| Peak: | Mt. Bierstadt - 14,060 feet | |
| Posted By: | USMABUCKs | |
| Post Date: | 11/06/2009 | |
| Date Climbed: | 11/05/2009 | |
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| A lot of driving for a 4.5 hr hike... |
Due to my ignorance or just lack of "reading" the right reports, I chose to drive (from C Springs to Denver to Georgetown) to the north side and check the pass there..."ain't no one comin' thru here..." as I was told by the local worker. So I decided to drive around to 285 and enter the TH from the south (Grant). Actually a nice road (12.9 miles) leading to the TH with most of it paved. But after 4+ hrs of driving I was ready to climb.
The bridges helped out along the trail, but there was still a significant amount of mud at lower elevations. 2/3 of the climb is easy to follow, but due to drifted snow, it was every man for himself up the final 1 mile. My time for the first two miles was 50 mins, the last mile and a half took about an hour and half. The only other side note is that I brought my dog (temps ranged from 15 to 45 depending on wind chill) and the final pitch was a bit dangerous due to the ice along the SW face...one more foot (or paw) to the right on the ascent he was a gonner...The snow/ice was strong enough to not allow post-holing, so it was a bit nerve racking watching him trying to reach the summit. I actually veered a hard left and bouldered up the final 50 ft or so so I would be able to bring back my dog (lab named Ike) alive. | |||
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