12/9/2017 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 12/9/2017, By: Trotter Info: Trail is usually a mix of 1 inch of snow and clear. Once you get above treeline, the mining road holds about 3-5 inches of snow on long parts of it. Once above the second mine, that ridge is swept fairly clean, maybe an inch of snow. Did find several icy patches mixed in. Brought spikes but never used them, snowshoes aren't needed either yet, but would have been nice on the mining road in some spots |
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11/12/2016 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 11/12/2016, By: tjf242424 Info: Totally dry (no surprise). The trailhead is a bit hard to find, since it looks like a private driveway, including house number on a wooden sign. Drive past the house and find the parking just beyond on the left. |
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9/10/2016 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 9/10/2016, By: jasayrevt Info: Clear and very nice enjoyable trip w/ reaching summits. Invigorating, Inspiring Hobby. Great, beautiful 13er mountains. This quality, classic route is a unique undertaking and lightly traveled. Incredible views of Sawatch Range peaks. Prime, excellent, and bluebird summer conditions up high for navigating slopes and ridge line extremely well. Successful traverse to Mt. Cosgriff (13,588') too. Trail runners and light pack were good. Climb safely / swiftly in the hills folks. Pictures included as beta |
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11/24/2012 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 11/25/2012, By: IHikeLikeAGirl Info: Dry. No need for any special gear. I wore gaitors, took micro spikes and an ice axe. No need for any of those items. Encountered small patches of snow 2-6" deep, all easily avoidable...if one wished. The creek crossing is a big ice flow (the only time I put on the micro spikes), but one can easily cross the creek, on dry rocks, by going upstream a bit. Photo #1 Dry conditions for 90% of the trail Photo #2 The old mining road, the most snow we saw all day Photo #3 The ridge to the summit |
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10/31/2012 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 10/31/2012, By: Wyoming Bob Info: There are a bunch of Bull Hill trip reports for the same route, Bill and others nailed the route description and cut off points, and I cannot improve upon their work, so lets just go with a Conditions Report. The 4WD road is only 0.4 miles and is no sweat in a Tacoma, I‘d not do it in a Subaru. No snow to the summit! Sure, you can find some here or there is you want but as of today, approach shoes would be fine. Incredible blue bird day, sunny, warm temp and no wind for the whole climb. |
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3/9/2012 Route: From CO 82 Posted On: 3/10/2012, By: Matt Lemke Info: Thanks to Bobby for his fantastic trench...this was one of the easiest winter climbs I‘ve ever done. Never needed snowshoes...the trail had the nice trench...above treeline snow was very minimal and that old road up to the mines was actually relatively snow free all the way up. So warm...no wind I sat on the summit for an hour! |
