Route Climbed: East slopes Date Climbed: Sept. 5th 2002
12 hours round trip including a one hour lunch at the summit. Alpine Master ate chili on the summit and about crapped himself on the way down. Devil Dog Dudeman was a hard charger. Great day!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: February 2003
Only person on top that day! Great feeling despite the cold and windy conditions. Started 1AM, finished 5PM. Couple hours sleep behind some logs half-way. It's depressing approaching at night, as the light on top of the summit buildings seems to stay equally far away no matter how many miles you cover. A truly excellent training mountian! 26 Miles, yeah!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August 2003
12 hours round trip including a one hour lunch at the summit. Alpine Master ate chili on the summit and about crapped himself on the way down. Devil Dog Dudeman was a hard charger. Great day!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail - Run Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2003
This was the second time I had run the Pikes Peak Marathon - certainly the strangest motive I've ever had to "climb" a peak. The Barr Trail is pretty straight forward. Just long and sustained, particularly the last 3K vert.. If I were hiking it, I'd bring along a water filter as there were a couple of seasonal streams that were still running in Aug which would provide water without having to carry it from the bottom. Past A frame it's wide open and typically windy up the last 3K vert.
I'll be back to run this but unless I really had to tick this peak on my list, I would opt for a more remote peak or a different route on Pikes, something on the southeast side.
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: June 18th, 2005
Beautiful, hot weather. Great views. Exhausting, long hike. Interesting climate/scenery. Summit is an ugly parking lot! --> But I knew that beforehand.
Definitely a worthwile hike. Lots of very nice people on the trail. + several "confused" tourists that had no idea what it meant to hike 25+ miles and 7400 ft.
Route Climbed: From Crag's Campground Date Climbed: Sunday May 22,2005
Started up at 6:35AM with hard snow pack on the trail all the way up to tree line and beyond. I went up the ridge to the left of the saddle due to heavy snow. Crossed more snow going thru the notch at the rock wall near Devils Playground. Saw several race cars and motorcycles when crossing the road. Summited at 10:30AM stayed a half hour then back down, the warm weather made all the snow soft and postholing created more work heading down. Back to the car at 2:13PM, my 9th 14'er and another beautiful Colorado day, sweet!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: May 31, 2004
Great day, hard work! ...but kinda makes you sick when you climb 7,400 feet in elevation, 13 miles in a day, and you get to the top only to find fat tourists eating hotdogs! ....dumb drivers!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: May 31, 2005
I saw relatively few people on this mid-week hike (at-least until the summit). Summited in about 6 hours after a pre-dawn start. Caught a ride down with my wife and her family who had driven up.
We drove up. It was a scketchy way to get up but hey it's the highest ive been in my short lived 12 years on earth. My first 14er and 12th peak. My sisters 1st ever mountain. My dad was also with us, his 2nd time up the ole Pike.
Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes from Crags Campground Date Climbed: August 4, 1985
I needed a nice long hike to prepare for Kit Carson the following weekend, so a buddy and I chose this one. I was surprised how remote and isolated we felt leaving the CG and hiking up a 14er on a very sketchy trail (it was almost 20 years ago). The solitude disappeared above timberline when we encountered the road and began climbing the tundra above it. Even stranger was the summit, where tourists from other states looked at us like Hillary and Tenzing!!! Oh, to be a flatlander with such low aspirations!
Route Climbed: Barr Trail from Manitou Date Climbed: 7/15/00
My first fourteener and I thought I was climbing Everest. Got off trail a little bit and had to do some scrambling. Got to the top and expected the band to start, but it was just a bunch of old people asking me to move my feet. Not a very enjoyable fourteener for this reason. Done.
HeatherF - Jul 25, 2005 6:01 pm
Route Climbed: Pikes Peak Ascent from downtown Manitou Springs Date Climbed: August 22, 2004Ouch.
pjenson05 - Jul 25, 2005 12:07 pm
Route Climbed: Bar Trail Date Climbed: August 2000This is a long Climb. Carried a 50 lbs. pack up it as well. We camped at Bar camp. Great climb.
alpine master - Jul 24, 2005 5:03 pm
Route Climbed: East slopes Date Climbed: Sept. 5th 200212 hours round trip including a one hour lunch at the summit. Alpine Master ate chili on the summit and about crapped himself on the way down. Devil Dog Dudeman was a hard charger. Great day!
CWFry - Jul 15, 2005 5:00 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: February 2003Only person on top that day! Great feeling despite the cold and windy conditions. Started 1AM, finished 5PM. Couple hours sleep behind some logs half-way. It's depressing approaching at night, as the light on top of the summit buildings seems to stay equally far away no matter how many miles you cover. A truly excellent training mountian! 26 Miles, yeah!
