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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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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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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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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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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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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Route: Northeast Ridge 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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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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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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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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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. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 11/14/2021, By: CheapCigarMan Info: No flotation needed. No traction needed. Broke trail for the group headed to Sherman on the slope just below the Sherman / Sheridan saddle. Only place where I postholed and about shin deep. Highest winds I've ever encountered. Non stop from the evening before until I got back to treeline. Beautiful snow formations on the rocks. Continued on to Peerless from Sheridan. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 11/6/2021, By: topekaavenue Info: Party of 3 with a successful summit. Went and got Sherman first and then went and got Sheridan. Mostly bare with some snow. No post holing. Left snowshoes in car cause they weren't necessary. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/10/2021, By: wolfgangstiller Info: Climbed starting at 11 AM. The cornice all along the ridge between Sheridan and Sherman is falling apart rapidly so it's not safe to climb over it or under it in spite of the fact many were doing that. There is a dry approach to Sheridan that avoids snow totally by heading up just south of the summit. Things are melting out rapidly so I'd expect most of the snow to be gone in the next week or two. The road is totally dry to the gate. |
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Route: Alt. South Slope Posted On: 5/10/2021, By: kcovingt1 Info: Started from the Leavick site at 5 am (got there in a 2WD). Hiked up to the gate fairly easily, no floatation necessary. Avoided the cornice on the saddle by cutting left up to Sheridan. There is a dry section of the last push up Sheridan with remnants of an old trail, no equipment needed. Descended down the standard route and headed up Sherman. Dry trail behind the cornice. Nasty wind the whole way from Sheridan to Sherman. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 1/18/2021, By: drop_bear Info: Conditions still the same based on the latest Sherman report (1/10) to the saddle. Not much snow at all on the north face. Looked easily bootable to the top. Could probably make it over the Peerless easily as well. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 11/1/2020, By: didjapelli Info: Drove nearly the whole dirt road in 2WD, only used 4WD maybe the last mile. Snow increases the closer you get to the gate but in big patches interrupted by dirt. I went the whole way to the summit with no flotation or traction just fine. Snow is not consolidated but the patches are easy to avoid and if you do step on them the most you'll post hole is up to the shin but mostly just a few inches. I had to take off my hat and unzip my jacket I was overheating so much. Summit is basically free of snow except for the shelter. Only saw one hiker, everybody else today went for Sherman the 14er. Its condition looked the same as Sheridan. |
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Route: From Peerless Posted On: 9/21/2020, By: Sglm14 Info: From Peerless mountain, we descended approximately 600' to the saddle between Peerless and Sheridan then it's pretty much straight up to the summit. No snow from the descent of Peerless all the way to Sheridan. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/24/2020, By: bangerth Info: Summer conditions on all sides of the mountain, both coming from the saddle with Sherman as well as the saddle with Peerless/Horseshoe. No snow left anywhere, and easy to find trails. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/1/2020, By: goldenite Info: Sheridan, Peerless, and Horseshoe. One patch of snow at the Dauntless Mine, but not an issue. Went up Sheridan between the snow fields (pic #1, Sheridan from Peerless). A few patches of snow towards the top of Horseshoe, but mostly avoidable or not an issue. Second pic shows Iowa Gulch conditions from Sheridan. |
