Mt. Meeker

Route: Dragon’s Egg Couloir
Posted On: 5/7/2023, By: Wildernessjane
Info: Hauled skis about 2-1/2 miles in. Made it up to the Dragons Egg and turned around due to poor visibility and thin coverage higher up. If weather had been better we probably would have continued, though the skiing would have been subpar. 

Route: Loft
Posted On: 9/15/2022, By: bsiegs
Info: Similar to most recent CR. Still summer conditions the whole way 

Route: Loft
Posted On: 9/9/2022, By: supranihilest
Info: The loft route is in great shape. Trail to the Chasm Lake area is easy to follow, even in the dark. The couloir isn't as steep as it looks from a distance. Lots of loose rock all the way up it, make sure not to kick rocks down. Basically a river running down the center of the couloir. All water is avoidable though. Plenty of Class 2+ up the couloir, a small amount of Class 3. Final pitch up Meeker from the Loft is about the same. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 7/18/2022, By: bkcheck
Info: Summer conditions the whole way up. The climbers trail mentioned by others does span the entire stretch between Sandbeach Lake trail and Meeker Meadows, but it disappears often. Try looking for fallen trees that have had sections of branches cleared off. A few marshy sections by the meadow but they could be avoided with some creativity. 

Route: Meeker Ridge
Posted On: 6/25/2022, By: dpage
Info: Summer conditions from Meeker Ridge across the knife edge to the summit. 

Route: Southwest Ridge
Posted On: 6/22/2022, By: jfm3
Info: I climbed Apache Peak on June 20 and got a good look at the south side of Mt. Meeker. There appears to be some snow at the bottom of the Dragon Egg Couloir. Otherwise, it looks mostly dry up to the top. 

Route: East Ridge
Posted On: 6/16/2022, By: Christensenje
Info: From Longs trailhead: Snow almost fully gone up the summit. Just after the knife edge however, on the final scramble, a little work around on the final section was needed due to some snow still hanging on. Turned it more into class 4 to 5.2 climbing. Can't imagine that little bit of snow will hold on much longer but it was enough to cause a detour when only having trail runners and a vest. Wanted to descend the loft, but will need crampons/ice axe a little longer for that guy. 

Route: Dragon Egg Couloir
Posted On: 5/11/2022, By: macg91
Info: The south face of Meeker is pretty bare of snow. First couple photos show the Dragon Egg Couloir taken from near the Dragon Egg itself. As far as skiing goes, the looker's right branch is completely out; there's enough snow that one could link some turns lookers' left, but would have to down-climb some of the rockier sections. We did get to enjoy about 1500' of great corn skiing from the Dragon Egg itself back down to the trail. However the surface freeze was only a few inches thick and below that was wet, unconsolidated snow. With warmer temps the next few days, I doubt it'll last long. Sandbeach Lake Trail is dry for the first 1.5 miles, followed by patchy snow and then continuous snow. The snow was fairly supportive in the early morning but flotation was definitely needed by afternoon. 

Route: Dreamweaver
Posted On: 5/9/2022, By: ReggieBop
Info: Lots of snow to begin the coulior. Snow conditions are lovely on the first section, until the rock "step" Mixed climbing required, but no ice to climb. Dry tooling required clearing off a couple inches of sugary snow to find safe ice tool holds. 50mph winds weren't necessarily pleasant, but a super fun route. Take care when on the descent, traverse the rock band until you reach the mid/lower portion of the loft for a wonderful long glissade. My partner and I both soloed the route, had a lovely day 

Route: SE Ridge/Horse Creek
Posted On: 2/27/2022, By: colin j
Info: Great weather today on Meeker, practically no wind. Knife edge was holding some sugar snow and I bailed after reaching Meeker Ridge. To those who have crossed this in winter conditions you are much braver than I. Most of the ridge is wind scoured above treeline, though the last 500' or so to Meeker Ridge holds lots of sugar snow and was very slow going; I did underestimate how long this would take. Otherwise good skin track to near Lookout-Meeker saddle and trench is in to treeline. If you plan to use the Horse Creek/Lookout trailhead Boulder County 113N is decently travelled about 0.4 miles from the highway to a port-a-potty and a pullout with room for 3 or 4 vehicles; do not attempt to drive further unless you like getting stuck. 

Route: IRON GATES
Posted On: 11/30/2021, By: Slawson405
Info: Very dry. Wind forecast was wildly off, but that's kind of expected for the area. 

Route: Iron Gates
Posted On: 9/27/2021, By: wintersage
Info: Windy day but the route is still dry. No need for traction yet 

Route: Loft
Posted On: 9/26/2021, By: swilson753
Info: Unavoidable snow in the Loft couloir. Bring spikes-it's getting icy in spots. 

Route: Iron Gates
Posted On: 9/18/2021, By: gcook33
Info: Very fun route. Very stable rock as well, I stuck to the right side from Chasm Lake up through the Iron Gates. Gorgeous day. 

Route: Ridge, Loft, Clark’s Arrow, Pagoda
Posted On: 9/10/2021, By: blazintoes
Info: Did a fun scrambly climb via Wild Basin to Hole in the Wall then up Lookout Mountain, up Meeker ridge to Meekers knife edge, down loft, up the Notch via Clark's Arrow to Homestretch stepped off the Keyhole route at the bottom end of the Homestretch, contoured over to the low point between Pagoda and Longs (there is a 3rd class passage down the ramp) and climbed up Pagoda looking back at the impressive West Face of Longs. It was hot, dry and I ran out of water so scrambled back down Pagoda and found a small notch to escape and scree skied down to Hunters Creek to refill and hoofed it back to Sandbeach Lake. The smoky hazy skies killed the views.