Mortals like us have to backpack to get to it, and then its a pretty hefty climb. There is abundant beta on how to climb this peak from gerry roachs book on the indian peaks to summitpost and numerous other sources. May 02, 2001 this book is the authoritative, indispensable guide for climbing the centennial thirteeners in colorado. If you are into co ers and live in the front range this one is an excellent guidebook. Since publication in spring 2001, gerry has made several changes to the list of summits in the book s appendix. Along the same lines, i would add to watch for someone elses bias. Since publication in spring 2001, gerry has made several changes to the list of summits in the books appendix. The climax mine heavily mined bartlett mountain, and the summit has lost about 150 feet. Anyone familiar with the format of roach s fourteener book will understand the format of the roaches thirteener book. Still in print, it is a mustown for serious peakbaggers. The 6x9 inch softcover book contains 368 pages and 196 routes on colorados 59 highest thirteeners between,800 feet and,999 feet. I decided to climb from the cyclone creek trailhead. This site by gerry roach and jennifer roach exists to spread the joy of earths mountains. In 1998, gerry roach published his book on climbing in the indian peaks, the year in which we climbed apache and navajo.
Colorado has 759 summits between,000 and,999 feet, of which 584 are hard ranked and 45 are soft ranked. Gerry roach in his colorado ers book is describing climbing west onto organs ne ridge, but even if you head straight ahead in the continuation of the canyon and ascent 12,600 sub peak, or head north on a gentler terrain you will end up finding a high plateau at about,000 feet. Hiking lackawanna peak, san isabel national forest, colorado. Feb 15, 2011 well, it is also highly likely you used some of gerry roachs famous research. Full listing of us ers excluding alaska peak lists by gerry roach lists of thirteeners in several states ers. While his guidebook to colorados 14,000foot mountains has been a consistent seller since the 1990s, gerry roachs colorados thirteeners has been long gone but not forgotten. Gerry roach in conversation at bookbar bookbar denver. Gerry roachs guide to colorado ers back by popular demand. Aug 02, 2019 a lot of people go to the mountains looking for solitude, and you can more easily find solitude on the thirteeners than you will on the fourteeners, said gerry roach, who has climbed all of. I used the book to climb,870foot north carbonate peak in the sawatch range. Welcome to our homepage for climbing the colorado ers. Gerry was the first person to climb every major peak in north america over 16,000 feet, and the second.
Just wait until the roaches write their 12ers book. There is abundant beta on how to climb this peak from gerry roach s book on the indian peaks to summitpost and numerous other sources. For starters, roach states in his ers book that cr 240 is. Fulcrum publishing in golden co published the 3rd edition of gerry s fourteener book in 2011. In mountaineering in the united states, a thirteener abbreviated er is a mountain that. The energy point also fails to take into consideration the energy needs of more extreme terrain class 3, class 4, and class 5 often found on the ers and 14ers of colorado. Gerry roach has climbed in dozens of states and countries, including 28 alaskan expeditions, 10 andean expeditions, and seven himalayan expeditions. Catching up with gerry roach on the colorado 14ers outside. Needleton to nw pigeon basin approach colorado ers. Besides the oftenclimbed standard routes, the guide describes many alternative and technical routes, with each route rated by grade, class, and. As always, gerry roach s book, colorados fourteeners from hikes to climbs, provided solid details. Thanks to offman and his 8252009 trip report that served as the inspiration for putting my route together.
Colorados 14ers are aweinspiring hikes, but many ers. Skip the crowded colorado 14ers and hike one of these. Gerry roach is not just an accomplished mountaineer, hes the. Gerry roach in his colorado ers book is describing climbing west onto organs ne ridge, but even if you head straight ahead in the continuation of the canyon and ascent 12,600 sub peak, or head north on a gentler terrain you will end up.
Among his numerous accomplishments, gerry is the second person ever to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. The 1974 version of guide to the colorado mountains by ormes and the cmc made no mention of this trail. Gerry roach describes the south ridge route on meeker as one of. I had read a little bit about the centennials list so without doing much research i figured i might as well get started and the new journey began in june of 2014 on horseshoe mountain. Colorados thirteeners,800 to,999 feet, from hikes to. Colorados high thirteeners features route descriptions for the states 169 highest,000foot peaks, along with 40 photographs and a complete 50page listing of the 740 highest summits in the statethe accepted listing of the highest thirteeners for those climbing colorados centennial highest 100 or bicentennial highest 200 peaks. We knew that from that area wed need to navigate ourselves up a slope to the east following game trails. That is, those of the 100 highest peaks which arent quite fourteeners. From hikes to climbs book online at best prices in india on. Aug 03, 2019 the north face of meeker, together with the east face of longs, form colorados greatest mountain cirque, in the opinion of noted mountaineer and guide book author gerry roach. I can definitely say ive read this from cover to cover many times over in pair with roachs ers book for coverage on all peaks and how to link together.
Gerry reduced the elevation of bartlett mountain from,555 feet to,400 feet. Celebrate the joys that come from climbing colorados highest peaks. Greater new york city area book conservator at jennifer t jestin book conservator arts and crafts education laura s. Accordingly, we will update the references to her having almost completed this goal on page 8, and in the about the authors page at the end of the book. Surprisingly not much snow on the south sides of these peaks, almost no need for gaitors even. One thing to note for those living in the front range, not many of those ers. I opened up my topo map that i had borrowed from my dad and verified our position. Aug 03, 2019 gerry roach ranks jagged mountain, 12 miles southeast of silverton, among the five best thirteeners in the state. We were in leadville to try to catch up with mike, who was running the leadville 100. Gerry roach books list of books by author gerry roach thriftbooks.
