North Apostle

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 6/9/2025, By: jfm3
Info: I attempted the Ice + North combo on June 8. See the Ice Mountain page for full details of the climb through the basin to the Ice/North saddle. The ridge to the top of North is dry. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 9/29/2024, By: andrew85
Info: Full summer conditions (did with Ice Mountain). 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 9/3/2024, By: Belchfire
Info: Standard E-W apostles traverse, but added in the ridge traverse to North Apostle false summit (I called this Judas' Ridge because holy heck!). Didn't want to drop/re-gain the full elevation/sidehill to W apostle... so decisions were made. IMO, rock was below-average sawatch quality Staying ridge proper requires mostly c4/5 moves all the way to the W/N apostle saddle- and getting on(and off) the N ap. false summit block is a bouldering project in itself. Some of the towers on ridge down were quite committing, and a rope might have been a good backup, but all was do-able without a rope. Highly/kinda recommend this for a fun ridge if it wasn't so far out for a false summit. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 6/30/2024, By: Prometheus1
Info: Nearly summer conditions. Must snow either avoidable or easily crossed early in the morning. Nice glissade on the way down. I found an ice axe safety cover. Send me a message for return. 

Route: SW face climb and ski
Posted On: 5/30/2024, By: SnowAlien
Info: After skiing the Apostles couloir on West Apostle I was able to traverse into the main Apostles basin maintaining 12,400 feet in elevation. Both prior times I skied the Fridge I looked longingly at North Apostle (which is generally not in skiable condition very often). Combined with pretty long and tedious approach for Ice Mountain and the effort and time needed to ski the Fridge, I couldn't find the energy to add North Apostle to the already huge day. But this time, starting from high camp, and with a minimal amount of silliness on the approach, I have dispatched the West Apostle by 10.30am, and was very eager to make the North Apostle ski finally happen. What's an extra 1,400 ft for a Centennial? The snow in the basin was considerably warmer than in the West Apostle basin as I counted about 5 ski tracks coming out of the Fridge. The clouds came in and kept me cool for the ascent, and I was happy to find a booter, which definitely helped, although the person was much taller than me :) I arrived on the summit around noon and stayed for an hour, as the weather was cooperating. After 2 icy skis, the corn on the SW face was cooked to perfection by 1pm. The skiing was easy and enjoyable. I skied through the upper mini-chute and then through the pencil chute down below. The lower chute actually had some heavy gloppy powder past 1pm. Skiing through the trees on still supportive snow was straightforward and I was back at camp around 2.30pm. 

Route: Three Apostles Traverse (N -> Ice -> W)
Posted On: 9/2/2023, By: backcountrybrodes
Info: **See Ice Mtn. condition update for photos** Sensational day out in one of Colorado's most beautiful valleys. While all of Denver, CO was on Huron for the first Saturday of Labor Day weekend, me and EthanBeltramo took on "Ice Cubed" - also known as the Three Apostles Traverse. Summer conditions, saw maybe 3 different groups the whole day. Views were completely unique on each mountain. We stayed ridge direct going down Ice (for the most part) to avoid the crumbly gullies below and it worked out well for us with no cliff outs! Also summitted the "Ice Cube" along the way for fun and got some great shots. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 8/21/2023, By: sarahmariekirk
Info: Dry all the way up to the summit! Loose rock along this route but it is manageable and better than the gullies going up to the saddle between Apostle and Ice. It is about 15-20 minutes to get to the summit from the saddle between the two, so definitely worth it if you are up there! Amazing views and the summit register is intact. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 9/25/2022, By: cj85
Info: The route up North Apostle is essentially dry. Some snow exists between the rocks but is entirely avoidable. 

Route: Southwest Ridge (skipped Ice)
Posted On: 7/17/2022, By: mijoflynn
Info: There's a little snow left at the runout of Ice's Refrigerator Couloir -- say 20' across, no need for traction to cross it. Hike up: ugh. Half-mile bushwhack followed by 2000' of gain in a mile, all on tippy talus and loose scree? Least favorite peak ever. Summit views: spectacular. Maybe this peak isn't so bad. Hike down: ugh. Aforementioned tippy talus dumped me on my face, necessitating post-hike stitches. Back to least favorite peak ever. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 6/6/2022, By: wintersage
Info: Road to TH is open and snow-free; I was able to park at the 4WD trailhead. Lots of snow on the route still -- once you cross the main stream the snow cover is almost continuous until the lake, despite postholing no snowshoes are needed. I put on crampons near the lake and kept them on until the summit cone of North Apostle which involves mostly dry boulder-hopping. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 12/4/2021, By: osprey
Info: This is a “ long run for a short slide “ report. We parked immediately below where the 4wd part of the road starts. Ice on the road above this prevented any further driving. We made rapid progress on foot on the Lake Anne trail when two other climbers caught up to us. They were piper14er and his partner (whose name escapes me). They were headed up a newly ranked 13er near Huron. Piper unfortunately did not bring his pipes which prevented him from being the first person to bagpipe on a newly ranked 13er. We continued on to 12,100 but we were frequently trapdooring up to our knees in unconsolidated snow and talus the last 100 feet and we could tell that the remainder of the route to the North Apostle-Ice Mountain saddle would be more of the same if not worse. We both agreed, with no argument, to descend. The moral of the story is to avoid north facing slopes in late fall. We could see that slopes facing south, west, and east were completely barren of snow. 

Route: Apostles Traverse
Posted On: 9/9/2021, By: Eli Watson
Info: Apostles Traverse: N Apostle via SW Ridge > Ice Mtn via NE Ridge > "W Apostle" via SW Face from Winfield 2WD TH. 16.6 mi, 5300' 9:52 Car-to-Car Slightly smokey today. Entire route is still dry. "W Apostle" summit register is missing end cap, paper, and pencil. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 6/7/2021, By: Anima
Info: The ridge on North Apostle can be climbed completely dry—all lingering snow can be avoided. See Ice Mountain condition report for info on the approach/basin. 

Route: Ice Northeast Ridge + North Apostle
Posted On: 6/29/2020, By: E_A_Marcus_949
Info: Took standard route up from Huron TH. After climbing Ice Mtn, clouds looked a bit ominous (which later cleared), so we dropped our packs and quickly jaunted up to N. Apostle. Took about 30min RT from saddle to summit back to saddle. Fun and easy rock-hopping compared to the rest of the day. No snow whatsoever. (Slightly more info on the Ice Mtn condition report I posted today as well for 6/27 on the ascent up through the rock glacier basin if you want more info) 

Route: from Ice
Posted On: 6/13/2020, By: CheapCigarMan
Info: "...the ridge climb to the summit is an exacting ascent on loose rock. The climb is more dangerous than it is difficult, but this ascent is not a hike." - Gerry Roach Thank you TG for working this notable route with me.