Little Bear Peak Climber's Log

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Big Skies 808

Big Skies 808 - Aug 24, 2009 5:58 pm Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009

NW Face  Sucess!

Stunning 4th class route up the north face, leading up to the traverse. Highly highly recommended.

alpspitze

alpspitze - Aug 24, 2009 12:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009

Hourglass Route  Sucess!

No problems heading up the hourglass. Beautiful spot on top. Went up Blanca and Ellingwood after.

Liba Kopeckova

Liba Kopeckova - Jul 8, 2009 4:43 am

from Lake Como  Sucess!

Slept above Lake Como, right at the turn-off from the trail towards Blanca/Elingwood. Hourglass did not seem so bad, just loose rocks could be really dangerous, but I was the first one to summit that cold am.

heather14

heather14 - Jun 1, 2009 9:30 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 2009

Snow Climb  Sucess!

I think this is my favorite 14er ascent to date. The snow was continuous all the way to the top and in prime condition.

Pablohoney

Pablohoney - Mar 28, 2009 6:51 pm

Awesome  Sucess!

Did this a few years back in February. Despite some post holing it was great. No one else around, in tee shirts (which became jackets very quickly when we stopped) as we approached the summit in perfect winter conditions.

Mots010

Mots010 - Aug 31, 2008 8:52 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008

LB-->Blanca-->Ellingwood  Sucess!

Hourglass is sketch. The traverse is stunning.

HokieJim

HokieJim - Aug 23, 2008 3:42 pm Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2008

What a day!  Sucess!

Never thought I would set foot on that summit! Unbelievably fun climb in great snow conditions!

msihl

msihl - Aug 20, 2008 2:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008

NW buttress with class 5 variation  Sucess!

Climbed with Sarp and Paul. Tough 5.6-5.7 section, very icy and slippery...rappelled down the hour glass. 6 hrs up, 6.5 hrs down from Lake Como.

davebobk47

davebobk47 - Jul 28, 2008 9:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2008

Hourglass  Sucess!

Climbed via the hourglass; lots of water. No one else on the route. Clouds rolled in just before noon. 7 hours round trip from Lake Como camp, started 0530.

Gahugafuga

Gahugafuga - Jul 13, 2008 1:43 am Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008

W Ridge  Sucess!

Wet rock made for a tricky ascent and even trickier descent. Several others were on route simultaneously but everyone was good about not kicking down anything too big. Still, I could hear rockfalls occurring all over the mountain which was a little spooky.

Kiefer

Kiefer - May 19, 2008 7:48 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2008

Snow climb  Sucess!

Definately much easier with snow. That ridge traverse to Blanca should be ready in another couple weeks.

Eric Holle

Eric Holle - May 15, 2008 12:08 am Date Climbed: May 11, 2008

Hourglass  Sucess!

After summiting Ellingwood and Blanca the day before, Ben L and I ascended the Hourglass route on Little Bear Pk in thinning snow conditions with a bit of ice peeking out. Exciting and rewarding summit!

ktiffany22

ktiffany22 - Apr 28, 2008 6:15 pm Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2008

Against all odds  Sucess!

We summited! 2 hour driving "boot delay," flat tire on the hwy delay, vehicle road-blocking on Como-lake road delay and cause for extra hiking with camping gear in hand... but we made it! Climbing this is in snow (very avy prone so be careful about conditions) is totally the way to do it to avoid rockfall danger! We EARNED this summit!!!

shknbke

shknbke - Apr 28, 2008 5:51 pm Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2008

Hourglass/West ridge from road  Sucess!

Perfect snow conditions in the hourglass as I summitted with Hokiejim and ktiffany22. We camped at 10.2K at the sites along Como Lake Rd and bushwacked all the way up the west ridge to meet the standard route. Slope angle was meaured at 40-45 degrees below/to the rap anchors and there was a very short 50 degree slope just below the summit. Climbing on stable snow is the way to do Little Bear!

astrobassman

astrobassman - Mar 21, 2008 3:49 pm

Fun Mountain

I really liked this mountain and didn't think the hourglass was too bad, but a marmot did eat my hat at the base of it.

SarahThompson

SarahThompson - Mar 13, 2008 1:38 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005

Hourglass / NW Face & Winter Ascent  Sucess!

9/17/05 - Climbed the hourglass route from camp at Lake Como.

6/10/06 - One day blitz of the Lake Como Trio. Climbed the NW Face of Little Bear, did the classic traverse to Blanca, stayed on the ridge to Ellingwood, and descended Ellingwood's SW ridge.

2/28/09 - Climbed the NW Face (protected everything from the black hand, up). Descended the standard Hourglass route. 18 hrs car to car. NW Face = cold in winter

MountainHikerCO

MountainHikerCO - Feb 22, 2008 8:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2001

Lightning  Sucess!

This was my second climb of Little Bear. We did the standard hourglass route. We were hurried by lightning on the return.

MountainHikerCO

MountainHikerCO - Feb 22, 2008 8:38 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 1994

Hourglass  Sucess!

This was my first climb of Little Bear. We did the stardard West Ridge route through the Hourglass from Como Lake.

tomlauren

tomlauren - Feb 3, 2008 7:02 am Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2007

Little Bear - Blanca - Ellingwood Pt in a day  Sucess!

From camp at Lake Como, climbed the West Ridge of Little Bear, performed the traverse to Blanca Peak, then descended Blanca's Northwest Face to Ellingwood Point's South Face with my friend Keith. The hourglass wasn't too bad. I never touched the ropes, but I also have a rock climbing background. We saw a little bear while hiking up the jeep road to Lake Como. Kind of ironic.

Sheets

Sheets - Jan 27, 2008 9:37 pm

Blanca-LB traverse solo  Sucess!

Climbed Blanca traversed to LB and then reversed the LB-Blanca traverse to descend since I wasn't sure what the standard route up LB is. Don't recommend doing the same.

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