Started at 6:24 pm. From Chautauqua, hiked pretty easy up to the base of the First (17:47). From the base, I hiked up to the right, under the fallen tree, to the easier start on the north side. Changed shoes then started up. Climbed the East Face Gully. Sort of got onto the right wall of the gully for a bit when the gully looked smoother and more polished. Not sure it was any easier where I went, though. Got back into the gully after a bit and worked my way up to the last (easy) exit option on the left before reaching the North Arete. A bit of trickier scrambling leading up to this exit. Exited the gully there, up past the Route Junction Knob, and on up to the North Arete. Followed that to the top (about an hour). Rapped off. Then jogged down (1:31:17).
Lots of crampon scratches in the gully and on the rock leading up to the gully. Folks have obviously been hitting the ice on the route over the winter.
Was shocked to see a dude riding a mountain bike up the Chautauqua trail on my way down. Not sure if he was clueless or just a rebel. My guess was the former.
StreakNavyA
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Pikes
Nice day to get a May ascent for The Grid.
Started at 5:08 am. Wore my Nathan pack (wind shell, balaclava, gloves, Microspikes, empty water bottle, space blanket, Spot, way more food than I ate, etc), carried a hand bottle, and tied a shirt and pants around my waist.
Legs felt dead from the start. Jogged a bit of the W's, but just couldn't keep that going, so mostly hiked. Jogged on and off up to Barr Camp, but mostly just the flat and downhill stuff. Filled up and treated my hand bottle at Barr. Jogged almost nothing from Barr up to A Frame. Snow started some distance below A Frame (1/2 mile, 3/4 mile?) but was firm/packed so not a big deal. Left the trail at tree line and headed straight up. Much more snow above tree line than when I was up on 3/2. Unfortunately, the snow wasn't completely firm, so I was sinking in a bit (just a few inches, not much postholing) and thus tried to avoid the snow for the most part.
When I hit the Barr Trail on its long traverse over to the Cirque, there were good footprints in the snow on the trail, so I opted to follow it up. After the Cirque sign and a few more switchbacks, ran into another snowfield. From here, I followed steps/tracks up the snowfield to the summit area, topping out maybe 50 yards south of the Barr Trail. The wind was ripping on the summit. Ran over to the highest point, then popped into the summit house. Nice and warm in there. The employees were setting things up for the day. Filled my hand bottle. Considered buying a candy bar but ate a granola bar that I'd carried, then started down.
Cautiously descended the snowfield. Then stuck with the snow rather than the trail back over to the Cirque. Then mostly dry ground straight down to the A Frame. My goal for the descent from here on was to run everything but not beat myself up too bad. My descent on 3/2 had crushed me. Felt like I was running super conservative compared to the PPM but I was flying compared to 3/2.
Filled up both bottles at Barr and carried both in my hands. Only treated one, the other was for dumping on myself. Since I had to give the treated bottle 20-30 minutes, I ended up drinking very little of it. But I mostly emptied the other bottle on my quads and neck, even though it wasn't all that hot out.
Did manage to run all the little uphills on the descent, but they were a grunt. I did walk whenever I passed other hikers/runners heading up or down. That got to be very frequent in the W's. Pushed just a bit to get under 5:30 but not too hard.
Felt pretty good after finishing. Except for one toe. It was painful for much of the descent, and I figured I'd end up with a decent blister. I stopped at one point to snug up my shoes to see if that would help, but I didn't want to spend the time putting anything on the blister. Turns out I got a small blister but also a purple/black toenail. Grr! I think I've maybe had this happen once before. Not sure. Hoping I don't lose the nail.
So, felt that the ascent was pretty slow overall. Even when I was hiking, I didn't feel like I was working very hard. A few times, I forced myself to pick up the effort, but I'm sure I let myself back off again. Just didn't feel like working hard on this day. Fairly encouraged by the descent. Even more encouraged that my legs were almost totally fine the next day, and I had no soreness two days later.
Did not use the Microspikes. I think I ate 3-4 Gus, 2/3's of a pack of Shot Bloks, a granola bar, and maybe a half dozen Endurolytes. Drank about 65 ounces of water. Actually, 20 ounces of that was with EFS drink mix.
Ended up jogging/walking another few miles later in the day taking the girls down to watch the Superior Morgul Classic crit races. That was pretty exhausting.
