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bighornmonkey - Aug 2, 2012 11:24 am Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2012
twoferdid harvard first, then columbia as a twofer.
4th 14er this year.
mountainloverCO - Jul 15, 2012 9:48 pm Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2012
Harvard Standard RouteBackpacked up to Hork Forn Basin and enjoyed a night of camping before heading up to Harvard around 5:45. Summited at 8:15 and enjoyed the summit for 1/2 hour, arrived back at the car by 1:15. Beautiful area, great trail, and the little scramble at the top was a lot of fun!
LivingColorado - Jun 20, 2012 3:16 am Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012
First of the Collegiates!My first 14er in the Collegiate Peaks! We camped up in Horn Fork Basin the nights before and after this trek, which made for a very enjoyable trip, as it's absolutely beautiful up there. I'd highly recommend to anyone.
Matt Lemke - May 18, 2012 4:51 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2012
Solo via standard routeGreat morning for a 14er. Nice and warm and not too much wind. The snow around treeline was a pain as well as the hundreds of downed trees but it wasn't too bad. 3.5 hours up and 3 hours down.
DerekFreed - Mar 30, 2012 3:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009
via Frenchman CreekA very enjoyable route!! Love the upper basin area, plan to return this way to collect Columbia someday...
xpda - Oct 29, 2011 12:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 23, 1995
HarvardMike and I played sousa on the sousaphones on top. Tony and Fullerton flew a kite.
chicagotransplant - Oct 23, 2011 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2011
Frenchman CreekSecond ascent, this time solo from Frenchman Creek with PT 13374 and Columbia. First time I was up Harvard (2006) was in a snowstorm with zero visibility, it was nice to finally enjoy the summit view after all these years!
Ted Eliason - Oct 13, 2011 7:27 pm Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009
Harvard Columbia TraverseStarting to get antsy to just finish the 14ers. Harvard was OK. I can't believe I talused over the top of Columbia again. The connecting 4th class ridge is unremarkable.
Spindle - Sep 24, 2011 4:27 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2011
from North Cottonwood THLong, satisfying, beautiful climb. Didn't go over to Columbia because of snow. Next time.
Scott - Sep 9, 2011 1:43 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011
HarvardMarch 18
I decided to make a winter ascent of Mount Harvard and Columbia with the 14ers.com group. It was the end of the winter season and I really needed to get another 14er in. I got a later start than I wanted and most people were already gone when I reached the trailhead, but two others were there trying to drive the road in the snow. We both tried to drive farther, but I got pretty stuck.
After digging out and packing up I headed up the mountain. Because of the late start I was moving very quickly (for me at least) and arrived at camp at about 11,400 feet in 2.5 hours. I had a nice chat with everyone before heading to bed.
March 19
It was a very long night and I didn’t get much sleep at all. I thought about (especially) my wife and kids a lot throughout the night and it was hard to sleep. The moon was bright and beautiful during the night.
My heart just wasn’t into the climb in the morning and I had a lot on my mind. We had a large group, but I kept mostly to myself and I was dragging pretty slow. The views of the surrounding crags were beautiful and the weather was pretty good, but it was a bit breezy (and a bit cool in the wind).
It was a long, but not difficult climb and I reached the top alone. Everyone else had either headed back down or left late and was still coming up. I took some photos and ate on top (it was fairly chilly) before heading back down. I expected to have a pretty good glissade on the way down, but the snow wasn’t as good as I expected and the glissades were pretty mediocre at best.
After arriving at camp I contemplated whether or not to spend the night. On one hand I didn’t want to have to come back and finish Mt. Columbia, but on the other hand, I really missed my wife. Sunday is the day that I usually cook her breakfast in bed and I knew I would feel sad if I missed it. I had called her from the top and she told me to have a good time and to not worry about her, but I still missed her much.
I stayed and talked with the group about various things just over an hour before deciding to head back down. After packing up camp, it was already 6:09 PM, so I headed down the mountain quickly and after getting off track once (false trail) I reached the vehicle at about 8:20 PM. It was a long drive home and I finally walked in the door at 1 AM.
pacojgarza - Aug 29, 2011 9:54 am Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2011
2nd time aroundDid my first repeat 14er exactly a year after the first summit. The trail was really wet and muddy around timberline; I used a snow bridge to cross the swollen creek then went slightly off trail a few times to avoid large snow fields below the summit. It was a 7.5 hr. roundtrip from North Cottonwood creek trailhead.
JustinShapiro - Jul 25, 2011 1:26 am Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011
Harvard - yes! Columbia?We went on a day with 50% percip looking to do both Harvard and Columbia. We made it to Harvard - no problem, but we go lost on the way to Columbia (we stayed high on the ridge instead of hiking below it and ended up on some class 4 stuff) and once we realized our mistake it started raining and we B-lined it down. We'll have to do Columbia another day...
sevenvii - Apr 3, 2011 11:48 am Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011
No summitFailed attempt on a pretty good day, albeit pretty windy. Tried to sneak in another peak before the change from Winter to Spring, but it wasn't in the cards. Had a great time with a lot of folks from 14ers.com though.
Kiefer - Mar 23, 2011 12:26 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011
South SlopesClimbed with Fletch and Stephanie and about 15 other 14er.com members as part of a winter gathering. As Steph said, windy at the top with just enough ice on the rocks to make things interesting.
Surprisingly hard in winter...not a 'gimmie' as I initially thought.
StephanieLynn - Mar 22, 2011 6:18 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2011
nice dayA little windy near the summit. Fun day with lots of people from 14ers.com.
Jeremy Hakes - Jan 16, 2011 2:52 pm Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009
2nd time.Nice hike.
centrifuge - Jan 12, 2011 10:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
Harvard Columbiashoulda brought more water
tomlauren - Jan 2, 2011 11:40 am Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2010
Harvard - ColumbiaClimbed Mount Harvard and Mount Columbia from North Cottonwood Trailhead after a beautiful camp at 11,440 feet in Horn Fork Basin.
Panthera uncia - Dec 22, 2010 5:47 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009
Double DipHiked Harvard then traversed over to Columbia.
thatnissanguy - Dec 18, 2010 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010
Harvard to ColumbiaThreaded the needle during a succession of passing thunderstorms. Harvard had a beautiful trail and interesting scrambling sequence to the summit. Loved it!