Indian Peaks (CO) > South & North Arapaho Peak > Climber's LogSouth & North Arapaho Peak Climber's Log
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| pphlux | Route Climbed: South Ridge Date Climbed: June 29th, 2004  | |
| Climbed with my sister after camping at Buckingham campground. Made the south summit after 2.5 hours. Stayed on top for an hour fighting marmots, and headed down, as she was not very interested in the traverse. Great climb. I'll certainly be back for the traverse soon. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2004 12:30 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Route Climbed: Standard route to traverse Date Climbed: July 7, 2002 | |
| Pretty easy scrambling on the ridge and a great approach hike are what single out this wonderful climb. Popular peaks, but understandably so. | |
| Posted Apr 19, 2004 4:09 pm | ||
| f360driver | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July/03 | |
| Easy Hike. Hoping to do Sky walker couloir soon. | |
| Posted Apr 14, 2004 6:52 pm | ||
| CharlesD | Route Climbed: Standard South Ridge Date Climbed: October 11, 2003 | |
| Despite the light snowfall the night before and the startlingly strong winds, we persevered. Started from 4th-of-July at 8am with Justin and Kristie van Voorst and Nathan Smith. Surprisingly stout weather above TL. Made it to the summit of South Arapaho with little trouble after a steep climb from the col. van Voorsts turned back here leaving Nathan and I to traverse the ridge. Definitely looked worse than it was and was conciderably easier in every way than the nearby Neva north ridge. Snow and strong cross-winds made going a little more challenging, but not as much as I'd expected. Some route-finding challenges along the way. Total there-and-back time from S peak was 2.5 hours. Descent through lessening winds and melting snow. Arrived back at the car at 4:30. | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2004 10:35 am | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: Standard traverse of South and North Arapaho Date Climbed: 6-12-2003 | |
| My friend Josh and I climbed these two wonderful mountains on a perfect day in June. Personally i was a bit aprehensive concerning getting both summits. Recently in Colorado the thunderheads start building at 11:00 a.m. and are full blown within 2 hours or less. I'm talking no clouds to lightning in less than two hours! The ridge traverse takes about 1hour and twenty minutes, one way. So needless to say I was feeling a bit uneasy when the cloud buildup began as we started our traverse. As we summited North Arapaho those clouds began to drift away over the Denver area and we had great weather for the rest of the day. Here is a trip report. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2003 8:50 pm | ||
| mpyle | Route Climbed: South Face Date Climbed: 31 May 2003 | |
| Climbed a gentler snow slope east of Skywalker. On snow almost whole way from TH. Feared the steep snow and possible cornices on the traverse, so limited myself to the south peak. | |
| Posted Jun 2, 2003 7:46 am | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: 4th of July Trailhead Date Climbed: June 29, 2002 | |
| The class 3 route from South to North Arapahoe Peaks make this mountain a favorite. A great get in shape hike for something like Long's Peak. Challenging but do-able. We climbed during the peak of the wildfires this summer so the views we had weren't very good. I would like to go back under better conditions. | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2002 1:12 pm | ||
| Josh | Route Climbed: Arapaho Peaks Traverse Date Climbed: June 10, 2002 | |
| Nice morning exercise. The trail was essentially snow-free. Running shoes sufficed. | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2002 11:55 am | ||
| Nelson | Route Climbed: Skywalker Couloir Date Climbed: June 8, 2002 | |
| In this year of abnormally low snow, early June conditions ranged from near ice, to slushy unprotectable mush, to perfect styrofoam. It changed every hundred feet. The quote-unquote "easy" finish looked tougher than Princess Leia, so we went the Princess way. It was only four feet wide at places. A hidden cornice at the top finished off an exciting climb! | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2002 9:06 am | ||
| Zeke | Route Climbed: Skywalker Couloir/Traverse Date Climbed: June 2000 | |
| Great climb and awsome finish. It may pucker you a bit. Do the traverse to North Arap. while your there, definately worth it. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2001 1:25 pm | ||
| kisters_0 | Route Climbed: Sky Walker to S Arapaho, North ridge traverse to N Arapaho. Date Climbed: 06/01 | |
| What a great ridge traverse. Definetly a must climb. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2001 1:11 pm | ||
| Jim Clarke | Route Climbed: Standard South to North traverse Date Climbed: 10/3/99 | |
| Fun, airy traverse in perfect fall weather... | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2001 6:10 pm | ||
| mpbro | Route Climbed: Arapaho Peaks Traverse Date Climbed: August 26, 2000 | |
| Great climb...a classic. Unfortunately, I was turned back by weather about 3/4 of the way to North Arapaho Peak. Trip report is here | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2001 2:23 pm | ||
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