East Partner Peak is the unofficial name for a 13,057 foot peak in my beloved Gore Range. Named for the close proximity and elevation with West Partner Peak, it sounded like a fun scramble. The Colorado Mountain Club was leading a trip there so I jumped at the chance to sign up and [...]
Archive for September, 2008
East Partner Peak
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged climbing, Colorado Mountain Club, East Partner Peak, Gore Range, hiking on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Killian’s Dead
Posted in climbing, tagged Golden Cliffs, Killian's Dead, North Table Mountain, rock climbing on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan and I had done a few scrambles together on CMC trips, but he was wanting to try more technical rock climbing. I’d been avoiding the climbing cliffs all summer for days in the mountains so it was time to visit Golden Cliffs – the rock climbing area I can see from my apartment.
After [...]
Films for Fourteeners
Posted in Colorado 14ers, film, tagged Boulder Adventure Film Festival, Colorado 14ers, Colorado Fourteener Initiative, Films for Fourteeners on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Films for Fourteeners is a fund raiser for the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to preserving the alpine environment of Colorado’s highest mountains. The films shown are part of the Boulder Adventure Film Festival.
The event provided food and beer to accompany a silent auction before the films. A couple vendor booths were [...]
Ruby Range Traverse
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged Augusta Mountain, hiking, Purple Mountain, Ragged Wilderness, Richmond Mountain, Ruby Range, traverse, Yule Pass on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A little after 4am both Grant and I awoke and I started the coffee brewing. We discussed last minute gear (helmets: yes, ice axes: no) and then drove up Washington Gulch to Paradise Divide.
Yesterday’s clouds had cleared off and Orion greeted us as we exited the car. The bit-over-half-full moon lit [...]
Square Top, Argentine and Wilcox
Posted in hiking, tagged Argentine Peak, hiking, Mount Wilcox, Square Top Mountain on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rain all day Thursday and Friday in Golden meant snow up in the high country and caused the cancellation or modification of two different Colorado Mountain Club trips. So at the last minute I decided to do an “easy” loop hike to visit a few new 13′ers.
I left town early Saturday and drove up [...]
Peak G
Posted in backpacking, climbing, tagged backpacking, climbing, Colorado Mountain Club, Gore Range, hiking, Peak G on September 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After a park-n-ride meeting and carpool we arrived at the Piney River Ranch and prepared to head out on a cool day with hints of an approaching autumn.
Just before the cataracts, we stopped for lunch with a view back down the valley we’d slowly been ascending.
Above the cataracts, route finding became a little more difficult [...]
Harvard and Columbia
Posted in Colorado 14ers, Lord of Pain, hiking, tagged Colorado 14ers, hiking, Mount Columbia, Mount Harvard on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Helen and I drove to the North Cottonwood trailhead on Friday night and found plenty of parking and a decent camp spot for the night. I had been worried that the Labor Day weekend would bring crowds to the 14ers, including Mounts Harvard and Columbia. While more people showed up later that night [...]
