PeakMind

The Peak Traverses & Link-ups: Ridge traverses and other link-ups of multiple peaks deserve a special place of recognition due to the extra physical and route-finding effort as well as the increased risk required to complete them.  They are highlighted here despite being included on the Chronological list and, generally, one other type or location-based list (e.g., Longs Massif, RMNP, 14ers)

When the linkup is not obvious, the idea came from somewhere.  To give credit where due, I’ll note the inspiration source when I know it.  A few of them came from my own imagination, even if I was not the first.

GREEN items I haven’t done yet.  RED items have been done.

14ers (excluding RMNP)

• 06/96 –  Horseshoe Mountain & Mt. Sherida
• 07/97 –  5 14ers in 4 Hours (Democrat et al)(Dawson)
• 10/98 –  Death by Willows: Bierstadt-Evans (Dawson)
• 05/00 –  No Name and Mt Antero (Brian)
• 06/00 –  Evans-Spalding (Joe)
• 07/00 –  Oxford Windstorm (Belford & Oxford)(Dawson)
• 09/01 –  Quandary-Fletcher Linkup (Dawson)
• 06/02 –  5 14ers for my 40th (Roach)
• 07/02 –  Lake City Gas Shortage (Sunshine, Red. & Handies)(Roach)
• 07/02 –  Flying Blind:  Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre (Roach)
• 08/02 –  The Confidence Trap: Castle-Conundrum (Dawson)
• 07/03 –  Lake Como Deathmarch (Ellingwood-Blanca Ridge)(Roach)
• 07/03 –  Rainy Capitol (Peak) – Knife Ridge (4th class)
• 08/03 –  Chicago Basin 4 Banger (Roach)
• 08/03 –  For Whom the Bells Toll (Roach)
• 08/03 –  A Long Day in the Wilsons (Roach)
• 04/05 –  Torreys Peak – Kelso Ridge (3rd-4th class)
• Snowmass Mountain – ‘S’ Ridge (4th class)
• Little Bear to Blanca (Roach)
• La Plata Pk. – Ellingwood Ridge (class 3-5)(Brian)
• Kit Carson Pk. – North Ridge (4th class)
• Little Bear Pk. – Southwest Ridge (4th class)
• Harvard-Columbia Traverse

Indian Peaks

• 06/04 –  Arapahoe Traverse Solo (Roach)
• 08/06 –  Mt. Neva – North Ridge (4th class)
• Mt. Audubon – Southeast Ridge (3rd class)
• Lone Eagle Pk. – S. Ridge (4th class)
• Lone Eagle Peak – (5th class)
• Apache-Shoshoni (Kasparov) Traverse (report)(4th class)
• Ogallala Pk. – East Ridge (3rd class)
• Little Pawnee Pk. – East Ridge (3rd class)
• Audubon-Paiute Traverse (3rd class)(Joe)

RMNP

• 05/93 –  Flattop Loop: Ptarmigan to Tyndall Glacier (CMS)
• 09/98 –  Meeker’s Flying Buttress (not to summit)
• 09/98 –  The Great Cirque:   Meeker-Longs (Joe)
• 07/99 –  Thatchtop-Powell Traverse (Rossiter)
• 07/99 –  A Mummy Range Weekend (6 peaks, 2 days)(Roach)
• 07/00 –  Longs Peak – Keyhole Ridge (5.6)
• 07/00 –  Flattop Loop
• 06/02 –  The Double Crown:  Chiefs Head & Mt Alice (Roach)
• 06/02 –  Odessa Gorge Circuit (Little Matterhorn) (Roach)
• 09/03 –  Hallett Ridge Loop (Brian)
• 05/05 –  Mt Taylor to Andrews Glacier Loop (Brian)
• 07/07 –  Ships Prow/Glacier Ridge Traverse (Joe)
• 07/10 –  Solitude Lake Cirque (Arrowhd, McHenrys, Thatch.)
• 09/10 –  Mt. Ypsilon – Blitzen Ridge (5.6)
• 05/11 –  Chaos Canyon Loop: Flattop & Hallett (Brian)
• Mt. Ypsilon – Donner Ridge (4th class)
• Chiefs Head – Warbonnet Ridge (5.8)
• Howard Mtn. – South Ridge (class 3+)
• Grand Slam (Meeker-Longs-Pagoda-Storm-Lady WA)
• Rappel into the Notch (Beaver Route)

Other

• 04/01 –  A Triple Bagger: Clinton-NcNamee-Travers (Brian)
• 04/02 –  Swimming Atlantic & Pacific Peaks (Roach)
• 10/02 –  The Casco Fiasco (Casco & Frasco BM)(Roach)
• 11/05 –  Boulder 4 Banger (Green, Bear, S. Bldr, Flag.)(Joe)
• 06/06 –  Three Apostles (Ice Mtn, N. & W. Apostle)(Roach)
• West Needle Mtn. – Northeast Ridge (4th class)
• Mt. Bancroft – Direct East Ridge (5.2)
• Mt. Bancroft – Indirect East Ridge (3rd class)
• Trinity Peaks Traverse
• Vestal Peak – Wham Ridge