Indian Peaks (CO) > South & North Arapaho Peak > Climber's LogSouth & North Arapaho Peak Climber's Log
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| Casey Bates | Route: 4th of July TH  Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2007 | |
| South Arapaho. Winter solo. Long approach on foot up 4th of July road. Awesome bivy under the stars near the campground. Had trouble locating the peak due to high winds and blowing snow. No cajones for the traverse to N. Arap. in the wind. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2007 11:41 pm | ||
| boisedoc | lots of fun Date Climbed: Jun 20, 1989 | |
| Lots of fun traversing between the peaks. Great views as well | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 5:26 am | ||
| royswkr | Also went to E bump Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1985 | |
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| Posted Sep 23, 2006 9:00 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | S Arapahoe Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006 | |
| The climb up S Arapahoe was relatively easy, then attempted the traverse to N Arapahoe. My friend and I made it past the first crux with no problem (it was quite fun!), but he was feeling uncomfortable with some of the exposure we faced afterwards, so we turned around. | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 11:48 pm | ||
| ColoradoScott | The Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2006 | |
| I was very impressed and awed by this ridge. I had climbed the Mt. Wilson-to-El Diente Ridge last summer and I found the Arapahoe ridge to have more sustained class III scrambling and more difficult route finding than I anticipated. Gerry Roach's guidebook on the Indian Peaks rates this at Class III, but I felt that truly underestimates the difficulty of the route and the one true crusx of the route. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2006 5:49 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | The Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006 | |
| Made a quick out-and-back on the traverse but got chased off Old Baldy by a thunderstorm. Glad the weather came in when I could escape quickly rather than on the ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2006 5:11 pm | ||
| kenton | Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2006 | |
| No Lightning = Awesome time | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:17 pm | ||
| mlatham | Skywalker Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006 | |
| Great climb with Marella, Chris Gerber and CharlesD. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2006 9:31 pm | ||
| miztflip | Traverse and Old Baldy Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Made the hike with my wife. The traverse was excellent. The climbing could be made as hard or easy as one wanted. The rock was solid and made for excellent scrambling. Only 2 cars when we got there and nearly 200 as we left. Also managed to take in the ranked 13'er known as "old baldy" | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2006 8:02 pm | ||
| Chris | Great climb! Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006 | |
| Climbed Skywalker with Mike, Marella, and CharlesD. Hit the base of the climb about 6:30am. Snow was rock hard and solid. Sunlight on the Princess Leia finish made it absolutely perfect. The schrund at the base of the Leia section is starting to open up a bit. Still passable, but not easily for much longer. Definately evidence of sporadic rockfall, and a couple whizzed by. Wear a helmet on this one. Awesome climb, awesome day. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 11:59 pm | ||
| climbhighnow | Skywalker Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006 | |
| this is a great climb, i'd def. call it a classic. another climber measured the angle at the top to be 45deg., i'd say that at max it might get up to 55; on some of the bulges on the upper left of the couloir. no way 65 deg. though. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2006 8:08 pm | ||
| mntnplay | Skywalker + traverse Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006 | |
| Ascent via Skywalker with direct finish. Departed TH at 0500. Perfect conditions: points-only penetration at start, forefoot penetration at top, and mostly dry on traverse. The traverse is awesome, and only has one tiny 4th class slab. First team up Skywalker (simul-solo), first team to N Arapahoe, first team back to parking lot. | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2006 5:40 am | ||
| sshankle | Second Choice Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2006 | |
| After a couple days in CO (on Grays and the Flatirons) I was too whipped (and whimpy) to carry the ropes/axes/crapons, etc. into Skywalker as I had been planning, so we went light and climbed the SE Ridge. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 10:05 pm | ||
| bauerbrian | Skywalker Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2005 | |
| Killer! | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 12:16 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | North Star/Traverse Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| A great day with great company! Like gurlyclimber said, this was a great tour of these peaks, we had so much fun. Everyone was on Skywalker so we had 1400' of snow climbing completely to ourselves! Then we got a lot of fun scrambling from the top of North Star to the summit of N. Arapahoe. From there it was more fun scrambling on the ridge to S. Arapahoe. | |
| Posted May 30, 2006 5:47 pm | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | North Star/Peak Traverse Date Climbed: May 28, 2006 | |
| Another summit with my sweetie and one of my best friends. Climbed North Star Couloir with chicagotransplant and Jody. We traversed to N. Arapaho and then to S. Arapahoe. In my opinion, this is the best way to do these peaks (any couloir + traverse). EXTREMELY FUN DAY! | |
| Posted May 30, 2006 2:27 pm | ||
| jonpierre | Summit Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1991 | |
| Summit - woot | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2006 1:48 pm | ||
| Big Skies 808 | Skywalker to the Ridge Traverse, Stellar Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2006 | |
| Soloed Skywalker in beautiful weather. Princess Leia was one of the most fun things I have ever done. A little slushy at the top made things interesting. Linked up to the ridge traverse to North for a fantastic day. My first couloir climb, and I'm addicted! | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2006 10:29 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | North Arapaho Date Climbed: Jun 20, 1971 | |
| Skywalker Couloir. Total ascents = 3. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2006 1:54 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | South Arapaho Date Climbed: Sep 11, 1966 | |
| Total ascents = 2. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2006 1:52 am | ||
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