Mt. Sherman Trip Report 06/11/2013

Peak(s):	Mt. Sherman - 14,043 feet
Date Posted:	06/11/2013
Date Climbed:	06/08/2013
Author:	Floriado_82

Mt Sherman Main route
We looked at the weather for Saturday and Sunday and even though Sunday looked a little better (read LESS WIND) we decided none of us wanted to go back to work after the years first 14er....even is it is ONLY Sherman. The group of us meet at the summer trailhead around 8am. The road was good all the way. I don't think you would even need a 4wd to get up there now. After everyone who had not met said their hellos we set off around 815am Starting out right on time. We followed the main road past the gate up to the first of the old Levrich sp? mine leftovers some leftovers from the mine The GF and some cool looking tracks After that we hit our first bit of snow. There where other ways around the snow that could get you where you wanted to go but it seemed the most direct route and since the slope was not steep enough to risk an avalanche we took off. Heading up the first snow section After recovering the main route we hiked for aprox 3/4 of a mile to another section of snow leading up to the saddle between Mt Sheridan and Mt Sherman. This one was a bit steeper with a small cornice at the top and I would not say I totally recommend it So this is where things got fun...we looked at the weather and expected some wind but nothing like the high altitude hurricane that we got slammed with once on the ridge! Sustained winds of around 40 with gust into the 60s the whole way up! Did have time to get a few pics though. Nice view from atop the saddle..but super windy! the windy but fun ridge! We where in luck though, the winds on the summit itself where not near as bad. We spent almost 45 minutes up there having a few drinks and taking pictures fun at the summit and happy to be out of the wind summit pic Once we had our fill of the summit we rushed back down. Half the group took a more direct route out of the wind. We went back the same way we cam up so we could get some glassading in glassading down! All in all it was a great hike with a large group and if not for the wind would have easily been the lease hard 14er I've done. Great tune up for the season ahead! Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Mt Sherman Main route

We looked at the weather for Saturday and Sunday and even though Sunday looked a little better (read LESS WIND) we decided none of us wanted to go back to work after the years first 14er....even is it is ONLY Sherman.

The group of us meet at the summer trailhead around 8am. The road was good all the way. I don't think you would even need a 4wd to get up there now. After everyone who had not met said their hellos we set off around 815am

We followed the main road past the gate up to the first of the old Levrich sp? mine leftovers

After that we hit our first bit of snow. There where other ways around the snow that could get you where you wanted to go but it seemed the most direct route and since the slope was not steep enough to risk an avalanche we took off.

After recovering the main route we hiked for aprox 3/4 of a mile to another section of snow leading up to the saddle between Mt Sheridan and Mt Sherman. This one was a bit steeper with a small cornice at the top and I would not say I totally recommend it

So this is where things got fun...we looked at the weather and expected some wind but nothing like the high altitude hurricane that we got slammed with once on the ridge! Sustained winds of around 40 with gust into the 60s the whole way up! Did have time to get a few pics though.

Nice view from atop the saddle..but super windy!

We where in luck though, the winds on the summit itself where not near as bad. We spent almost 45 minutes up there having a few drinks and taking pictures

fun at the summit and happy to be out of the wind

Once we had our fill of the summit we rushed back down. Half the group took a more direct route out of the wind. We went back the same way we cam up so we could get some glassading in

All in all it was a great hike with a large group and if not for the wind would have easily been the lease hard 14er I've done. Great tune up for the season ahead!

Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

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