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| altitude14er | Ypsilon - R.M.N.P.  Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2004 | |
| This climb is really easy when hiked from Fall River Road in R.M.N.P. The night before I climbed this it snowed a little bit up high and added to the scenery. This mountain usually seems to have some Elk hanging out on it and provides a nice view of Long's Peak from the North | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2006 3:54 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Route Climbed: Blitzen Ridge Date Climbed: May 1966 | |
| We did the 1st ascent of a variation on Blitzen Ridge. We climbed the lower "Y" couloir for about three or four hundred feet and then traversed to the ridge on an exposed ledge system that joins the ridge just west of the "Four Aces". I've summited Ypsilon 5 more times since by various other routes. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2006 8:20 pm | ||
| kenton | Route Climbed: SW slopes Date Climbed: Oct 1 2005 | |
| Part of Chapin, Chiquita & Ypsilon | |
| Posted Jan 1, 2006 4:30 pm | ||
| Bill Reed | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 22nd 2001 | |
| My 2nd climb of Ypsilon, Chris's 1st. Used some oxygen after Chris's last experience on Mt Toll. Were able to burn up the mountain beating the approaching storms. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2005 9:56 pm | ||
| jennakate | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge, descended near Fay Lakes to Lawn Lake Trailhead Date Climbed: June 2003 | |
| My hiking buddies and I attempted the Mummy Mania, or Mummy Marathon as we call it. We didn't quite finish because my friend fell on some snow on the saddle between Ypsilon and Fairchild and broke his arm. We made a group decision not to climb anymore and bushwacked many miles to the Lawn Lake Trailhead. If that wasn't enough, we got hailed on for over an hour and saw a bear. Someday, I would like a rematch with the Mummy's. | |
| Posted Oct 8, 2005 10:54 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: y-Couloir Date Climbed: Nov '04 | |
| Great climb. Middle section was a pitch of wasy mixed climbing (M3ish?) and the rest was easy couloir climbing. Great solo climb if you feel good on mixed ground. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 10:28 pm | ||
| Chris | Route Climbed: Mummy Mania Date Climbed: 24-Sep-05 | |
| Peak #3 of our Mummy Mania trip. Did this with pksander. Long, but fun day. The Y couloir looked sweet... need to come back for that... | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2005 12:14 am | ||
| pksander | Route Climbed: Mummy Mania! Date Climbed: September 24, 2005 | |
| Part of the Mummy Mania traverse completed with Chris Gerber. A very, very long day. See my trip report for more... | |
| Posted Sep 25, 2005 3:01 pm | ||
| slowpoke | Route Climbed: From chapin and chiquita Date Climbed: August 25, 2005 | |
| Climbed as part of Chapin, Chiquita Ypsilon traverse. Had all three summits to myself. Very windy up there. Met a few others on the way down who had turned back. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 2:13 pm | ||
| Bill Jirousek | Route Climbed: Chapin Trailhead Date Climbed: August 12, 2005 | |
| Unbelievable views down towards the spectacle lakes. This peak is the highest I have been so far. It was eerie to look down at the Donner Ridge, where the park ranger had died just days before. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 11:35 am | ||
| ajonesTexas | Route Climbed: Chapin, Chiquita, Ypsilon Date Climbed: 7/4/2002 | |
| Great hike | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2005 1:12 am | ||
| mtnsavy | Route Climbed: Blitzen Ridge Date Climbed: 2004 | |
| Fun but LONG alpine adventure. | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 2:45 am | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: from Chapin Pass Date Climbed: June 18, 2005 | |
| climbed Ypsilon as part of the Mummy Mania traverse as described by Roach. Beautiful mountain with great views. | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2005 11:39 pm | ||
| ktiffany22 | Route Climbed: Old Fall River Road Date Climbed: Sept 2002 | |
| This was my first ever hike in Colorado. Having come from KS less than a week before, can you say: "NEED OXYGEN?!" Seriously, it kicked my butt from the get-go... my competitive drive kept me trekkin. We first summited Mount Chapin, then Chiquita, then Ypsilon. The group started 20 strong, was 18 after Chapin, and was only 10 by the time we hit Ypilson. Yep, I wasn't the only one from SEA LEVEL in the crew! As I look back at this day, I laugh. I hiked in normal tennis shoes, and CARRIED (no pack) 2 nalgene bottles. Yep, I've come a LONG way baby! Enjoy it! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2005 10:01 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Mummy Mania Date Climbed: September 18, 2004 | |
| Ypsilon isn't the most fun we had during Mummy Mania, but it is the peak I'm most likely to repeat. I must get to Spectacle Lakes someday! | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2004 11:27 am | ||
| dunking_deutschman | Route Climbed: Chapin Pass Date Climbed: September 10, 2004 | |
| The clouds broke after descending from Chiquita and afforded some cool views of Ypsilon, but the clouds returned when we were 10 minutes from the summit and didn't break up for about 2 hours. There was about 2-3 inches of fresh snow on and around the summit above 13,000 feet or so. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2004 11:14 pm | ||
| georgbetsy | Route Climbed: Mummy Mania, starting at Chapin Pass Date Climbed: September 18, 2004 | |
| Hiked Mummy Mania with Erin, Ryan, Andy, and John yesterday. We had beautiful weather and a great hike. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2004 9:57 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: SouthWest Ridge, Mummy Mania Date Climbed: September 12, 2004 | |
| 3rd summit of the day in the Mummy Mania or mummy insania as I like to call it. It was nice getting to the 1/2 way point on the peaks of the day. Great views of the whole range. We didn't have the greatest weather as it was quite windy so we had to hunker down on the north side and try and eat some well deserved food and rest. Great hike. I had tried to climb Ypsilon 3 years ago and we had to turn back due to weather. Was happy to finally summit this time. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2004 10:49 pm | ||
| Kevin Seal | Route Climbed: Chapin Pass Trailhead Date Climbed: July 30, 2004 | |
| Reached the summit, along with Chapin and Chiquita, as part of a week long trip climbing in CO. Very worthwhile half day hike. Great views of the entire park! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2004 5:19 pm | ||
| Andy | Route Climbed: Donner Ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2004 | |
| I climbed with Nelson. We decided to second-guess Roach on the return leg and tried to downclimb Donner Ridge all the way to Spectacle Lakes. Big mistake! It didn't go and we wasted about two hours trying to find our way off the ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2004 4:06 pm | ||
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