Longs Peak

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 9/3/2024, By: craigmatt333
Info: Absolutely perfect conditions. Dry trail and rock to the top. Camped at the Boulder field. Whether you are camping or not, Id bring a water filter. I drank a lot more water than anticipated. About 100 yards before Boulder field is lots of exposed water for your Sawyer squeeze. If getting water at the campsite you'll need a tube like filter to get at the water under the rocks (Katydyn or MSR etc). Also, for future years, Labor Day was not nearly as crowded as expected. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 9/5/2024, By: Balcao2546+
Info: Conditions were amazing with a slight breeze. No snow at all. Some exposure but with good focus and following the eggs you were be ok. 

Route: Cabes and Loft
Posted On: 9/4/2024, By: amlynczak
Info: Calbes up and loft down. Beautiful weather but definitely some ice in the crux moves of the cables. Loft still in good shape but that early fall ice on the exit ramps will likely appear soon. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/27/2024, By: Laxer04
Info: some small patches of ice going up the homestretch on the left side. easily avoidable and likely melting fast. some minor ice on the ledges as well, also avoidable. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/25/2024, By: eastmanerine
Info: 3:30 start, boulder field by 6, keyhole 6:45, summit 8:40. We had great weather, no ice, very few damp areas, mild wind gusts right as we crossed the keyhole on the way up, that resolved on the Ledges, rain started right as we were finishing around 1:00 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/21/2024, By: Summitwise
Info: Thunderstorms rolled into RMNP around 8:00pm and continued until 11:00pm, off and on. This made the more challenging and exposed sections, from the Keyhole to the summit and back, exceptionally challenging. Running water in the Homestretch made for very slick conditions. Thankfully all 5 members of our party summited and returned safely. 

Route: Cables
Posted On: 8/20/2024, By: viejo
Info: Cables from North Longs Peak Trail with return down the Trough to Glacier Gorge. Area must have gotten some good rainfall Monday afternoon/evening. Some running water on the crux moves of the Cables increased the pucker factor. Likewise, moisture on the upper section of Homestretch made things a bit more slippery. Hopefully itll dry up in a couple of days. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/18/2024, By: jennkmho
Info: Clear of snow & ice. Back to summer conditions. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/16/2024, By: taylorharris50
Info: turned around due to ice 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 8/4/2024, By: IHikeLikeAGirl
Info: Just a few FYI's.
1. Summer conditions.

2. Slight haze, but no issues from smoke of nearby fires, even after the wind shifted from the NE, east, and SE.

3. Longs Campground was only 2/3rds full at 5:15p on Friday. The camp hosts were awesome...and funny!

4. One cannot (legally) access the spur trail near the Longs CG. Access is on the private Timbeline CG property. We were politely, but promptly escorted off the property, when I asked them for permission the evening before. Other campers were stopped at the gate when they headed over, we made it farther. :)
Note: wouldn't have saved much distance anyway.

5. Timberline CG had events until 10p (music, cheering, etc.) May want to camp away from that side. 

Route: Loft Route
Posted On: 7/31/2024, By: NovaDevi25
Info: Good conditions overall, snow in the Loft Couloir is easily avoided. Snowfield with some water runoff just above the crossover from Keplinger's to Homestretch that in the morning was mixed wet rock and verglas but navigable with care.

Nothing but dry rock and dirt from Loft to Meeker's main summit. 

Route: Kiener's
Posted On: 7/29/2024, By: jtfoss1
Info: We were pleasantly surprised by Lamb's slide conditions - not great for skiing but excellent for climbing. The rest of the route is dry. 

Route: Keyhole Route
Posted On: 7/24/2024, By: charlieg
Info: Very dry throughout except for some seepage here and there; totally avoidable. There's a mild trickle of a stream near the start of the trough going up that's also easily avoided/overcome. 

Route: Cables
Posted On: 7/16/2024, By: Hiking_TheRockies
Info: route is in summer conditions with a decent amount of wet rock. any residual snow on the approach is easily avoidable. jims grove trail is in great condition and bathrooms at boulder field and chasm junction are open! absolutely stellar day up above treeline. 

Route: Loft Route
Posted On: 7/12/2024, By: ezabielski
Info: Summer conditions. At the top of the Loft Couloir you come to the left edge of the snow field, but you don't touch it. And then before you join the homestretch you go below a snowfield. That's it.