Deer Mountain Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Deer Mountain Climber's Log

jfulcher - May 31, 2013 7:49 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 2013

Jog

Windy

rkymtn - Mar 17, 2013 2:23 pm Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2013

Deer Mountain Trail

A nice, easy, hike with my wife. The trail was fairly snow free and incoming weather held off until we were down.

Enkidu - Jan 16, 2012 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011

Beautiful place for a picnic

Climbed with my wife and four kids - had a great picnic lunch at the top

birdhead - Jul 20, 2011 12:46 am Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011

Deer Mountain Trail

Mild hike with good views of Long's Peak. Nice choice for acclimatization.

Tjohn67238 - Jun 19, 2011 7:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2009

Ideal to acclimatize

For a flatlander such as myself, this was a perfect acclimatizing hike for Mt Yale 2 days later.

zxstarling - Mar 8, 2011 8:43 pm Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2007

Great View of Estes Park

I was on my way out of the park early one morning on my way back to KS when for some reason I had the notion to stop off and get in 1 more hike. It was very worth it and had a great view of Estes Park. Listed as "strenuous" at the trail head, it is actually quite mild. It was quite snowy in March 2007 so some snowshoes would have helped but most of the snow was packed.

Bjaye16 - Aug 18, 2010 2:29 pm

good hike to a 360 view

Guessing on the year...though it was in the late 80's. Loved the panoramic view at the top. Be a nice horseback ride too.

chicagotransplant - Aug 15, 2010 10:15 pm Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010

Deer Mtn Trail

Started my day touring the peaks of Trail Ridge road with an ascent of Deer Mtn. Great sunrise alpenglow on Ypsilon and Longs. Even saw 2 deer, a mom and fawn, along the trail. Great start to the day!

CSUMarmot - Aug 1, 2010 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2010

Its a nice little mountain

One of those to do when youre bored

Brian C - Aug 1, 2010 4:20 pm Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010

Short

Fun way to spend very little time. It is a ranked peak in RMNP!

Senad Rizvanovic - Nov 28, 2009 2:37 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2009

nice hike

Very nice hike in RMNP.

missymtngirl - Aug 20, 2009 7:08 am Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2007

damn snowshoers were faster than us.....lol

Snowshoeing it on this trail felt like a sauna compared to the Mill's Lake hike we took the day before. I thought I was going to freeze my bum off there -40 degrees or so. Down saved my Southern Californian butt on this trip.....for sure!

Arthur Digbee - Aug 10, 2009 1:23 pm

quick and easy

The whole hike was fogged in, so we didn't get any good views, but it was a great wildflower season (because of all that moisture).

edpaffjr - Jul 7, 2009 2:07 pm Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008

Nothing Like An Elk Rut

Trip blog.

slowpoke - Jun 7, 2009 7:59 pm Date Climbed: May 23, 2009

Standard route

Good way to get some views and share time spent with friends as I recovered from ACL replacement.

Sarah Simon - Mar 1, 2009 10:00 pm Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2009

Standard Route

This was supposed to be a snowshoe, but the crappy, snow-less winter we're experiencing this year meant we carried our snowshoes the whole way while hiking on packed trail.

The views from the summit are just out of this world. I was pleased with this pleasant little hike. Hacking my way up with bronchitis, however, was not pleasant. My thanks go to my many hiking partners who tolerated my coughing fits. Partners: Ed's CMC hike.