San Juan Range > Vermilion Peak > Climber's LogVermilion Peak Climber's Log
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| Trailboss88 | NE Ridge from GH  Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2012 | |
| Fun climb from Golden Horn, descended down SE ridge to Fuller | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2012 2:02 pm | ||
| miztflip | With Golden Horn Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2012 | |
| Overcast and foggy. Great little day hike with Golden Horn. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2012 9:55 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | NE ridge after Golden Horn Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012 | |
| This basin is awesome! With Dave B. We went up Golden Horn first, then headed up Vermilion's NE ridge. Nice ridge; one 10ft spot seemed tougher than c3 (per Roach), but we may not have been following Roach cuz we were baffled by his instruction to go around one point on the west. Anyway, the worst part was the last 40 or so feet up the dry Vermilion Dollar couloir. Afterwards, we headed to the saddle with Fuller, where I side-tripped up that one while Dave headed down. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2012 2:41 am | ||
| goat14er | Hope Lake - west side Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2012 | |
| Started from the Hope Lake trail and traveled across the high basin to the Fuller-Beattie saddle. Getting to the Fuller-Vermillion saddle involved some classic San Juan scree crossing, but very solid and fun after that to the top. Storms were rolling in early, so we didn't linger long on the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2012 5:10 pm | ||
| utclimber | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Two ascents. One in 2008, and another on a ridge traverse from Pilot Knob on 7/1/12. | ||
| Posted Jul 29, 2012 6:46 pm | ||
| seano | From Fuller Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2012 | |
| Pretty well-define use trail from the saddle. Trip report. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2012 4:53 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | Via. Ice Lakes Basin Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2011 | |
| Beautiful fall day and a great climb. Views of the Wilsons were fantastic. Threw in Fuller as well. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2011 11:54 am | ||
| WalksWithBlackflies | Fantastic Summit Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011 | |
| Climbed from Fuller. Looks worse than it is. Great tiny summit. I was going to continue to Golden Horn, but the ridge looked like Class 4/5. Reading other statements, it appears I misjudged. It's OK, since I'd met my daily quota of crumbly scree and talus, and I spent the afternoon exploring the remainder of the Upper Basin. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2011 3:50 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | Fun hike with Duchess Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
| We ran that morning from Mineral Creek Campground, and covered Fuller Peak, Vermilion, and Golden Horn. It was a nice day. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2011 9:29 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | a wonderful winter monster Date Climbed: Jan 8, 2011 | |
| climbed this nasty bugger w/ihinger on a wonderful, bluebird day....albeit a little cold before 10am. our broken track from the day before helped get us through the early morning darkness towards treeline where ski tracks assisted us for awhile. vermillion itself was a stiff challenge with possibly dangerous slopes lurking everywhere, causing lots of of zigzagging. summited in the late afternoon light and scurried off the peak before darkness engulfed us once again in the upper valley. sunset on the wilsons was spectacular! jamie | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2011 10:40 am | ||
| cherylbenson | My second summit Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010 | |
| Climbed with BigRob. We had a great time. Lot's of snow in upper basin. It was a beautiful day. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2010 12:02 am | ||
| BigRob | Got her did Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010 | |
| From the Hope Lake TH. Lots of snow still. Second party this year to sign in, and the first beat us up by a couple of hours. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2010 1:51 am | ||
| lordhelmut014 | NE Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008 | |
| traversed from Golden Horn, very fun ridge run and scramble. Decent exposure, eerie clouds moving in, summit all to ourselves w/ Fuller left for the weekend. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2010 12:49 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | Beautiful; Lots of Loose Rock, and a Thunderstorm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| Had planned on tacking Vermilion, Beatie, Fuller, V8, and V9 in a day with my brothers and some friends. Headed up Vermilion first, and was greeted with LOTS of loose rock. There was still a fair amount of snow during the last several hundred feet, which forced us to find an alternate route. Thankfully, another climber pointed out a passable (Class 3) route when things got a little hairy. After summiting Vermilion, clouds rolled in, and we made the decision (a wise one) to head down before it got bad, though my brother and a friend tagged Beatie Peak first. I was too lazy that day to climb all those peaks anyway :) | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 12:24 am | ||
| tioga | Hope Lake Trail Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| Started at the Hope Lake Trailhead and left the trail at a cairn. Headed east up to the saddle between Vermilion and Beattie Peaks and climbed Vermilion. Had some difficulties making it to the top, with some snow, but found a route along the ridge. Lots of loose rock on this one. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 8:37 am | ||
| PatrickSwazeHaze | Ice Lakes Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008 | |
| Climbed this guy along with the Knob, Golden Horn and Fuller all in one perfect day. That lake is f**king blue...... | ||
| Posted Feb 17, 2009 11:02 am | ||
| kavak | From Ice Lake Basin Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| Ice Lake Basin is one of the most beautiful alpine spots I've seen in Colorado. After bagging Fuller Peak we made our way over to Vermilion. Made good time to the summit as route finding seemed obvious. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2008 9:54 am | ||
| Garon Coriz | First Solo of 2008 Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2008 | |
| Freaking awesome area. Camped above the lower basin. Did Fuller first, then Beattie, then Vermilion. I wanted to save Golden Horn for a trip with a friend later on. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2008 6:01 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Std Ice Lakes Basin Route / From the west Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2006 | |
| 7/3/06 - Standard route from Ice Lakes Basin with Golden Horn. What a spectacular place! 9/3/07 - This time I took a non-standard route from the west near Lake Hope. We made a loop over "V9", "V8", Beattie Peak, Fuller Peak, and finally Vermilion. The scree on this side of the peak looks steep and unwelcoming, but it wasn't too bad. Faint trails helped a bit. This is hands down one of my favorite areas in Colorado and I think I enjoyed my 2nd ascent of Vermilion even more than the 1st. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2008 1:08 pm | ||
| gremlin | 4 peak linkup | |
| quite fun doing so many peaks that close together | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2007 1:14 am | ||
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