0:00:00 - Barr Trail TH
1:39:36 - Barr Camp
2:29:25 - A Frame
3:32:08 - Pikes summit (highest rocks in the middle)
3:38:42 - leaving the summit
4:06:14 - A Frame
4:32:51 - Barr Camp
4:34:14 - leaving Barr Camp
5:27:56 - Barr Trail TH
Suunto watch log data:
7210 up (+35), 7190 down (-65), 1 lap, 5:29
Crosslite2.0
Started at 5:08 am. Wore my Nathan pack (wind shell, balaclava, gloves, Microspikes, empty water bottle, space blanket, Spot, way more food than I ate, etc), carried a hand bottle, and tied a shirt and pants around my waist.
Legs felt dead from the start. Jogged a bit of the W's, but just couldn't keep that going, so mostly hiked. Jogged on and off up to Barr Camp, but mostly just the flat and downhill stuff. Filled up and treated my hand bottle at Barr. Jogged almost nothing from Barr up to A Frame. Snow started some distance below A Frame (1/2 mile, 3/4 mile?) but was firm/packed so not a big deal. Left the trail at tree line and headed straight up. Much more snow above tree line than when I was up on 3/2. Unfortunately, the snow wasn't completely firm, so I was sinking in a bit (just a few inches, not much postholing) and thus tried to avoid the snow for the most part.
When I hit the Barr Trail on its long traverse over to the Cirque, there were good footprints in the snow on the trail, so I opted to follow it up. After the Cirque sign and a few more switchbacks, ran into another snowfield. From here, I followed steps/tracks up the snowfield to the summit area, topping out maybe 50 yards south of the Barr Trail. The wind was ripping on the summit. Ran over to the highest point, then popped into the summit house. Nice and warm in there. The employees were setting things up for the day. Filled my hand bottle. Considered buying a candy bar but ate a granola bar that I'd carried, then started down.
Cautiously descended the snowfield. Then stuck with the snow rather than the trail back over to the Cirque. Then mostly dry ground straight down to the A Frame. My goal for the descent from here on was to run everything but not beat myself up too bad. My descent on 3/2 had crushed me. Felt like I was running super conservative compared to the PPM but I was flying compared to 3/2.
Filled up both bottles at Barr and carried both in my hands. Only treated one, the other was for dumping on myself. Since I had to give the treated bottle 20-30 minutes, I ended up drinking very little of it. But I mostly emptied the other bottle on my quads and neck, even though it wasn't all that hot out.
Did manage to run all the little uphills on the descent, but they were a grunt. I did walk whenever I passed other hikers/runners heading up or down. That got to be very frequent in the W's. Pushed just a bit to get under 5:30 but not too hard.
Felt pretty good after finishing. Except for one toe. It was painful for much of the descent, and I figured I'd end up with a decent blister. I stopped at one point to snug up my shoes to see if that would help, but I didn't want to spend the time putting anything on the blister. Turns out I got a small blister but also a purple/black toenail. Grr! I think I've maybe had this happen once before. Not sure. Hoping I don't lose the nail.
So, felt that the ascent was pretty slow overall. Even when I was hiking, I didn't feel like I was working very hard. A few times, I forced myself to pick up the effort, but I'm sure I let myself back off again. Just didn't feel like working hard on this day. Fairly encouraged by the descent. Even more encouraged that my legs were almost totally fine the next day, and I had no soreness two days later.
Did not use the Microspikes. I think I ate 3-4 Gus, 2/3's of a pack of Shot Bloks, a granola bar, and maybe a half dozen Endurolytes. Drank about 65 ounces of water. Actually, 20 ounces of that was with EFS drink mix.
Ended up jogging/walking another few miles later in the day taking the girls down to watch the Superior Morgul Classic crit races. That was pretty exhausting.
0:00:00 - Barr Trail TH
1:39:36 - Barr Camp
2:29:25 - A Frame
3:32:08 - Pikes summit (highest rocks in the middle)
3:38:42 - leaving the summit
4:06:14 - A Frame
4:32:51 - Barr Camp
4:34:14 - leaving Barr Camp
5:27:56 - Barr Trail TH
Suunto watch log data:
7210 up (+35), 7190 down (-65), 1 lap, 5:29
Crosslite2.0
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down West Ridge, Ranger, (up) Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started at 6:37 am. Legs felt pretty dead again from the start. Given that, I was very surprised to basically match my time from yesterday. Pretty happy with that type of time given the way I felt. Opted to get in a little more time and distance on the descent, so headed up Greenman from Ranger over to Saddle Rock.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
42:24 - Green summit
51:32 - started down
1:23:42 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 6:37 am. Legs felt pretty dead again from the start. Given that, I was very surprised to basically match my time from yesterday. Pretty happy with that type of time given the way I felt. Opted to get in a little more time and distance on the descent, so headed up Greenman from Ranger over to Saddle Rock.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:43 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
42:24 - Green summit
51:32 - started down
1:23:42 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:36 am. Didn't get enough sleep and was tired. Started out with the intention of just taking it fairly easy. Legs felt heavy and dull from the start. Did jog a few less steep sections, but was only able to do that because I was taking it easy. I'm sure I increased the effort as I moved up the mountain, though (given my time). I looked at my watch near the top of the log steps and was surprised to see 39 low, so I pushed really hard the last few switchbacks. Quite happy with my time given the easier start and the dead legs.
