Mount Powell Climber's Log

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Liba Kopeckova

Liba Kopeckova - Sep 26, 2019 8:00 pm Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2019

nice solitude  Sucess!

met only a few people lower down near Piney Lake, otherwise solitude. Expected more of a scramble, no summit register, nor even a summit cairn.

A.Vandelay - Sep 14, 2019 12:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2017

Pow!  Sucess!

Peak C looks other worldly from the summit slopes.

rmjwinters

rmjwinters - Jul 3, 2017 3:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2017

A Challenging Hike  Sucess!

From Piney Lake, got chased by a moose, managed to find and stay on the trail most of the way, underestimated the sustainability of the steepness, and wished I would have brought an ice axe!

Senad Rizvanovic

Senad Rizvanovic - Oct 2, 2016 5:45 pm Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2016

From Piney Lake   Sucess!

Amazing views for Mount Powell summit, one of the best in Colorado. Long but very rewarding day.

scgrant

scgrant - Nov 20, 2015 9:16 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2015

Mount Powell  Sucess!

Summited in snow flurries and zero visibility. Pretty consistent rain for most of the hike up to the meadow before Kneeknocker Pass, but cleared up a bit as we climbed to the pass. Once gaining the ridge visibility got pretty bad which made route finding really challenging along the ridge to the top. Towards the top the snow started to flurry and visibility was next to nil. After a brief stay on top we slowly picked our way down to the pass and on down to the meadow before the skies really opened up. We were fortunate to get off the ridge when we did because shortly after we got down to the meadow it was a torrential down pour with pounding thunder and nearby lightning strikes. Once back to the car it cleared enough that we could look back at the peak and see a fresh coat of snow up high that wasn't there when we were.

Brian Kalet

Brian Kalet - Jul 13, 2015 7:50 pm Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2015

Standard Route  Sucess!

P3K!

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Oct 7, 2012 2:15 am Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2012

We picked a gem today  Sucess!

Went with Natalie and Dan. The weather was looking bad for a lot of Colorado, but the northern Gore turned out to be pretty darned nice! Not as windy/cold as expected, very little snow (just a little bit on the east side of Kneeknocker Pass - we used microspikes). Never lost the trail. Road is 2wd accessible, but washboarded and potholed. We were the only group on the mountain all day. Saw two young moose where we parked. A long but rewarding day!

EndlessPat

EndlessPat - Sep 8, 2011 6:31 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2011

First Gore Peak  Sucess!

Not a soul on the mountain other than me and a couple of mountain goats!

astrobassman

astrobassman - Aug 21, 2011 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011

Nice Day on Gore Highpoint  Sucess!

Hiked in from a camp along Piney creek. Sat on the summit for a while taking in the views while waiting for Mike and co. to make the traverse over from Eagles Nest, but I never saw them. Lots of snow back there. I used a 9 inch stick to aid my glissade on the hard snow in the morning.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Aug 20, 2011 9:47 pm Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011

From Eagles Nest  Sucess!

Climbed with Brian and Ben. Loop hike with Eagles Nest from Piney, the ridge traverse between the two has plenty of scrambling in the class 3 and 4 range plus opportunities for 5th class towers if you wished, but we bypassed them on ledges and gullies. Works well as a loop from Piney, 14 miles and 5900' vertical feet, and no car shuttle :)

thatnissanguy

thatnissanguy - Aug 17, 2011 1:36 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2011

Mount Powell via North Face  Sucess!

Climbed glacier on north face to left angling couloir to summit ridge. SICK climb. See TR.

Niederbayer

Niederbayer - Jul 10, 2011 9:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011

East Face  Sucess!

climbed via Kneeknocker Basin to basin east of Mt Powell - climbed summit via coulouir - pretty foggy, hard to find back down

REM - Jun 25, 2011 10:32 am

From Piney Lake

Experienced weather at Knee Knocker Pass, thought we had missed the "trail," looking forward to going back.

climbingfurry

climbingfurry - Jan 24, 2011 10:27 am

a hidden gem  Sucess!

The Gore Range is delightfully underrated

Matt Lemke

Matt Lemke - Dec 20, 2010 2:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010

Kneeknocker Pass  Sucess!

Climbed Powell from the Piney Lake approach and up over Kneeknocker Pass..beautiful day too and had the summit of the Gore range high point to ourselves

shknbke

shknbke - Dec 7, 2010 5:41 pm Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010

From Eagles Nest  Sucess!

Long day from Surprise Lake TH to Piney Lake! Traverse from Eagles Nest to Powell is very time consuming, one tower after another. See TR.

Eric Holle

Eric Holle - Aug 30, 2009 2:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2009

From Piney Lake  Sucess!

What Tim said...great views on a pretty straightforward peak!

Timothy Pearl

Timothy Pearl - Aug 29, 2009 11:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2009

From Piney Lake  Sucess!

Climbed with Eric H. Perfect day, dropped overnight gear at treeline before heading on to kneeknocker pass and summit. Great views from the northern end of the Gores. Slept at high camp to do Peak C the next morning.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Nov 3, 2008 9:35 am Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2008

South Ridge  Sucess!

Climbed with Kiefer, left the trail to Kneeknocker early and headed up grassy slopes to notch in the ridge. We then climbed 3rd class rock on the right side of the ridge before gaining the crest. A notch on the crest had us down climb to the right instead before taking on a 4th class headwall on the other side. The ridge mellowed out near the summit before we joined the standard finish. Looked like there was snow on the north side of Kneeknocker so we down climbed a SW facing gully (2+) and traversed below the south ridge's left side on grassy ramps back to the trail. Fun route finding on this lesser traveled route!

Kiefer

Kiefer - Nov 1, 2008 8:28 pm Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2008

SE Ridge  Sucess!

Climbed with Chicagotransplant on a decent day. Good weather before an incoming storm. Scurried up the NE Ridge and descended the South Face-traversed back via grassy ramps to Kneeknocker Basin. Good day on an alt. route.

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