| Peak: | Mt. Columbia |
| Route: | Southeast Ridge |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | Chipmunk |
| Date of Info: | 2/3/2023 |
| Date Posted: | 2/3/2023 |
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Made it to Harvard Lakes TH in a 4Runner with snow tires. The road is snowy but there are plenty of tracks to follow. Easy in the morning when frozen, a little sloppier on the way out this afternoon. The Colorado Trail is nicely packed down with intermittent dry patches and ice. Two groups did Columbia today - myself and partner and a third solo hiker. We started later than the solo hiker and he did a ton of work re-establishing the trench! Our path diverged from his at times, but all routes lead to the summit (and some also lead to 'fun' snowshoe rock walking). Snowshoes are necessary to treeline, we stashed them and barebooted the ridge. Beautiful day! Started at 7:30, summit at 12:30, back to the car at 3:45.        
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