"After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world."
--Oscar Wilde on Absinthe
© 2006-2021 SummitPost.org. All Rights Reserved.
John Styrnol - Jul 8, 2003 5:25 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: 5 Jul 2003Myself and 3 others made the summit. This was an awesome hike.
Peak Freak - Jun 20, 2003 12:40 pm
Route Climbed: Southwest Slopes Date Climbed: June 15, 2003A delightful day with fellow Sp'ers Aaron & Ellen. Southwest Slopes is my kind of route. Short & straight up. The summit ridge was beautiful. Glissading down the amphitheatre by the West Couloir was a real treat! Thanks, guys!
mtnhiker13 - Jun 18, 2003 6:23 pm
Route Climbed: West Slopes Date Climbed: June 15, 2003West slopes - very long sustained steep climb up tundra. Climbed with my favorite climbing partner Aaron and fellow SPer Eileen from Vancouver. We had the summit to ourselves. Weather was perfect. We had a great time glissading down a very long snow field. We went very very fast and had a great time. I would climb Massive again via this route in early season.
Speedy - Jun 13, 2003 1:58 pm
Route Climbed: Massive TH Date Climbed: 9/6/02Long hike, fun ridge walk, false summit, no summit register, and cold and windy on top. What a great day.
Diggler - Mar 11, 2003 9:49 am
Route Climbed: either Mt. Massive Direct or Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: summer, 1991(?)My 2nd 14er, climbed with my dad during a family trip up to Leadville one summer. We did it the day after climbing Elbert. Don't remember exactly which route, but know that we parked at the same place as for Elbert. We passed a Boy Scout Troop from Kansas, that we'd seen the day before as well (unfortunately, I don't think they made it up either day). The weather was great, and we had a great day.
Grant - Feb 28, 2003 10:18 pm
Route Climbed: tour de Massive Date Climbed: sept 3 2001bagged four fourteen thousand foot pionts that day.
izzyvet - Feb 17, 2003 7:43 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail/East Slopes Date Climbed: June 28, 1998Left Denver very early in the morning. Started at 6:15 am. Solo with my dog Roscoe, a huge Rodesian Ridgeback 14er dog! Got to the summit at 11:35 am. Lots of other folks on the summit and on the ridge to the summit. Great ridge hike!! Still lots of snow during this spring. Snow was quite slushy by the descent though. Back to car by 3:30 pm. Long, beautiful, very enjoyable hike.
Martin Cash - Oct 31, 2002 4:37 pm
Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 5, 2001More like a trail hike than a mountain climb. Very easy dayhike to the top in just over 3 hours. Roundtrip in less than 5.
Hayesred - Oct 30, 2002 12:55 pm
Route Climbed: southwest slope Date Climbed: July 1999steep hiking trail but a moderate hike overall
rmjwinters - Oct 6, 2002 1:45 pm
Route Climbed: Colorado Main Range Date Climbed: September 3 2000This mountain is Massive. It took us 7 hours roundtrip. Great hike.
cmccall - Oct 2, 2002 3:32 pm
Route Climbed: Mt Massive trailhead Date Climbed: August 5 2002A very long and tiring hike but worth it
Ed F - Sep 14, 2002 11:24 am
Route Climbed: Mount Massive Trailhead - East Slopes Date Climbed: August 23, 2002A long hike to the top. The final ridge to the summit over a few false summits was fun. Got chased off the summit by some black clouds rolling in.
Get an early start on this one.
Bryan W - Sep 10, 2002 1:53 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail/East Slopes Date Climbed: 9/6/02A nice long hike to the top. A massive undertaking. My second 14er! Followed the trail to the saddle between Massvie and South Massive. After that, the trail is sometimes hard to find as you scramble and bolder hop to the summit. There are a few small false summits after the saddle. Keep going and you will get there quicker than you think. No summit register however!!! We decided to just go right down the southeast face instead of going back to the saddle. Not too difficult of a descent. It was obvious that many people do this.
hasue - Aug 8, 2002 3:31 pm
Route Climbed: west couloir Date Climbed: 8/5/02Wonderful trail into the heart of the wilderness, camped in a glacial ampitheatre at 13,000 ft. Next morning was a steep scramble up a couloir that took us right to the very top! Tons of fun and a confidence builder!
kilimanjaro1 - Jul 22, 2002 7:21 pm
Route Climbed: East Slopes from Mt Massive TH Date Climbed: july 15, 2002A fun climb. First half was pretty tame and flat ... then some uphill and a bit of route finding over the rocks at the end. Overall a very fun climb.
Wildtrail - Jun 28, 2002 3:10 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Massive Trail Date Climbed: June 1999I did Elbert (2nd time), Massive (2nd time), Holy Cross in four days. What a trip!
ctruscot - Jun 5, 2002 12:34 pm
Route Climbed: Mt. Massive trial Date Climbed: November 2, 2001Had an itch for one more 14er since my excursion to Long's Peak in September was cancelled to snow. Went on a Friday with a friend. Slept in our cars and it was freezing when we got up. We had sunshine and blue sky all day. Real beautiful trail but a long one. Snow on the ground and sometimes knee deep but never enough to pull out the snowhoes. Someone had gone up the day before and left some nice steps in the snow at the top. I would like to thank him/her. Only saw 2 other hikers as we were coming down
coloradoclimber - May 28, 2002 4:46 pm
Route Climbed: 9.4 EC West Slopes Date Climbed: 7-10-98awesome backpacking in the upper halfmoon lake area!
Matt Mahoney - May 17, 2002 4:31 pm
Route Climbed: Northeast slopes Date Climbed: Aug 16 2001First summit of Nolan's 14, less than 3 hours from Fish Hatchery but already most of the other runners are ahead of me. Down the west scree slopes an on to Elbert.
jeffn - Apr 3, 2002 7:32 pm
Route Climbed: Main Range TH Date Climbed: August 98Much longer going down than up.