Bard Peak Climber's Log

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Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Jul 4, 2023 6:42 pm Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2011

It was cold  Sucess!

Fixing another SP summit registry error.

Woodie Hopper

Woodie Hopper - Aug 13, 2021 4:23 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2021

From Parnassus, part of a 5 peak tour  Sucess!

Climbed twice from and to Parnassus. Great day out with few people.

BradBartick

BradBartick - May 30, 2016 5:33 pm Date Climbed: May 30, 2016

From Bakerville exit  Sucess!

Park your car and walk due north to the summit. 2 miles car to summit with 3800 gain. The description on the main page that starts 100 yards down the on ramp is succinct and accurate. I did my best to make cairns to get you to a footpath that is a huge help. One great thing about the line I took was that it led to a ridge of squat bristlecone pines at treeline, which are often hundreds of years old. They are beautiful trees and it's great they are perched where few people ever set foot. The upper slopes hold awesome spring BC ski potential.

Matt Lemke

Matt Lemke - Jan 12, 2016 7:43 pm Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2010

From Bakerville Exit  Sucess!

An anomaly! Weather was 60 degrees, sunny and calm...in January!
Hiked up the trail and climbed right up the wind blown west slopes to Parnassus and traversed to Bard. Ridge was also clear of snow.
My first trip of the decade.

shanahan96

shanahan96 - Nov 29, 2015 10:04 pm Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2008

winter is coming  Sucess!

different route, bard's south ridge starting from I-70 at the bakersville TH. heavy winds and blowing snow all day long gave us a clear indication that summer is long gone.

jamie

rmjwinters

rmjwinters - Aug 23, 2015 6:17 pm Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2015

From Waltrous over Parnassus  Sucess!

From Waltrous over Parnassus

Liba Kopeckova

Liba Kopeckova - Nov 9, 2014 9:51 am Date Climbed: Nov 8, 2014

windy hike  Sucess!

From Herman TH, not much snow at all, easy hiking, strong wind, went up Parnassus, onto Bard, then continued to Robeson, retraced back and returned (had to rehike Bard and Parnassus) over Woods and Machebeuf. Easy bushwasck back down to the trail.

belexes

belexes - Oct 26, 2014 5:54 pm Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2014

Ruby Creek Mega-Traverse  Sucess!

Meetup.com hike with Leonard & Bernice (and Leonard's dog, Maya). We got Engelmann & Robeson, then climbed up Bard. We saw no other hikers on the first three peaks. Then it was on to Parnassus.

rockymountaindiva

rockymountaindiva - Sep 12, 2014 6:22 pm Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2014

Perfect day  Sucess!

We found the trailhead near the yellow "chain-up" sign west of the westbound on ramp. Lost the trail a few times but overall a great hike on a perfect day in the mountains. A bull elk and his harem were hanging out above treeline, watching us ascend. From the top we could see that Denver was enveloped in clouds!

jfulcher

jfulcher - Aug 17, 2013 3:19 pm Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2013

w/Parnassus  Sucess!

Up Parnassus via Watrous gulch. Down from the Parnussus-Bard saddle to pick up the Bard gulch trail. ~9 mile day.

argothor

argothor - Jun 13, 2013 10:04 am Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2013

Woods - Parnassus - Bard  Sucess!

Started at Herman Gulch, hiked up the Watrous Gulch trail, and then headed up to the Woods-Parnassus saddle before heading up to the summit of Woods Mountain. Then headed back down to the saddle and hiked up the tundra covered slope of Parnassus before heading over to Bard. There was quite a bit of snow on the slopes over to Bard, but it was consolidated enough that it was pretty easy to walk on. On the descent we headed back to the saddle between Bard and Parnassus to the Bard Creek Trail. We only briefly found the trail near the boulder field before losing it, at which point we hiked up the steep slopes of the southern arm of Parnussus to a small shelf where we found the trail which we took back to the trailhead.

telemarkdude

telemarkdude - Jun 1, 2013 9:07 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2013

From Bakerville Exit TH  Sucess!

Very nice route. Continuous snow up the gully and the west ridge to the summit. Did it early enough that there was very minimal postholing.

milan - Oct 24, 2012 4:49 pm Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2012

Gaining the prominence  Sucess!

Since I wasn't able to hike it from Parnassus due to high wind and cold weather, I hiked it from the opposite side with Engelmann and Robeson.

Brian Kalet

Brian Kalet - Jul 6, 2012 1:29 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012

6 Peaks  Sucess!

With Silver Plume Mountain, Republican Mountain, Sherman Mountain, Democrat Mountain & Columbia Mountain.

DerekFreed

DerekFreed - Jun 16, 2012 12:21 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2012

Bard, Parnassus, Woods and Machebeuf  Sucess!

Started from Herman Gulch, wrapped around Parnassus and up the SW slopes of Bard. Followed the ridge on over Parnassus, over to Woods, over to Machebeuf, then bushwhacked back down to the Watrous Gulch/Bard Trail Intersection. Nice loop, easy terrain.

Senad Rizvanovic

Senad Rizvanovic - Apr 1, 2012 7:11 pm Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2012

Strenuous hike from I-70  Sucess!

Strenuous hike from Stevens Gulch, this route will test your legs for sure, some big time postholing but overall nice day.

theREALCarpeDM

theREALCarpeDM - Mar 17, 2012 8:23 pm Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2012

Ruby Loop - w/o the loop  Sucess!

We had the luck of the Irish today. Okay, maybe not. I wanted Parnassus, too, but my partners had time limitations. Went up Engelmann, Robeson, and Bard only.

chicagotransplant

chicagotransplant - Oct 30, 2011 6:59 pm Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2011

Ruby Loop  Sucess!

Second time, loop of Ruby Creek from Urad Mine with Scot and Brian climbing Engelmann, Bard and Parnassus. Very windy day, so we skipped the unranked Robeson to stay off the ridge and out of the wind!

hhsilleck

hhsilleck - Jul 22, 2011 12:48 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2011

From Watrous Gulch  Sucess!

With my cousin-in-law Alex ... nice walk up the tundra. The beetle kill trees down low are sad.

Jeremy Hakes

Jeremy Hakes - Oct 3, 2010 10:42 am Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2010

Shuttle!  Sucess!

Bard Creek Basin loop - Democrat, Republican, Sherman, Silver Plume, Bard, Robeson, Engleman. Started at 11,500 from the east, did the basin, back to the Bard Creek TH. Just under 14 miles, just under 5k' gain.

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