. A very long 3 days. And my 14er finisher! :o) | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2009 7:11 am | ||
| mattpierce | Worth the pack in Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| What an amazing area - this is one of my fav 14ers so far! | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2008 4:02 pm | ||
| steve_hiebert | Dayhike of the Standard Route from Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2002 | |
| It was a pretty long day but it was very enjoyable. | |
| Posted May 14, 2008 1:44 am | ||
| peakrat76 | Standard Route from Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1982 | |
| One of my favorite 14'ers. Anything with a snow climb gets additonal points! | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2008 11:29 am | ||
| SarahThompson | S-Ridge / West Face in winter Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2006 | |
| 7/15/06 - Camped at Geneva Lake, climbed the S-Ridge and traversed to Hagerman. 3/13/10 - Reached 13,000 feet on the West Face before bailing due to conditions. Tons of avy terrain to negotiate on this mountain in winter! Hope to make another winter attempt during a better snow year. 1/8/12 - Climbed West Face from camp at Geneva Lake. Two nights out. | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2008 10:01 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Lead King Basin Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2000 | |
| This was my second climb of Snowmass. Also from Lead King Basin. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2008 10:55 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Grand Slam Date Climbed: Sep 25, 1994 | |
| With this climb of Snowmass I finished all of the Colorado Fourteeners for the first time. We approached from Lead King Basin. | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2008 10:53 pm | ||
| CODave | Snowmass Lake route Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007 | |
| Started from Maroon Lake, climbed Buckskin BM then down Buckskin Pass and camped at Snowmass Lake. Climbed Snowmass via gully between Snowmass & N. Snowmass. Got both summits and then descended standard route and packed out Snowmass Creek. This was an awesome route! | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2008 11:31 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Standard Route from Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2007 | |
| Beautiful backpack into the lake. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The class 3 climbing on the ridge to the summit was fun! One of my top 10 favorite 14ers for sure! | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2007 6:24 pm | ||
| HokieJim | What snowfield? Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Don't bother looking for cairns above treeline...just make a beeline for the ridge! Great views from the summit, one of my top 10 14ers! | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:24 am | ||
| ktiffany22 | Tedious route finding rewarded with summit! Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| BEAUTIFUL lake! Worth the 8 mile backpack in. TEDIOUS route finding ("cairns?" WHERE?! They are little... don't waste your time- just shoot for the ridge!). Fun scramble at the end to a great summit block! L-O-N-G 13 mile hike back down and out! Loved the scenery along this route... quite possibly my favorite (of 46 now)! | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2007 11:20 pm | ||
| bernardhohman | Lead King Basin Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Great ridge scramble and fun little summit. Weather was perfect. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2007 8:47 pm | ||
| Panthera uncia | Snowmassless!!! Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2007 | |
| My favorite climb so far... Climbed the east snowless slopes and watched the sunrise from the summit. This 14er rocks! | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2007 4:12 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | snowfield and ridge Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| with jamie and mike....climbed the namesake snowfield to the summit ridge around 13,850 feet. the ridge was an unexpected surprise with lots of class three and four terrain to cross before reaching the summit. can't believe i passed on north snowmass. the glissades, especially the first one(1000+ feet, just flat-out ripped), back towards snowmass lake were really fun! jamie | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2007 1:28 am | ||
| Scott Rogers | Awesome! | |
| Did this one last summer. The sunflowers from Lead King Basin were amazing!!! | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2007 10:41 pm | ||
| cftbq | Snowmass West Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| A long day from the Lead King Basin TH for me and trishapajean. We climbed the left-most gully most of the way, then wrapped around to the north and ended up traversing most of the summit ridge. Spectacular exposure! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 3:22 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Snow field to ridge Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Shanahan96, Jamie Nellis and Denalibound from Snowmass Lake. Long hike in/out with heavy pack, but this is the route we wanted. What's Snowmass without climbing the namesake snow field? Due to hard snow on the back of the ridge we opted to stay as close to the crest as possible. This resulted in some extra scrambling than normal, and several short class 4 moves at the various gendarmes. Great fun! Also traversed out to tag "North Snowmass", excellent views of Capitol and Pierre Lakes from the north summit. Its worth the extra 20 minutes! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 10:11 am | ||
| Britette | From Snowmass lake Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| Hiked in Snowmass Creek route and camped at the lake. Wish it was earlier since there wasn't much snow - that damn talus field is tough in tele boots. Anyway climbed to the ridge and skied from there. Did not fancy climbing the ridge to the summit in tele boots so neglected to summit. Ski was fun though. Long hike out with 50lb pack. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2007 12:15 pm | ||
| goat14er | Lake Geneva Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006 | |
| TalusMonkey, Greg, and I camped above Lake Geneva, traversed over to the trail and went up the west slopes route. Steep talus and amazing lakes on the way up. | |
| Posted May 24, 2007 6:31 pm | ||
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