Tjohn67238 - Jun 19, 2011 8:22 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
A group hike
I was from out of state and was very fortunate to partner up with 9 others to summit this mtn. The pre-dawn ride to the upper TH was unforgettable! It was a fun, successful day. For me though, it went too fast!
Jeremy Hakes - Apr 18, 2011 2:08 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2002
Great big mountain
Beautiful setting.
CastillejaMiniata - Feb 12, 2011 12:05 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
Bagged with others.
I did this one on a beautiful summer weekend in conjunction with Wetterhorn, Matterhorn, and Broken Hill, south across the valley from Uncompahgre. I subsequently bushwhacked down a southwards creek gully from Broken Hill back to my car.
centrifuge - Jan 13, 2011 7:31 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2010
standard route
its a nice lookin mountain, fun and straightforward hike
thatnissanguy - Dec 20, 2010 9:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2010
San Juan Backpacking
Done along with 5 other 14ers during a week long backpacking trip in the San Juans. Hitched to the beginning of the 4wd road and hiked in from there.
Kiefer - Dec 13, 2010 1:24 pm Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2010
Hard earned summit
This is really weird, I climbed this peak EXACTLY 11 months ago, same day following the tracks of the same person (Ken Nolan). --que Twilight Zone music... ;o)
A hard day out under very windy, snowy conditions. Summit was covered in rime and by the time we left, so were we. 18 people attempted this trip (14ers.com) and 11 of us summitted.
Matt Miller - Dec 11, 2010 1:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn
Ascended Unco first. Went up the west face, which was a bit scary when crossing the steep snow fields. Descended the main trail and ran back over to Wetterhorn. Tressa Breindel accompanied me.
Camped at the Nellie Creek TH, hiked in the blazing sun passing only two other hikers all day. Beautiful summit views of Wetterhorn and Matterhorn close by, and American Basin in the distance. One of my favorite areas...
If you want to escape the crowds and see aspens blazing yellow, hike Uncompahgre on a weekday in late September. Especially enjoyed throwing large boulders off the cliff from the summit. Awesome.
A nice day hike from a camp above Matterhorn Creek
tomlauren - Aug 7, 2010 6:27 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
East Slopes
Climbed the east slopes from the Matterhorn Creek Trailhead. The hike was long but otherwise easy. The weather was perfect. On the summit there was no wind, and one could not see any clouds in any direction as far as one could see.
metal4lyf - Aug 3, 2010 11:59 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2010
gorgeous!
the San Juans are amazing!!!
pacojgarza - Jul 28, 2010 11:54 am Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2010
Went for the combo.
After climbing 6 14ers in back to back fashion in the Buena Vista area I traveled to Lake City to climb the 5 nearby peaks and chose the Uncompahgre/Wetterhorn combo as my first climb there. Starting around 5:45 AM from the Matterhorn lower trailhead I summited Uncompahgre by 10 o`clock and then procceeded to Wetterhorn. The weather kept deteriorating as I went up the ridge and I finally aborted the summit bid at 13,800` due to storms approaching fast, luckily I was off the upper ridge when the sleet storm started, but the vivid lightning was a little scray. Eventually I returned to summit Wetterhorn 3 days later.
The summit pitch was more fun than I expected. Super fun to combine with Wetterhorn. Started at Matterhorn Creek and finished at Nellie. It took 12 hours to climb them both because we didn't have 4 wheel drive clearance and walked from the lower trail heads. So thankful to Elly's owners for the ride down the last 2 miles of the 4 mile road. (#4)
PrestonArizona - Jul 23, 2010 2:03 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2010
Best day ever!
This was my first 14er. The weather forecast was sunny and warm. And it was. Started late from the Nellie Creek trailhead, and passed half a dozen others coming down. Very windy on the west face. Had the summit to myself except for a few marmots. Ate dinner in Lake City, then drove to Silverton over Cinnamon Pass at night. It was a great trail, a great adventure, and a day I'll never forget!
Meetup.com Fierce Planet hike. We started from the 4WD trailhead. The pace was pretty fast: we started around 6AM and got back to the trailhead before noon. The group got pretty strung out along the trail, but everyone made the summit. It was windy at the top. Pretty easy for a 14er, with awesome scenery. The next day we were going to do Handies Peak from Grizzly Gulch, so a few of us drove through Capitol City and over Engineer and Cinnamon Passes to the trailhead. More great scenery along that drive.
skorpeo - Jun 26, 2010 10:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2010
Beautiful
Just beautiful the whole way. I got a couple of nice shots of Wetterhorn.
I did four 14ers in five days. Not too frantic.
seano - Jun 17, 2010 2:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2010
Nellie Creek
Thanks to a trailhead above 11k feet, it was a short morning jaunt. Cool peak, but too short. Trip report
REM - Jun 24, 2011 10:41 pm
Nellie Creek TrailheadClimbed with Richard S.
Tjohn67238 - Jun 19, 2011 8:22 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
A group hikeI was from out of state and was very fortunate to partner up with 9 others to summit this mtn. The pre-dawn ride to the upper TH was unforgettable! It was a fun, successful day. For me though, it went too fast!