Old Ickabod - Jul 14, 2005 10:37 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August 200312 hours round trip including a one hour lunch at the summit. Alpine Master ate chili on the summit and about crapped himself on the way down. Devil Dog Dudeman was a hard charger. Great day!
doumall - Jul 13, 2005 3:07 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: July, 3 200420th 14er!
cornfed97 - Jul 12, 2005 12:27 am
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August '041 day, round trip, first fourteener, what a day!!
Midlife Mountaineer - Jun 25, 2005 11:18 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August 2001I had been to the summit a few times via train ride but this was far more satisfying.
powstash - Jun 23, 2005 6:29 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail - Run Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2003This was the second time I had run the Pikes Peak Marathon - certainly the strangest motive I've ever had to "climb" a peak. The Barr Trail is pretty straight forward. Just long and sustained, particularly the last 3K vert.. If I were hiking it, I'd bring along a water filter as there were a couple of seasonal streams that were still running in Aug which would provide water without having to carry it from the bottom. Past A frame it's wide open and typically windy up the last 3K vert.
I'll be back to run this but unless I really had to tick this peak on my list, I would opt for a more remote peak or a different route on Pikes, something on the southeast side.
georgbetsy - Jun 18, 2005 11:35 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: June 18th, 2005Beautiful, hot weather. Great views. Exhausting, long hike. Interesting climate/scenery. Summit is an ugly parking lot! --> But I knew that beforehand.
Definitely a worthwile hike. Lots of very nice people on the trail. + several "confused" tourists that had no idea what it meant to hike 25+ miles and 7400 ft.
jrviel - May 28, 2005 9:10 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: May 29, 2004Last 3 miles had about 15% snow cover which made hiking a challenge.
myrone - May 23, 2005 4:40 pm
Route Climbed: From Crag's Campground Date Climbed: Sunday May 22,2005Started up at 6:35AM with hard snow pack on the trail all the way up to tree line and beyond. I went up the ridge to the left of the saddle due to heavy snow. Crossed more snow going thru the notch at the rock wall near Devils Playground. Saw several race cars and motorcycles when crossing the road. Summited at 10:30AM stayed a half hour then back down, the warm weather made all the snow soft and postholing created more work heading down. Back to the car at 2:13PM, my 9th 14'er and another beautiful Colorado day, sweet!
ktiffany22 - May 15, 2005 9:50 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: May 31, 2004Great day, hard work! ...but kinda makes you sick when you climb 7,400 feet in elevation, 13 miles in a day, and you get to the top only to find fat tourists eating hotdogs! ....dumb drivers!
csmcgranahan - Apr 2, 2005 8:39 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: May 31, 2005I saw relatively few people on this mid-week hike (at-least until the summit). Summited in about 6 hours after a pre-dawn start. Caught a ride down with my wife and her family who had driven up.
PikesPeak14110 - Feb 26, 2005 11:29 pm
Route Climbed: Road Date Climbed: July 9, 2004We drove up. It was a scketchy way to get up but hey it's the highest ive been in my short lived 12 years on earth. My first 14er and 12th peak. My sisters 1st ever mountain. My dad was also with us, his 2nd time up the ole Pike.
pebblehopper - Feb 21, 2005 4:09 pm
Route Climbed: Barr Trail Date Climbed: August 1998Pike's Peak Ascent....figure it counts as a first 14er. Cured my desire to run...permanently.
ColoradoScott - Feb 4, 2005 11:45 am
Route Climbed: Northwest Slopes from Crags Campground Date Climbed: August 4, 1985I needed a nice long hike to prepare for Kit Carson the following weekend, so a buddy and I chose this one. I was surprised how remote and isolated we felt leaving the CG and hiking up a 14er on a very sketchy trail (it was almost 20 years ago). The solitude disappeared above timberline when we encountered the road and began climbing the tundra above it. Even stranger was the summit, where tourists from other states looked at us like Hillary and Tenzing!!! Oh, to be a flatlander with such low aspirations!
Rob A - Jan 31, 2005 11:51 am
Route Climbed: Took the tram Date Climbed: Aug 1994My first taste of the mountians. i was in grade school on family vacation. it was awsome. it was what got me hooked on the mountains.
Paul Morrill - Jan 12, 2005 4:21 pm
Route Climbed: Road from Cascade Date Climbed: September 1994Scarry !!!!!!! No gardrails.............
F Bomb - Jan 5, 2005 11:01 am
Route Climbed: Barr Trail from Manitou Date Climbed: 7/15/00My first fourteener and I thought I was climbing Everest. Got off trail a little bit and had to do some scrambling. Got to the top and expected the band to start, but it was just a bunch of old people asking me to move my feet. Not a very enjoyable fourteener for this reason. Done.