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Usher73 - Mar 13, 2014 2:12 am Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2006
Walked up in June, 1974 and again in August, 2006Went up in June 1974, during my honeymoon.
Again in August 2006, during a family reunion.
CObergsteigen - Mar 7, 2014 1:54 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2000
First CO 14erFirst 14er, great day
belexes - Feb 23, 2014 2:57 pm Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2014
East SlopesCMC snowshoe trip. A bunch of guys were preparing for Orizaba and other Mexican peaks. We had some light snow, high winds above treeline, with whiteout conditions at times. My goggles froze up near the summit, so it was nearly impossible to see. We spent about one minute (literally) on the summit, then we headed on down.
atomiccows1 - Jan 22, 2014 6:45 pm Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2014
First 14erIn winter no less. With a balmy 18 degrees and gusts around 40 - 60 mph.
Shaylee - Nov 7, 2013 10:11 am Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2013
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Kessler - Nov 7, 2013 10:07 am Date Climbed: Nov 2, 2013
Quandary11-2-2013
Scott - Nov 7, 2013 10:05 am Date Climbed: Feb 24, 2006
QuandaryNovember 2 2013
Kessler, Shaylee, Kimberly, and I climbed 14,270' Quandary Peak on Saturday with some 14ers.com members. We got a later start than most of the rest of the group.
Quandary Peak was much more difficult in November than it is in summer! The temperature was 11F degrees on top, but with the strong winds, the windchill was way below zero. It was a good and challenging day.
February 24 2006
Climbed with SP member Blakej, and another person joined us as well. For me: Five hours up and two down, though the other two were faster and waited on the summit for 20 minutes for me.
Unfortunatly some time was lost because I decided to leave my snowshoes in the car because the trail looked packed. Don't make the same mistake.
MadGrad96 - Nov 1, 2013 7:45 am
QuandaryClimbed multiple times
alpineair - Oct 28, 2013 10:06 am
Quandary PeakWinter wonderland.
Pewma - Oct 15, 2013 4:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2010
Fallclimbed it in the fall of 2010. Saw a lot of goats and I thought the memorial on top was a pretty nice way to send a friend off.
DanielL - Oct 5, 2013 11:05 am Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2013
Summit SkiGot a summit ski of Quandary's standard East Ridge route. Snow was fresh and continuous all the way back to the winter parking.
WZimmerman - Sep 6, 2013 4:45 am Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007
Quandary PeakI enjoyed the attack of this summit -- a direct hike with open views.
grimbley - Aug 6, 2013 1:23 pm
1st 14erMy 1st 14er...easy hike. Weather was fantastic even for late October.
astroclimber - Jul 6, 2013 9:31 pm
Recovery dayFirst mountain after getting the boot off my cracked ankle. Thanks to my son for getting me out there.
Hotoven - Jul 5, 2013 7:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
4th of July hikeGreat hike except for the hundreds of people clogging the trail. Do this peak on a weekday. Saw a lot of Mountain Goats, and also not many clouds in the sky. This provided an excellent view.
mrs. hotoven - Jul 4, 2013 10:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
My first 14erEasy hike, with beautiful views and lots of mountain goats! Hiked with hotoven
schleger - Jun 13, 2013 6:18 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2013
SmoothTrail is exceptionally well maintained. It was almost as if someone used a wisk broom to brush any pebbles off of the well-placed stone steps (each step was nicely placed 7" above the other). Good peak to bring a first time mountain enthusiast.
Vortex - Jun 13, 2013 5:42 pm Date Climbed: Feb 1, 2011
WhiteoutWinter ascent in blizzard conditions. -15F with 40mph sustained winds. Climbed to 14,000ft and turned around because there was no view. Buddy got some minor frostbite on his nose. Glissading down was fun.
apachedino - Jun 5, 2013 7:43 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2013
Cristo Coulior...Beware of GoatsStarted ~430 after sleeping in the back of our Subaru due to the lack of camping locations around Breckenridge. A herd of goats surrounded the car and entertained us for about an hour before falling asleep. Cristo was in nearly top to bottom with a short 20 yard rock band above the steepest section that was melted out and a couple spots near the very bottom that were melted out as well.Made it back to the car and noticed scratches on the hood of my car. Didnt remember driving through trees recently and then I found a card under that windshield that said that the climbers behind us (whom we glissaded by) had seen 5 goats surrounding and climbing on top of my car! They even had piuctures that they emailed us later. Rediculous!
ericd - May 27, 2013 12:27 pm Date Climbed: May 20, 2013
East Ridge ConditioningQuandary Peak is an easily accessible year-round 14er that is just outside the town of Breckenridge. We started late in the day around 1pm and busted through soft snow to get to the summit around 5pm. Rather windy and low vis but just made the routine breaks in the clouds even better!