Pete Castricone - Aug 22, 2010 2:41 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010
Via loft and clark's arrow
After Meeker, across Clark's Arrow route. About 200 people on top. Crazy. Added Lady Washington after Keyhole.
Tgrow - Aug 18, 2010 3:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
Longs
Made the summit at 7:39 AM. Great day. Shared the mountain with some great folks on that day. To the hiker that turned in my ipod shuffle to the Longs Peak Rangers on the 13th of August: You are an amazing individual! You are an inspiration to us all! Thank-you! Thank-you!
Hoverla - Aug 17, 2010 5:14 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2010
Longs via Keyhole
Made it to the benckmark (13750') at the top of the Trough. Conditions were good and people were summiting - members of my party were a drag, hence my decision. See my detailed story with photos: http://hubpages.com/hub/Climbing-Longs-Peak-A-Personal-Narrative
noahs213 - Aug 17, 2010 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
The Diamond, Casual Route
MEGA! Reached summit at around 3. Descended Keyhole/Camels Gully to bivy. 19 hour day.
shknbke - Aug 11, 2010 12:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010
From Pagoda
Started at Sandbeach Lake TH, hit Pagoda, traverse to Longs, descended Keplingers. Long day! See TR.
Tonka - Aug 9, 2010 6:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010
The Loft
Classic long day on Longs. Route finding makes this route more interesting and the amount of climbing/scrambling is twice that of the Keyhole. Weather was moving in as we decended. Great day.
catullus - Aug 9, 2010 4:06 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
tour de longs
up the loft, down the keyhole. massive blisters from new boots.
Kiefer - Aug 6, 2010 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010
Another summit
Climbed via Cables Route & met Jim Detterline on his record 531st summit! Great guy! REALLY spooky weather all day.
9th trip to the summit.
Ingman - Aug 2, 2010 9:41 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010
via Keiners
w/ B. Gibbs; 5am start, 11:30am summit. Descended the keyhole. Classic route!
Bummer of a day. Crammed into the back of a volvo with my partner overnight for our early(ish) start. We were on the trail before 6 making good time and made it to the Boulder Field around 8. The forecast called for the rain to hold off until sometime between 12-3pm, with tstorms. This was not the case and the weather looked even worse over the other side of the keyhole for what would have been the rest of the route while the rain picked up to a decent drizzle. Blows my mind that a few people decided the climbing conditions up the scramble were good, even though the rocks were soaked and Thunderstorms were in the forecast a little later in the day. Mountain will be there next week.
cftbq - Jul 15, 2010 2:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
Keyhole on a windy day
A very windy morning cut the numbers of climbers and made for slow going. Got the mildest weather of the day on top, however. My 2nd ascent of this big peak.
BLong - Jul 11, 2010 3:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010
June Climb
Great hike/climb via Keyhole. Still a significant amount of snow. Used crampons for the entire climb past the Keyhole. Abut half of the hike from there was on bare rock. I wished several times that I didn't have the crampons on, and then would begin long sections of snow. Enjoyed the summit with one other person.
hhsilleck - Jul 4, 2010 5:42 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2010
Keyhole
Very little snow or ice remained as of our climb; all of it was avoidable. Fun climb with friends Steve and Jason.
Fun route with Heath Hawsey, was Heath's first summit. We did it in a single day push which turned out to be a long day and getting caught in a snow storm up high while coming off summit.
mirhash - Jun 13, 2010 11:03 pm Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010
Lost in the Park :(
Had a great day until the way down. Missed the trail by a hundred yards and didn't make it out of the park til 11pm :( Lesson learned though
ken93 - Jun 7, 2010 4:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2009
first co. mountain
i watched my friends tent blow away.
mychael - May 6, 2010 2:58 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
Via the Loft
Watched the sunrise from summit of Meeker before climbing Longs and being the first person to reach the summit on busy summer weekend. Descended Keyhole route passing hundreds of people on the way down.
Hiked up Glacier Gorge to just below Black Lake on Friday evening. Heavy packs and snowshoes. Despite snowshoes, still broke through in places because snow soft, especially around Mills Lake area. Temps about 30-32 F. Some pinwheels from previous sunny days at bottom of slopes.
Temps dropped some overnight with some firming of snow. On trail moving above Black Lake at about 530am. Overcast and again about 30F. Ascended Longs via Trough. Trough snow firm enough, especially when following some tracks from a few days ago. On top at 1020am in increasing snow. Snow continued on descent to Black Lake, but later sunny. Beneath about 12K snow became very wet with some crampon balling.
Hike out in rising temps (38F near parking) and more snowshoe postholing, but not too bad.
Lakes were acceptable to cross, but significant melting on top of the ice with slush and water in areas. Some areas near in and outflow were clear of ice. If crossing lakes be careful and on lookout.
Pete Castricone - Aug 22, 2010 2:41 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010
Via loft and clark's arrowAfter Meeker, across Clark's Arrow route. About 200 people on top. Crazy. Added Lady Washington after Keyhole.