Talked with a guy on the summit that I'd seen on Green at least once last week. Joe has been using Green to rehab from a leg injury last year. Hope to see him lots more on the mountain this year.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:03 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:18 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
42:22 - Green summit
48:59 - started down
1:09:49 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0 - noticed a tear in the left shoe before starting out :-(
Started at 6:36 am. Didn't get enough sleep and was tired. Started out with the intention of just taking it fairly easy. Legs felt heavy and dull from the start. Did jog a few less steep sections, but was only able to do that because I was taking it easy. I'm sure I increased the effort as I moved up the mountain, though (given my time). I looked at my watch near the top of the log steps and was surprised to see 39 low, so I pushed really hard the last few switchbacks. Quite happy with my time given the easier start and the dead legs.
Talked with a guy on the summit that I'd seen on Green at least once last week. Joe has been using Green to rehab from a leg injury last year. Hope to see him lots more on the mountain this year.
0:00 - Gregory TH
9:03 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:18 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
42:22 - Green summit
48:59 - started down
1:09:49 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0 - noticed a tear in the left shoe before starting out :-(
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, briefly up Amph, then back down; then up Gregory, Ranger, West Ridge, Green; down Greenman, Saddle Rock, Amph.
Started up Amph in the afternoon/evening. Super slow. Then saw Jeff V flying down toward me. Turned to run down to the TH to chat with him since it'd been a while since we'd chatted. After 10 minutes or so of chatting, I switched it up and headed up Gregory. Still slow and mostly hiking.
Stupid watch reset before I got the splits so these are from memory.
0:00 - Gregory TH
~4:00 - back at the Gregory TH - stopped the watch while chatting but didn't reset the stopwatch
~24:00 - Gregory/Ranger
~57:00 - Green summit
~1:01:00 - started down
~1:29:00 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started up Amph in the afternoon/evening. Super slow. Then saw Jeff V flying down toward me. Turned to run down to the TH to chat with him since it'd been a while since we'd chatted. After 10 minutes or so of chatting, I switched it up and headed up Gregory. Still slow and mostly hiking.
Stupid watch reset before I got the splits so these are from memory.
0:00 - Gregory TH
~4:00 - back at the Gregory TH - stopped the watch while chatting but didn't reset the stopwatch
~24:00 - Gregory/Ranger
~57:00 - Green summit
~1:01:00 - started down
~1:29:00 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 9:24 am. Started with Lori, but the plan was for me to hustle up and down, go get the girls, then come back to pick up Lori.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:30 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:27 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:48 - Green summit
42:48 - started down
1:03:34 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 9:24 am. Started with Lori, but the plan was for me to hustle up and down, go get the girls, then come back to pick up Lori.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:30 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:27 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:48 - Green summit
42:48 - started down
1:03:34 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Friday, May 20, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:19 pm. With Lori. My most enjoyable outings are when we can get out together!
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:58 - Amph/Saddle Rock
34:36 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:03ish - Green summit (duplicate split on my watch)
1:06:29 - started down
2:03:49 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 6:19 pm. With Lori. My most enjoyable outings are when we can get out together!
0:00 - Gregory TH
10:58 - Amph/Saddle Rock
34:36 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
1:03ish - Green summit (duplicate split on my watch)
1:06:29 - started down
2:03:49 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 6:00 pm. Pretty continuous snow on the trail above Greenman Spring. Thus took the upper part of the descent reasonably cautious. Picked things up below the Spring. Stopped to move a large rock off the traverse below the Greenman/Saddle Rock junction. Then just absolutely flew down the rest of the descent. Ran down Saddle Rock and Amph probably faster than I ever have. Wish I felt that "on" all the time, but this was just one of those days.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:03 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
43:xx - Green summit (stupid watch with its duplicate splits, but I remember seeing 43 low)
43:47 - started down
1:05:05 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 6:00 pm. Pretty continuous snow on the trail above Greenman Spring. Thus took the upper part of the descent reasonably cautious. Picked things up below the Spring. Stopped to move a large rock off the traverse below the Greenman/Saddle Rock junction. Then just absolutely flew down the rest of the descent. Ran down Saddle Rock and Amph probably faster than I ever have. Wish I felt that "on" all the time, but this was just one of those days.
