Route Climbed: North Slopes Date Climbed: January 22, 2005
After climbing Gray Wolf, we traversed to Spalding and then returned to Guanella Pass. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of Mount Evans north face from the summit! It's such a magnificent view, argh!
Route Climbed: Via Summit Lake Date Climbed: June 8, 2002
What a great little climb/hike. Talked with a few climbers who had just come up the snowfield on the west end of Summit Lake. The views were great. Went on to finish up the "Mile in the Sky" and visited Evans' summit.
Route Climbed: Guanellea Pass Date Climbed: July 25, 2003
I was trying to bag Evans and as I came up to the ridge Spalding was just "there" so I did it. Somewhat uneventful except for getting lots of mountain goat shots.
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge from Summit Lake Date Climbed: july 8 2003
Climbed this one on my way from California to Virginia, wish I had more time to climb in Colorado but family and business was calling. I was happy I got to do this one, the views were awesome not a cloud in the sky. A quick ,easy and scenic peak.
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Route, Grade I, Class 2 Date Climbed: July 12, 2003
I met up with my girlfriend in Denver for a little climbing. We decided to bag Evans as well as Mount Spalding via the Summit Ridge Route (Grade I, Class 2) from Summit Lake on the Mt. Evans Road. Obviously, we did not obey the 14’er 3000’ foot rule on this climb, but taking the ridge line and bagging two peaks compensated in our efforts for lack of gain on the climb. I highly recommend this route as it affords gorgeous views and solitude sticking with class 2 climbing. The ridge from Summit Lake looks Class 3 but it is in fact Class 2 with a surprisingly well marked path. We left our vehicle at 10:00 AM and started up Spalding’s flanks. Spalding’s summit came quickly at around ~11:15 AM or so. We rounded the ridge line on to Mt Evans and made the summit around 1:30 PM. Our descent was down the scree slopes of Evans (normal route) and took another hour and half down to put us back to the car at around 3:00 PM. We summited both Spalding and Evans on Saturday, July 12, 2003.
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Date Climbed: July 6, 2002
My fiancé and I hiked from Summit Lake over Spalding to Evans. The clods obscured any view we might have had. I'm coming back in August to climb some other 14ers, and I'll likely use this route as a warm-up, acclimatization hike. Definitely do this mountain!!
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Date Climbed: July 5, 2002
Came over the summit ridge from Evans. Nice hike. Signed the summit register and then descended the other ridge to Summit Lake. For some reason had the whole mountain to myself until I got back to the car.
Foxy Long Bottoms - Jul 10, 2005 10:08 pm
Route Climbed: Echo Lake to Summit Ridge Date Climbed: 7/9/05Pretty hike from Echo.
DudeThatMustHurt - Jul 7, 2005 1:12 pm
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge from Evans Date Climbed: 7-4-05Good climb with Chef007
chef007 - Jul 5, 2005 2:04 am
Route Climbed: Ridgeline from Evans Date Climbed: July 4 2005Great finish to a technical climb. Did spalding with evans.
Foxy Long Bottoms - Jun 21, 2005 1:24 pm
Route Climbed: Guanella Pass Date Climbed: ?Hiked up Spalding on my way to Evans.
Zeke - Mar 14, 2005 11:07 pm
Route Climbed: Via the Sawtooth Date Climbed: July 2000Linked up the ridges from
Bierstadt and the Sawtooth over to Spalding and then on to evans. About an 8 hour day
RyanS - Jan 23, 2005 11:32 am
Route Climbed: North Slopes Date Climbed: January 22, 2005After climbing Gray Wolf, we traversed to Spalding and then returned to Guanella Pass. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of Mount Evans north face from the summit! It's such a magnificent view, argh!
belexes - Jul 30, 2004 5:18 pm
Route Climbed: Summit Lake Date Climbed: July 30, 2004Did this one on the way to Mount Evans. Great views.
granddeity - Feb 12, 2004 4:19 am
Route Climbed: Echo lake Date Climbed: July 2003Summitted on the way to Evans, nice summit.
bernardhohman - Aug 18, 2003 7:33 am
Route Climbed: Via Summit Lake Date Climbed: June 8, 2002What a great little climb/hike. Talked with a few climbers who had just come up the snowfield on the west end of Summit Lake. The views were great. Went on to finish up the "Mile in the Sky" and visited Evans' summit.
kilimanjaro1 - Jul 29, 2003 8:02 pm
Route Climbed: Guanellea Pass Date Climbed: July 25, 2003I was trying to bag Evans and as I came up to the ridge Spalding was just "there" so I did it. Somewhat uneventful except for getting lots of mountain goat shots.
pilz8 - Jul 14, 2003 6:53 pm
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge from Summit Lake Date Climbed: july 8 2003Climbed this one on my way from California to Virginia, wish I had more time to climb in Colorado but family and business was calling. I was happy I got to do this one, the views were awesome not a cloud in the sky. A quick ,easy and scenic peak.
TexasClimber - Jul 14, 2003 10:21 am
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Route, Grade I, Class 2 Date Climbed: July 12, 2003I met up with my girlfriend in Denver for a little climbing. We decided to bag Evans as well as Mount Spalding via the Summit Ridge Route (Grade I, Class 2) from Summit Lake on the Mt. Evans Road. Obviously, we did not obey the 14’er 3000’ foot rule on this climb, but taking the ridge line and bagging two peaks compensated in our efforts for lack of gain on the climb. I highly recommend this route as it affords gorgeous views and solitude sticking with class 2 climbing. The ridge from Summit Lake looks Class 3 but it is in fact Class 2 with a surprisingly well marked path. We left our vehicle at 10:00 AM and started up Spalding’s flanks. Spalding’s summit came quickly at around ~11:15 AM or so. We rounded the ridge line on to Mt Evans and made the summit around 1:30 PM. Our descent was down the scree slopes of Evans (normal route) and took another hour and half down to put us back to the car at around 3:00 PM. We summited both Spalding and Evans on Saturday, July 12, 2003.
txmountaineer - Mar 10, 2003 12:36 pm
Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: July 6, 2002Hiked to the summit of this 'unofficial' 13er with my fiancée over a Fourth of July trip to the Centennial State.
Colonelpyat - Feb 28, 2003 3:28 am
Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: June 6, 2002We hiked this from Summit Lake one morning and then went over to Evans. A really nice hike with some good views.
TexasMountaineer - Aug 9, 2002 10:54 am
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Date Climbed: July 6, 2002My fiancé and I hiked from Summit Lake over Spalding to Evans. The clods obscured any view we might have had. I'm coming back in August to climb some other 14ers, and I'll likely use this route as a warm-up, acclimatization hike. Definitely do this mountain!!
Brian Jenkins - Jul 17, 2002 6:37 pm
Route Climbed: Summit Ridge Date Climbed: July 5, 2002Came over the summit ridge from Evans. Nice hike. Signed the summit register and then descended the other ridge to Summit Lake. For some reason had the whole mountain to myself until I got back to the car.