Jeremy Hakes - Apr 18, 2011 2:08 pm Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2002
Great big mountainBeautiful setting.
CastillejaMiniata - Feb 12, 2011 12:05 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
Bagged with others.I did this one on a beautiful summer weekend in conjunction with Wetterhorn, Matterhorn, and Broken Hill, south across the valley from Uncompahgre. I subsequently bushwhacked down a southwards creek gully from Broken Hill back to my car.
centrifuge - Jan 13, 2011 7:31 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2010
standard routeits a nice lookin mountain, fun and straightforward hike
thatnissanguy - Dec 20, 2010 9:00 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2010
San Juan BackpackingDone along with 5 other 14ers during a week long backpacking trip in the San Juans. Hitched to the beginning of the 4wd road and hiked in from there.
Kiefer - Dec 13, 2010 1:24 pm Date Climbed: Dec 12, 2010
Hard earned summitThis is really weird, I climbed this peak EXACTLY 11 months ago, same day following the tracks of the same person (Ken Nolan). --que Twilight Zone music... ;o)
A hard day out under very windy, snowy conditions. Summit was covered in rime and by the time we left, so were we. 18 people attempted this trip (14ers.com) and 11 of us summitted.
Matt Miller - Dec 11, 2010 1:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
Uncompahgre and WetterhornAscended Unco first. Went up the west face, which was a bit scary when crossing the steep snow fields. Descended the main trail and ran back over to Wetterhorn. Tressa Breindel accompanied me.
Scott - Oct 24, 2010 7:03 pm
UncompahgreNovember 2001.
PhenomenalWoman - Sep 30, 2010 7:00 pm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2010
Beautifully AbandonedCamped at the Nellie Creek TH, hiked in the blazing sun passing only two other hikers all day. Beautiful summit views of Wetterhorn and Matterhorn close by, and American Basin in the distance. One of my favorite areas...
Eleutheros - Sep 30, 2010 6:55 pm Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2010
Nobody on the Trail... Crystal Clear SkiesIf you want to escape the crowds and see aspens blazing yellow, hike Uncompahgre on a weekday in late September. Especially enjoyed throwing large boulders off the cliff from the summit. Awesome.
billscherz - Sep 26, 2010 7:22 pm
Matterhorn CreekA nice day hike from a camp above Matterhorn Creek
tomlauren - Aug 7, 2010 6:27 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2010
East SlopesClimbed the east slopes from the Matterhorn Creek Trailhead. The hike was long but otherwise easy. The weather was perfect. On the summit there was no wind, and one could not see any clouds in any direction as far as one could see.
metal4lyf - Aug 3, 2010 11:59 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2010
gorgeous!the San Juans are amazing!!!
pacojgarza - Jul 28, 2010 11:54 am Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2010
Went for the combo.After climbing 6 14ers in back to back fashion in the Buena Vista area I traveled to Lake City to climb the 5 nearby peaks and chose the Uncompahgre/Wetterhorn combo as my first climb there. Starting around 5:45 AM from the Matterhorn lower trailhead I summited Uncompahgre by 10 o`clock and then procceeded to Wetterhorn. The weather kept deteriorating as I went up the ridge and I finally aborted the summit bid at 13,800` due to storms approaching fast, luckily I was off the upper ridge when the sleet storm started, but the vivid lightning was a little scray. Eventually I returned to summit Wetterhorn 3 days later.
patascent - Jul 27, 2010 11:31 pm Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2010
Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre in a dayThe summit pitch was more fun than I expected. Super fun to combine with Wetterhorn. Started at Matterhorn Creek and finished at Nellie. It took 12 hours to climb them both because we didn't have 4 wheel drive clearance and walked from the lower trail heads. So thankful to Elly's owners for the ride down the last 2 miles of the 4 mile road. (#4)
PrestonArizona - Jul 23, 2010 2:03 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2010
Best day ever!This was my first 14er. The weather forecast was sunny and warm. And it was. Started late from the Nellie Creek trailhead, and passed half a dozen others coming down. Very windy on the west face. Had the summit to myself except for a few marmots. Ate dinner in Lake City, then drove to Silverton over Cinnamon Pass at night. It was a great trail, a great adventure, and a day I'll never forget!
belexes - Jul 6, 2010 2:34 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010
Nellie CreekMeetup.com Fierce Planet hike. We started from the 4WD trailhead. The pace was pretty fast: we started around 6AM and got back to the trailhead before noon. The group got pretty strung out along the trail, but everyone made the summit. It was windy at the top. Pretty easy for a 14er, with awesome scenery. The next day we were going to do Handies Peak from Grizzly Gulch, so a few of us drove through Capitol City and over Engineer and Cinnamon Passes to the trailhead. More great scenery along that drive.
skorpeo - Jun 26, 2010 10:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2010
BeautifulJust beautiful the whole way. I got a couple of nice shots of Wetterhorn.
I did four 14ers in five days. Not too frantic.
seano - Jun 17, 2010 2:50 pm Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2010
Nellie CreekThanks to a trailhead above 11k feet, it was a short morning jaunt. Cool peak, but too short. Trip report