5/24/2025 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 5/24/2025, By: HikesInGeologicTime Info: Bootable all the way to summit by staying on tundra/talus. Snow tops out about 100 feet below summit. Skied down snowfield covering/connected to Sherman saddle, staying extreme skiers right at first to stay on the good side of a high cornice, then stayed low when approaching the saddle to avoid the even more impressive cornice hanging there. Managed to ski mostly continuously from where I dropped in almost to the gate marking the TH with one section of brief grass hopping and one the necessitated ski removal and schlepping near where I rejoined the road. Overall pleasant conditions for how hot this spring has been. |
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4/12/2025 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 4/12/2025, By: ProfetaP Info: Started around 10,800 due to the amount of snow on the road & didn't feel like getting stuck. This ended up being closer to 10 miles, but the road is melting out pretty quick. I took the skis with me and skinned up ( had to take the skis off a few times) the left side as if I was going to Horeshoe, cut right under peerless, and hit the summit. On the way down, I took a similar path but wasn't back on the skis until around 12.5ish and then skied all the way back to the car with no issues. The trees around 12k are holding snow well. If you wanted, you could ski off the summit - skiers left has a better line but a cornice to keep an eye on and a little thin, but could probably make it back down to the road (I was too lazy to carry the skis to the summit). |
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3/30/2025 Route: East Slopes/South East Ridge Posted On: 3/31/2025, By: ccawdrey Info: We parked at 10,800' along Four Mile Creek where the snow ended. Looks like a few folks have tried to push across the snow with cars. Unsurprisingly we saw evidence of winch and dig outs a hundred or so feet past where we parked. With a solid overnight freeze and a cold/windy forecast we walked the snow covered road to roughly 11,400'. Due to some post holing with the sun poking out we transitioned to skis. We exited the road and pushed directly up the East/SE ski line. The summer trail is almost entirely devoid of snow but we chose to follow the white stuff instead. It was mostly bulletproof sastrugi with a few soft wind deposits here and there. Axes were nice for security on the final push to the summit but the snow was punchable with just ski boots. We had to get creative with a few small hops over dirt patches and rocks on the way back down but ultimately there was a continuous patch of snow from the summit to the car. I don't anticipate this will last long, it was already a bit too thin for comfort in spots. There was one other group out today pushing directly up the south slopes of Sherman. Looks like they found near continuous snow coverage. The NE face of Sheridan had an interesting cornice just below the ridge. Probably doesn't go quite yet with the PWL sticking around on said aspect. |
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7/27/2024 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/28/2024, By: backcountrybrodes Info: See Mt. Sherman update from this day. |
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4/13/2024 Route: Via Peerless Posted On: 4/13/2024, By: man_of_nature Info: Climbed Peerless and Sheridan. Brought snowshoes but didn't use them, although I did start early not wanting to suffer in the warm forecast. Traction wasn't necessary, some may like it on the hard crust on the way up to Peerless. Brought an axe but only used it for glissading down a few bits coming down from Sheridan to the road. |
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10/16/2023 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 10/17/2023, By: donovanrice Info: Peerless side was effectively dry. Northeast Ridge had some snow. Didn't use traction |
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10/9/2023 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 10/9/2023, By: Mojokram17 Info: Almost completely dry all the way to the summit, good trail, close to summer conditions for now |
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9/17/2023 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 9/17/2023, By: madadraw1 Info: Once at saddle there was 2-3 inches of snow. Already boot tracks before us and the way up and thus snow as packed down and no traction necessary. A lot more snow on Horseshoe, just one peak away and looked like a lot on the Collegiates, but not much north of there along the Sawatch. |
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6/25/2023 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/26/2023, By: cdgibbons Info: 150' of continuous snow to the saddle with Sherman. Pretty bootpacked; I did not use traction. Otherwise summer conditions. Descended to the south and picked up the road on the Horseshoe route to make a fun, quick loop. On this road, two large snowfields on steep sidehills that require some brief, creative detours. |