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:38 - Amph/Saddle Rock
24:03 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
43:xx - Green summit (stupid watch with its duplicate splits, but I remember seeing 43 low)
43:47 - started down
1:05:05 - Gregory TH
Crosslite2.0
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Green, Bear
From Devils Thumb, Bear Canyon road, Mesa, Bear Canyon, Green Bear, West Ridge, Green summit; down West Ridge, Green Bear; up West Ridge, Bear summit; down Fern, Mesa, Bear Canyon road.
Started at 5:50 am. With Bill W. Think this was pretty casual for Bill, but I was working pretty hard. I walked much of Green Bear while Bill kept the run going and topped out on Green a minute or so (?) ahead of me. Psyched that I managed to run much of Bear's West Ridge. Bill got ahead of me again here, but I caught up (more likely, he eased off) at the bottom of the final steep climb. We then hiked that together. Felt un-smooth as usual in Fern. Quads were pretty fried near the end of this run.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
58:04 - junction of Green Bear and West Ridge of Green
1:02:25 - Green summit
1:14:42 - junction of Green Bear and West Ridge of Bear
1:45:56 - Bear summit
2:21:49 - Devils Thumb TH
Crosslite2.0
Started at 5:50 am. With Bill W. Think this was pretty casual for Bill, but I was working pretty hard. I walked much of Green Bear while Bill kept the run going and topped out on Green a minute or so (?) ahead of me. Psyched that I managed to run much of Bear's West Ridge. Bill got ahead of me again here, but I caught up (more likely, he eased off) at the bottom of the final steep climb. We then hiked that together. Felt un-smooth as usual in Fern. Quads were pretty fried near the end of this run.
0:00 - Devils Thumb TH
58:04 - junction of Green Bear and West Ridge of Green
1:02:25 - Green summit
1:14:42 - junction of Green Bear and West Ridge of Bear
1:45:56 - Bear summit
2:21:49 - Devils Thumb TH
Crosslite2.0
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
First Flatiron, Green
From Chautauqua, up to the First, on up to the start of Baker's Way, up Baker's Way and the North Arete to the summit, rapped off, directly up to the Northeast Ridge, Greenman, Green summit; down Greenman, Northeast Ridge, directly back to the First, down the First/Second trail, back to Chautauqua.
Started at 6:04 am. Headed up to the First with Bill W, Tom K, Bill H, and Maria P. Tom and I started up Baker's Way (after I changed shoes), then kept on going, while Bill climbed with Bill and Maria. Tom and I topped out and rapped off. I then stashed my gear, and we headed up Green. Topped out right behind Sheri W and Kirsten. Tom headed down Ranger/Gregory with them. I hustled down, gathered my gear, and caught up to Bill and Bill near the base of the First, then jogged down with them. Fun morning!
0:00 - Chautauqua
17:50 - passing the turnoff to the base of the First
25:14 - start of Baker's Way
57:02 - on the ground, headed toward Green
1:19:51 - Green summit
1:23:13 - started down
1:52:33 - Chautauqua
Crosslite2.0
Started at 6:04 am. Headed up to the First with Bill W, Tom K, Bill H, and Maria P. Tom and I started up Baker's Way (after I changed shoes), then kept on going, while Bill climbed with Bill and Maria. Tom and I topped out and rapped off. I then stashed my gear, and we headed up Green. Topped out right behind Sheri W and Kirsten. Tom headed down Ranger/Gregory with them. I hustled down, gathered my gear, and caught up to Bill and Bill near the base of the First, then jogged down with them. Fun morning!
0:00 - Chautauqua
17:50 - passing the turnoff to the base of the First
25:14 - start of Baker's Way
57:02 - on the ground, headed toward Green
1:19:51 - Green summit
1:23:13 - started down
1:52:33 - Chautauqua
Crosslite2.0
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Bridge Mountain, G2, 6360
Climbed Bridge with Bill W, Loobster, and Dan M. Then, Dan joined me for G2 and 6360.
5010 up (+19), 4890 down (-24), 5 laps, 10:14
5010 up (+19), 4890 down (-24), 5 laps, 10:14
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The Wickiup
From the I-70 exit, jogged roads until I was pretty much due south of the summit. Headed up and ascended via the south/southeast side, then the obvious weakness on the summit block. Mike G summit register from last fall. Returned more directly cross country on the southeast ridge until meeting up with the road again. 1:12:10 total time. About 0:40 to the summit.
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