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Vortex - Jun 13, 2013 5:42 pm Date Climbed: Feb 1, 2011
WhiteoutWinter ascent in blizzard conditions. -15F with 40mph sustained winds. Climbed to 14,000ft and turned around because there was no view. Buddy got some minor frostbite on his nose. Glissading down was fun.
apachedino - Jun 5, 2013 7:43 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2013
Cristo Coulior...Beware of GoatsStarted ~430 after sleeping in the back of our Subaru due to the lack of camping locations around Breckenridge. A herd of goats surrounded the car and entertained us for about an hour before falling asleep. Cristo was in nearly top to bottom with a short 20 yard rock band above the steepest section that was melted out and a couple spots near the very bottom that were melted out as well.Made it back to the car and noticed scratches on the hood of my car. Didnt remember driving through trees recently and then I found a card under that windshield that said that the climbers behind us (whom we glissaded by) had seen 5 goats surrounding and climbing on top of my car! They even had piuctures that they emailed us later. Rediculous!
ericd - May 27, 2013 12:27 pm Date Climbed: May 20, 2013
East Ridge ConditioningQuandary Peak is an easily accessible year-round 14er that is just outside the town of Breckenridge. We started late in the day around 1pm and busted through soft snow to get to the summit around 5pm. Rather windy and low vis but just made the routine breaks in the clouds even better!
MissH - May 23, 2013 4:24 pm Date Climbed: May 20, 2013
Another "spring" 14erClimbed with EricD. Frozen faces on the summit made it difficult to smile, but we could only see one another when 5 feet or closer. White-out conditions hid the view, but definitely made postholing not as bad. Tons of snow entire way from winter TH to summit. 12:45 start at TH, back to car by 6:30.
jfulcher - May 15, 2013 7:58 am Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2012
New YearNot too crowded.
Wiktoria Plawska - Apr 8, 2013 8:39 pm Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2013
YayExtremely cold day with high winds. Climbed this mountain with my summer hiking shoes, and was the first one on the trail that day, so I sunk in knee deep snow half the trail- pretty tiring considering a couple of days ago I was sunbathing in Virginia. There were a few other guys skiing and snowshoeing, we seemed to be the only ones in actual shoes. Totally a great achievement though. Started at about 9am (professional, right?) and finished at 4pm at a fairly relaxed pace.
plawski - Apr 8, 2013 8:37 pm Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2013
East Ridge/ Winter Ascentvery windy and cold
FlaaenP - Apr 3, 2013 2:49 pm Date Climbed: Mar 13, 2013
Winter, snowboard descentSlow climb up- pretty warm out. Reached the summit in 4 hours. So windy, be careful up there. Boarded down from the summit to the car. Be careful on ski descents to plan out a route and get down before the snow turns to slush... happy climbing guys.
chicagotransplant - Mar 30, 2013 5:48 pm Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2013
Early Spring SkiStandard route, skin up and ski down. Continuous snow, but a well packed out track, seemed a lot of people were doing okay w/o snowshoes. Ski conditions were better up high than in the trees, a little crusty in the trees made turns interesting, but a little bit of new snow made the high slopes nice for carving.
Bkoziol3 - Jan 4, 2013 2:02 pm Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2012
full-on winter-16 at the car at 7:30AM. windchill of 25-30 below above treeline. view was worth the trek!
Fletch - Dec 28, 2012 1:19 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2010
4th time is the charmall winter ascents, but sheesh! this one gave me some trouble... :)
fox045 - Dec 3, 2012 9:49 pm Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2009
First Winter 14erGreat Day! Snow shoes,ice axe, winter gear. Loved it
telemarkdude - Nov 22, 2012 2:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1996
West RidgeEnjoyable scramble over and around towers of broken blocks. Patches of ice on the north side made it more interesting. Shocked by the hordes of people on top that came in from the east ridge. Descended the Cristo Couloir to Blue Lake.
Berger - Nov 4, 2012 7:27 pm
Once successfulSuccess in the summer, turned around in the winter.
milan - Oct 17, 2012 6:57 pm Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008
Snowhike.I couldn't wait that year for the summer and so we went for Quandary east ridge as early as the snow was soft.
Gareth - Oct 1, 2012 2:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012
All Tenmile/Mosquito Range 14ers in 31 hours14er #4 in my completion of all of the Tenmile/Mosquito Range 14ers in 31 hours. Climbed at night, under a full moon. Topped out at midnight.
DougBenton - Sep 10, 2012 7:29 pm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2012
Enjoyable day!Wonderful hike, lots of folks on a Monday!
Kiefer - Aug 26, 2012 11:02 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2012
North AreteHOLY CRAP! Saw no one all morning on the north side until...we hit the standard route. A regular conga-line of folks hiking up the sstndard route. Must have been over 200+ people.
Now know why I DON'T hike or climb 14ers on the weekends.
nickkarl - Aug 23, 2012 10:55 pm Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
East RidgeEarly morning start is the way to beat the crowds. Nice hike with amazing views.
countrykyle - Aug 7, 2012 4:46 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2012
Cold and windyHad some pretty strong gusts leading up to the summit. Crystal clear sky from the top though.