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5/7/2023 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 5/7/2023, By: sarahmariekirk Info: Sheridan today via the NE ridge. Climbed up a 30 degree or so snow slope to gain the ridge. Pretty mellow day and moody weather. Road is dry all the way to the gate, and coverage is pretty minimal. There are some skiable sections on South Slopes of Sherman but did not see anything with full coverage. The cornice is still present but pretty small. Great day! |
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4/1/2023 Route: Posted On: 4/1/2023, By: stomblin7 Info: Snow shoes recommended from winter parking trailhead. A group of 6-7 people tried to ascend Sherman today without them, and it did not look pretty (sinking knee to thigh deep every step) - kudos for their efforts though. Road is mostly snow covered, a few sections have a bit of rock here and there hiking in. The ridge is mostly dry, with some punchy spots of snow and everyone's favorite trap doors (not bad though). The saddle between Sheridan and Sherman looked heavily loaded with a nice cornice. The east face of Sheridan was mostly dry, though we did crawl the last 500-800 ft to summit due to 50+ mph winds... every time I stood up I got knocked backwards hah. I believe the group attempting Sherman turned at the ridge from Wind today. If you think this peak will shelter you from wind - it is not so haha. There is a gently loaded snow slope just south of the ascent we did, and after plunge stepping down about 1/2 way we decided to get a nice little glissade in. - Will update Trailhead conditions separately |
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8/14/2022 Route: Iowa Gulch Posted On: 8/15/2022, By: kwhit24 Info: Started from Iowa Gulch and the whole route was straight forward and nothing more than Class 2. When returning from Peerless I just contoured above the grass under Sheridan to the Sherman saddle and returned to the car via the West slopes route. One comment about this descent is that it turns into slick gravel in more than a few spots so it can be tricky if you're trying to move quickly. Met one person on Dyer, 2 going up Sheridan, 3 going to Peerless, and about 50+ on the Sherman route ha (11.39 mi; 4,301' gain; 6:32:47 total time) Start at TH 5:50am; Dyer Mtn 7:00am; Gemini Peak 7:45am; White Ridge 8:50am; Mt. Sherman 9:40am; Mt. Sheridan 10:45am; Peerless Mtn 11:20am; Back to TH 12:25pm |
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6/21/2022 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/21/2022, By: Dobbins Info: The road is completely passable up to the gate by any vehicle (2012 Ford Fusion with pretty low clearance did just fine), just take it easy on the rougher parts. The trail itself is pretty clear, although there was about 200 feet total of walking through packed snow below the saddle. Once you reach the saddle, there is no snow on the mountain anywhere near the trail. Easy climb to the top. |
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6/11/2022 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/12/2022, By: mnk219 Info: Pretty clear! Submitted Sherman and traversed across to Weston (Sherman - Sheridan - Peerless - Horseshoe - Ptarmigan - Weston) and back down to the Fourmile trailhead on the path north of Horseshoe. There was a short patch of snow on the climb up to the saddle between Sherman and Sheridan, but no traction was needed. Otherwise snowfields were avoidable on this stretch. |
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5/27/2022 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 5/27/2022, By: MaryinColorado Info: Road is dry until the small lot just down from the gate. The lot at the gate is preceded by deep snow/ruts, and the lot contains a large drift. Overnight temps weren't low enough for snow to be terribly crusty, so some post-holing was had on ascent. I carried my snowshoes just in case I encountered problematic depths but stashed them on the saddle. Never used them but was tempted to on descent because the snow was so soft and shifty. Decided to just suffer through it but have zero regrets about bringing the snowshoes just in case. There is still a cornice but not prominent. Ended up picking a line on a low enough angled slope where there was a pause in the cornice. Kick-stepped/axe-plunged my way up and used the axe as an anchor to accompany some moves to overcome the soft snow at the very top. Then used the axe to aid in a lovely glissade down the same way. In other words: full winter conditions out there. Glad I brought my full winter pack and ice axe. Do not recommend anybody new/newer venturing out to this area (or others like it) until melt-off occurs. |
