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Brian C - Apr 16, 2011 6:39 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2011
LoopNice day with my wife and a good friend. Up Fern and down the west slopes. Snowy/icy up high. Wished I had some micro-spikes!
Bluebell08 - Apr 11, 2011 9:14 pm Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2011
Foggy DayFoggy day hike via shadow canyon trail.
theREALCarpeDM - Mar 13, 2011 1:38 am Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2010
Guess it's time for me to sign this oneI'm guessing I've climbed this at least a dozen times - usually with S Boulder Peak up Shadow Canyon. Nov 20, 2010 was the most recent time.
CastillejaMiniata - Feb 23, 2011 2:01 am Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2009
Numerous times.As stated in the title, all in icy conditions.
LadyWawa - Feb 11, 2011 11:49 pm Date Climbed: Dec 19, 2009
DecemberAhhh I had a slip and fell down a really slippery ice chute and twisted my ankle above the saddle. I definitely didn't feel like continuing on that particular day. =/
Jeremy Hakes - Jan 19, 2011 10:55 am Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2010
Good!With Dad. With Nebel Horn and Green Mtn.
thatnissanguy - Dec 20, 2010 9:54 pm Date Climbed: Mar 28, 2010
All the gain, half the time.Hiked for the first time in February. LOTS of snow up there. Did again with my little brother. It was his first mountain. There was enough snow to nail down standing glissades on the trail over half the way down the mountain. Loved the scrambling sequence right before the summit!
Matt Miller - Dec 13, 2010 3:04 pm
Green, Bear, South BoulderClimbed all three of these peaks routinely while training for the San Juan Solstice 50 miler (aka Lake City 50).
jpvt - Sep 16, 2010 12:11 am
Bear Peakcame up through fern canyon. solid hike. nice to have something like this 10 mins from my door.
Senad Rizvanovic - Apr 26, 2010 2:58 pm Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2010
via Fern CanyonOctober 21 2018, my record time from NCAR
3rd time November 24, 2013.
2nd time, RMNP was off limit, i had to sattle with Bear Pk.
Kapelmuur - Jan 25, 2010 3:09 pm Date Climbed: Jan 23, 2010
via Fern CanyonCame from S. Mesa en route to doing the double with S. Boulder and then down Shadow. Great day, sunny and although the winds were supposed to be gusting it was only a little breezy. Fern Canyon is probably the steepest sustained trail I've ever hiked, but the final approach to the summit, the last 100 yards or so coming out of the trees is truly awesome (and a relief!).
Cortez - Jan 1, 2010 11:40 am Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2009
New Years Eve Hike via Shadow CanyonHiked Bear Peak before going to see Leftover Salmon at the Boulder Theater. Perfect NYE! Weather was nice and sunny>winds were relatively calm
colinpence - Sep 30, 2009 1:24 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2005
this was a fun dayThe scrambling on the rocks near the top was especially fun.
metal4lyf - Sep 13, 2009 3:53 pm
first hike in the foothillshiked once via Fern and once via the saddle with S Boulder Peak. Shadow Canyon to the saddle is a great way to hit both peaks
iditarod81 - Jun 29, 2009 1:54 pm
A favorite local hike.I must have done this 30-40 times when I lived in CO.
slowpoke - Jun 14, 2009 7:57 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009
Mesa THGood climb with friends. Nice views from up top. A+ Would hike again!
Maren1 - Jun 7, 2009 3:27 pm Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009
First Summit RegisterTook 8 hours but I did it. It took a long time to get down.
montanachris - Mar 4, 2009 12:10 am Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2009
Love the RockiesWow, I still remember a lot of the botany of the Rockies! Great hike on a beautiful, albeit windy day!!! Was so cold at the top that I had to switch hands after every bite while eating my almost frozen sandwich!!
keenanrobbins - Mar 3, 2009 5:51 pm Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2009
Via Fern Canyon70 and sunny ... in March. Rough.
Brandon Fuller - Jan 16, 2009 11:42 am Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2009
Fern CanyonJV showed me the way.