South Maroon Peak Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

South Maroon Peak Climber's Log

Alex Wood - Jul 14, 2014 2:01 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2014

Bell Cord Couloir to Traverse

Camped at Crater Lake the night before, left at 5:30am and got to the top of the Bell Cord Couloir by 9am (its a long climb, especially with no warm up). We did South Maroon Peak first (very easy from the saddle) and then did North Maroon (not as easy). Most of it seemed class 3+ with a few in your face class 5 moves. Awesome traverse though! Going down North Maroon was interesting. That was probably the hardest part of the day and the most worrisome part as well. There was a bunch of snow on the standard route so finding our way down was a little interesting at times.

Kiefer - Jul 4, 2014 9:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2014

Cord to Bells Traverse

Climbed the Bell Cord to S. Maroon. Retrieved gear from the col and continued onto the traverse to N. Maroon. Descent off N. Maroon was precarious. Snow was REALLY BAD.
Traverse was exciting. One of the best ridge climbs I've done to date!!

MadGrad96 - Nov 1, 2013 8:14 am

Bells traverse

Maroon Bells traverse (unofficial 14er finishers--all but Culebra)

alpineair - Oct 28, 2013 1:47 pm

Super!

Via Bell Cord couloir.

Sarah Simon - Aug 19, 2013 10:31 am Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2013

South Ridge Standard Route

Enjoyed this route solo from the high/white rock saddle (climbing partner not feeling well). This peak wasn't as exciting as widely advertised, but nonetheless is a burly, physical mountain. Classic Elk Mtn terrain: Steep and loose with some complexity to the route-finding. Had the summit to myself. Ran into one solo hiker on my way down, then four guys. Had to stop for 10+ minutes to sooth an angered nanny goat with three kids. She wouldn't let me pass, gave me stink eye, came toward me...I seized the high ground and finally got past her, but she followed me for quite a while to make damn sure I was gone and off her mountain! BBQ at Hickory House afterward. Yeah!

Fletch - Aug 18, 2013 1:43 pm Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013

Nice Day Out

Longer than expected descent... 2,800 feet of suck.

Daria - Jul 29, 2013 3:20 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2013

Maroon Bells traverse

South to north bell traverse....very fun climbing. These peaks are monstrous with their elevation rise.

rockymountaindiva - Jul 26, 2013 3:39 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2012

S Maroon crowds

Dangerous ascent to first saddle as there was a LARGE group below us. Once we passed that point we all breathed a sigh of relief. Started with 6, picked up another who wanted someone to hike with, all made it to the summit.

Hyadventure - Jul 11, 2013 4:51 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2013

Second Summit

One of the rap stations was well hidden at the bottom of a thin gap. We got lucky finding it. If we would have had to downclimb it would have puckered my cheeks, but with two short raps it was not that bad.