Tgrow - Aug 18, 2010 3:37 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
LongsMade the summit at 7:39 AM. Great day. Shared the mountain with some great folks on that day. To the hiker that turned in my ipod shuffle to the Longs Peak Rangers on the 13th of August: You are an amazing individual! You are an inspiration to us all! Thank-you! Thank-you!
Hoverla - Aug 17, 2010 5:14 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2010
Longs via KeyholeMade it to the benckmark (13750') at the top of the Trough. Conditions were good and people were summiting - members of my party were a drag, hence my decision. See my detailed story with photos: http://hubpages.com/hub/Climbing-Longs-Peak-A-Personal-Narrative
noahs213 - Aug 17, 2010 1:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
The Diamond, Casual RouteMEGA! Reached summit at around 3. Descended Keyhole/Camels Gully to bivy. 19 hour day.
shknbke - Aug 11, 2010 12:34 am Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010
From PagodaStarted at Sandbeach Lake TH, hit Pagoda, traverse to Longs, descended Keplingers. Long day! See TR.
Tonka - Aug 9, 2010 6:48 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2010
The LoftClassic long day on Longs. Route finding makes this route more interesting and the amount of climbing/scrambling is twice that of the Keyhole. Weather was moving in as we decended. Great day.
catullus - Aug 9, 2010 4:06 am Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2010
tour de longsup the loft, down the keyhole. massive blisters from new boots.
Kiefer - Aug 6, 2010 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010
Another summitClimbed via Cables Route & met Jim Detterline on his record 531st summit! Great guy! REALLY spooky weather all day.
9th trip to the summit.
Ingman - Aug 2, 2010 9:41 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010
via Keinersw/ B. Gibbs; 5am start, 11:30am summit. Descended the keyhole. Classic route!
JonW - Jul 26, 2010 2:08 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010
Cable RouteWent up the Cable Route and down the Keyhole. I was expecting larger crowds for a Sunday, but overall, things went smoothly.
gabem - Jul 19, 2010 8:02 pm Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2010
Not QuiteBummer of a day. Crammed into the back of a volvo with my partner overnight for our early(ish) start. We were on the trail before 6 making good time and made it to the Boulder Field around 8. The forecast called for the rain to hold off until sometime between 12-3pm, with tstorms. This was not the case and the weather looked even worse over the other side of the keyhole for what would have been the rest of the route while the rain picked up to a decent drizzle. Blows my mind that a few people decided the climbing conditions up the scramble were good, even though the rocks were soaked and Thunderstorms were in the forecast a little later in the day. Mountain will be there next week.
cftbq - Jul 15, 2010 2:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
Keyhole on a windy dayA very windy morning cut the numbers of climbers and made for slow going. Got the mildest weather of the day on top, however. My 2nd ascent of this big peak.
BLong - Jul 11, 2010 3:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010
June ClimbGreat hike/climb via Keyhole. Still a significant amount of snow. Used crampons for the entire climb past the Keyhole. Abut half of the hike from there was on bare rock. I wished several times that I didn't have the crampons on, and then would begin long sections of snow. Enjoyed the summit with one other person.
hhsilleck - Jul 4, 2010 5:42 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2010
KeyholeVery little snow or ice remained as of our climb; all of it was avoidable. Fun climb with friends Steve and Jason.
rockrat2 - Jun 20, 2010 9:12 pm
fun routeFun route with Heath Hawsey, was Heath's first summit. We did it in a single day push which turned out to be a long day and getting caught in a snow storm up high while coming off summit.
mirhash - Jun 13, 2010 11:03 pm Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2010
Lost in the Park :(Had a great day until the way down. Missed the trail by a hundred yards and didn't make it out of the park til 11pm :( Lesson learned though
ken93 - Jun 7, 2010 4:08 pm Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2009
first co. mountaini watched my friends tent blow away.
mychael - May 6, 2010 2:58 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
Via the LoftWatched the sunrise from summit of Meeker before climbing Longs and being the first person to reach the summit on busy summer weekend. Descended Keyhole route passing hundreds of people on the way down.
dclimb14me - Apr 26, 2010 12:09 am
First OneMy first 14er years ago, made me decide I'd love to live in the great state of CO. What a great introduction to all this fun!
Joe_Parvis - Apr 20, 2010 4:15 pm Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010
Longs via TroughHiked up Glacier Gorge to just below Black Lake on Friday evening. Heavy packs and snowshoes. Despite snowshoes, still broke through in places because snow soft, especially around Mills Lake area. Temps about 30-32 F. Some pinwheels from previous sunny days at bottom of slopes.
Temps dropped some overnight with some firming of snow. On trail moving above Black Lake at about 530am. Overcast and again about 30F. Ascended Longs via Trough. Trough snow firm enough, especially when following some tracks from a few days ago. On top at 1020am in increasing snow. Snow continued on descent to Black Lake, but later sunny. Beneath about 12K snow became very wet with some crampon balling.
Hike out in rising temps (38F near parking) and more snowshoe postholing, but not too bad.
Lakes were acceptable to cross, but significant melting on top of the ice with slush and water in areas. Some areas near in and outflow were clear of ice. If crossing lakes be careful and on lookout.