Aptly named mountain, the altitude was brutal on me; this being a climb I made before even really getting into this sport. Two years later, in better shape, I climbed Elbert and Massive back to back in two days from Elbert campground.
Climbing Jack - Jan 10, 2015 3:13 am Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009
Hagen - Jul 12, 2014 11:45 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2014
Solitude at the Gates of Heaven
Two days after summiting Elbert, I opted to not try for the summit of Massive, and instead hikes up North Halfmoon Lakes trail. I followed the "Tour de Massive" approach up to the basin formed by Massive, North Massive and Massive Green. There at just under 13,000', I was rewarded with the solitude and grandeur of this area.
Onager - Jun 30, 2014 12:03 am Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2014
A massive climb
Started from North Halfmoon trailhead around 6 am and followed the trail up to Halfmoon lakes. We then proceeded towards North Massive's snow covered South Face. We climbed the snow slope until it became scree and gained the Southwest ridge towards North Massive (14,340’). We made the summit of North Massive and then descended the ridge (Class 3 Scramble). Once in the col we scrambled (Class 2+) up and over Massive Green (14,300’). From Massive Green we descended a bit until we made the final ascent to the summit of Mount Massive (14,421') We decided to take the west slopes back to our cars. A very long and challenging day up and over 3 summits. Made it back to our cars around 5 pm.
kronshage3 - Apr 22, 2017 1:19 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2012
East Slopes RouteLong hike with great weather.
kronshage3 - Apr 22, 2017 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2014
East Slopes RouteAfter lots of rain the night before, turned out to be a great day.
eidenreiden - Sep 19, 2016 11:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2016
from Mount Massive THBeautiful!
telemarkdude - Aug 8, 2016 11:11 pm Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2015
SW Slopes RouteProbably the better way to hike this; very few people on this route until you intersect the main trail on the summit ridge.
BradBartick - Jul 15, 2016 8:41 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2016
SW SlopesW/ Michelle, saw 5 goats and kids, and the wildlife coup of all time, a WHITE marmot.
vimana aircraft - Dec 25, 2015 3:32 pm Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2015
Massive' s 5 peaksBeautiful day!!!! Did the "tour de massive" solo, one of my favorite days of this season :-)
Tom Fralich - Aug 26, 2015 5:12 am Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2015
TraverseWent up the East Slopes and down the SW Slopes.
Vanmeathead - Aug 24, 2015 9:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2015
cloudy at the summitHiked the East slopes route up Mt. Massive in a little less than 6 hours. Clouds obscured the views at the top. Beautiful woods along Colorado Trail.
teddycricket83 - Aug 9, 2015 4:06 am
ski descentskied down africa bowl on the way down
buzzdainer - Aug 2, 2015 4:01 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2015
Eastern slopesBeautiful hike. Tones of wildflowers!
Pete Castricone - Jul 18, 2015 10:32 am Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2015
East Slopes RouteNice trail with great views on top. This was a very long hike but rather enjoyable.
dino61111 - Jan 30, 2015 5:57 pm
Quite a hike but luckily no thunderstormsAptly named mountain, the altitude was brutal on me; this being a climb I made before even really getting into this sport. Two years later, in better shape, I climbed Elbert and Massive back to back in two days from Elbert campground.
Climbing Jack - Jan 10, 2015 3:13 am Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009
Quite the trekFoggy day, with a dusting of snow.
CWFry - Sep 12, 2014 11:49 pm
West SlopesClimbed via the West Slopes
BLong - Sep 10, 2014 11:46 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2014
South SlopesGreat, quick trip up the South Slopes of Mt. Massive. I really enjoyed the summit ridge-line traverse after a hail storm.
dunking_deutschman - Aug 27, 2014 8:09 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2014
Massive2 black toenails
MikeyB - Aug 4, 2014 2:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2014
4 in 1Mt. Massive, N. Massive, S. Massive and Green Massive from the N Halfmoon Cr. TH.
PapaBanucci - Jul 20, 2014 10:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2014
Southwest SlopesQuality trail. Great work trail builders.
Hagen - Jul 12, 2014 11:45 am Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2014
Solitude at the Gates of HeavenTwo days after summiting Elbert, I opted to not try for the summit of Massive, and instead hikes up North Halfmoon Lakes trail. I followed the "Tour de Massive" approach up to the basin formed by Massive, North Massive and Massive Green. There at just under 13,000', I was rewarded with the solitude and grandeur of this area.
Onager - Jun 30, 2014 12:03 am Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2014
A massive climbStarted from North Halfmoon trailhead around 6 am and followed the trail up to Halfmoon lakes. We then proceeded towards North Massive's snow covered South Face. We climbed the snow slope until it became scree and gained the Southwest ridge towards North Massive (14,340’). We made the summit of North Massive and then descended the ridge (Class 3 Scramble). Once in the col we scrambled (Class 2+) up and over Massive Green (14,300’). From Massive Green we descended a bit until we made the final ascent to the summit of Mount Massive (14,421') We decided to take the west slopes back to our cars. A very long and challenging day up and over 3 summits. Made it back to our cars around 5 pm.