Longs Peak Climber's Log

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JRaphaelson

JRaphaelson - May 28, 2013 11:21 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2013

Route: Keyhole  Sucess!

First taste of 14ers. Still tons of snow in late May.

jfulcher

jfulcher - May 14, 2013 1:53 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2012

Loft

up loft down KH. 2nd ascent.

DrHill

DrHill - Apr 19, 2013 11:40 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2005

Good hike  Sucess!

Via the casual route. fun.

cdevenney84

cdevenney84 - Jan 21, 2013 7:16 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012

Best hike so far  Sucess!

Coolest hike of my life so far. Once you go through the keyhole it is another world.

xbaghat

xbaghat - Jan 19, 2013 8:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2001

zero  Sucess!

And so the highpoint trail began ...

skyward22

skyward22 - Jan 15, 2013 4:41 am Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2009

my elusive summit  Sucess!

Finally succesful on a 3rd try, this time via the Keyhole solo.

skyward22

skyward22 - Jan 15, 2013 3:51 am Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2008

flying dutchman

Climbed Flying Dutchman route with Kai Larson but did not summit this time, still a fun day

Fletch

Fletch - Dec 28, 2012 3:49 pm Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2011

Heartfelt  Sucess!

After a big loss... to clear my head. Always will be special for me.

awhite28

awhite28 - Dec 25, 2012 1:42 pm

Longs  Sucess!

Spent 10 summers in Estes and still hadn't climbed Longs. Everyone I knew had already climbed it and didn't want to go again so I went by myself (with hundreds of other people)

fox045

fox045 - Dec 3, 2012 10:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2011

The Mountain that inspired the 14er quest  Sucess!

With LeeAnne, The Mountain that inspired it all. Camped in the boulderfield, summit the next day.

Berger

Berger - Nov 4, 2012 1:23 am Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010

Success  Sucess!

First date with Tracy, also had Lee and Jim along. Awesome day.

marc123

marc123 - Oct 30, 2012 7:52 pm Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2012

North slabs up, Keyhole down  Sucess!

The weather was nice and sunny although a bit cold and windy. Both the north slabs and the keyhole route had quite a bit of snow and some ice, making crampons and an ice axe a necessity.

milan - Oct 17, 2012 6:54 pm Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2007

Awesome.  Sucess!

The first attempt earlier that summer was a failure. My car got booted so we changed the planns and went to Flattop Mountain and we avoided a hailstorm on Longs that way. This weekend was just perfect, Elbert on Saturday, Longs on Sunday. Awesome. Definately, that time I found I am addicted.

pacojgarza

pacojgarza - Sep 1, 2012 9:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012

The Meeker/Longs tour  Sucess!

This very long day started hiking up via the Loft to the saddle, from there I summited Mt. Meeker then back to the saddle, down to Keplinger`s couloir, and up to Longs` summit. The descent was via the Keyhole route completing the loop around Longs. The weather was great and the views incredible! This was peak #14 on day 10 of my 13 day trip.

djkest

djkest - Aug 28, 2012 5:36 pm Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009

First One  Sucess!

After training for 2 months, we were successful on our FIRST 14er attempt ever. Longs Peak is still my favorite 14er. Ascent took less than 5 hours, but I hope to improve on my time.

Liba Kopeckova

Liba Kopeckova - Aug 13, 2012 10:50 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012

Finally  Sucess!

I kept putting Longs away because they don't allow dogs in the national park. I wanted so much for duchess to summit with me.
Up beaver (after summiting meeker), and down via old cables. Lovely day, tons of people on the summit.

DougBenton

DougBenton - Aug 12, 2012 9:44 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012

Keyhole Route  Sucess!

10.5 hours. 230am start from a crowded parking lot. Good weather today, and lots of folks on the trail, plus a meteor shower made for a busy day.

belexes

belexes - Jul 22, 2012 5:30 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2012

Keyhole Route  Sucess!

Training hike for CMC trip to Mount Elbrus in August. This was my second time on Longs. We started after 3AM, reached the summit before 11 and got back around 4-4:30. We split into 2 groups (fast and slow) at the Keyhole, we met the slower group on the Homestretch as we left the summit. When I climbed Longs in 2009, I felt nauseous on the summit, but this time I felt fine. The weather was almost perfect, mostly sunny and not very windy, though it rained on us on the way back, and there was a cloud hanging directly over the summit, which cooled things down a bit. It was a long, successful day: everyone reached the top and made it back safely.

scvanm

scvanm - Jul 7, 2012 2:05 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2012

WOW...Took me to my limit.  Sucess!

1st 14er with my whole family. Kids did great. This hike took me and my wife to our limit. Was really worried I would have to get help for her. With the help of our middle son (thanks fro taking mom's pack Paul) she made it back to the Keyhole. From there all down hill. (But had lighting, thunder, hail, and then rain all the way back. It was AWESOME. We will never forget it!!!! St 1:09am, Keyhole 7:00am Summit 9:00am Truck 3:25pm

bighornmonkey

bighornmonkey - Jun 25, 2012 8:15 pm Date Climbed: May 5, 2012

Cold in early may  Sucess!

Pretty sketchy near the top with ice and snow on the route. 14er #1 this year.

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