Aug 05, 2019 gerry roach ranks jagged mountain, 12 miles southeast of silverton, among the five best thirteeners in the state. Jan 24, 2007 this book is very similar to roach s colorado 14ers book. I can definitely say ive read this from cover to cover many times over in pair with roach s ers book for coverage on all peaks and how to link together. The softcover 6x9inch book contains 400 pages, 256 routes, 49 of which are rated classic, 79 extra credits, and 79 variations on colorados 56 fourteeners, 60 fine annotated color photographs, and 31 fullyrevised, color, annotated topographic maps. In more than 50 years of mountaineering, he has climbed in dozens of states and countries. Since 1992, colorados fourteeners has sold more than 40,000 copies, a testament to its accuracy and completeness. Trip report one red cent via two bis and a diet 14ers. Gerry roach ofcolorado has a lock on this category.
Peak lists of colorados thirteeners sorted by elevation. By definitive, we mean that each peak described herein, has been personally climbed by us. Mountaineers books climbing californias 14ers by stephen porcella and camero. As we began our hike, mike had already been running for 6 hours. Gerry roach s ers book is a little vague, in that he states to look for an unmarked trail junction that heads up to the saddle when you hit 12,200 in elevation. If you live or climb in colorado you know him from his famous guide book simply called colorados fourteeners. This online list supersceeds the lists in our published books. Catching up with gerry roach on the colorado 14ers. If you like to hike mountains, and want to hike the 14,000 foot mountains fourteeners in colorado, this is the musthave book.
I proclaimed it the best peakbag in colorado, regardless of altitude, because its way back in there. Alpine bivy, jetboil, one book, extra food and layers and h2o pump etc. Gerry roach has written several excellent guide books, including colorados fourteeners, which is still the standard guide books on that subject. I also have the recent second addition of roach s ers guidebook and only 3 of the routes overlap.
For starters, roach states in his ers book that cr 240 is rough but passable for tough passenger cars. Well, youll hit 12,200 in elevation all right, but you still have to continue your flat traverse for about another halfmile before cutting upward. A book list to help inspire you to adventure in and amongst colorados. As almost anyone who has ever climbed a 14er knows, gerry roach s colorados fourteeners book is pretty much the bible for all things high in colorado. Peak g is on the southern end of what has become known as the ripsaw ridge, which starts to the north at peak c. The best colorado ers, from beginnerfriendly to advanced. Colorados 14ers are aweinspiring hikes, but many ers are. Combined with the fourteeners, the centennial thirteeners comprise colorados 100 highest peaks. Therefore, this guide only includes those ers which have a name and are over,800 feet. Colorados fourteeners from hikes to climbs by gerry roach. Colorados thirteeners from hikes to climbs fixes by. For anyone more interested in mountaineering than peakbagging, you will find your reward in many lesstraveled aesthetic routes in the colorado ers. Peak lists by gerry roach lists of thirteeners in several states ers.
Colorado has 53 14ers and more than 600 ers, and hundreds of other pe. He lives in montrose, colorado, with his wife and climbing partner, jennifer roach. His wife, jennifer, has climbed over colorado peaks including all the 14ers and all 637 ers. In this trip, i relied on the guidance from the book of the legendary mountaineer and author, gerry roach, only to learn that lesson the hard way. Traversed over from american on the way to niagara, basically followed gerry roach s american pie route from his ers book. We followed the description provided by gerry roach s awesome ers book and found the end of the cuba gulch trail right before a huge open area of willows. This edition is probably a bit old now, but still the benchmark book to learning the routes, difficulties, directions to trailheads, and the payoff of each mountains routes, from hikes to climbs. Colorado has 832 summits above,000 feet, of which 637 are hard ranked and 46 are soft ranked. This book is the authoritative, indispensable guide for climbing the centennial thirteeners in colorado. Gerry roach finished climbing all of colorados 637 hard ranked peaks above,000 feet on sept 1, 2010 on,786foot animas mountain in the grenadiers.
See all books authored by gerry roach, including colorados fourteeners. Gerry roachs guide to colorado ers back by popular. The latest printing in 2010 has uptodate information on the access issues with colorados fourteeners. We had only chosen to climb lackawanna the evening before while browsing through hiking books at jax in loveland, coming upon gerry roach s ers book. When i finally got a copy of gerry roach s ers book, i looked at routes like jagged, pigeon and turret and my head hit the table in disappointment. The book provides very small maps for each range, so you would supplement the text with your own topo map. It is the book that started it all for many of us and it guided us on many early trips during our mountaineering journeys. Colorado ers the quality of the colorado 14ers book is extended by gerry and jennifer roach into this book covering the colorado peaks from,800 to.
Now in its second edition, this climbing and hiking guide to colorados 14,000foot peaks has been updated to include 250 routes. As an fyi, i saw on the ers facebook page that gerry roachs colorado thirteeners 2nd. No book that i know of addresses or even attempts to address all of colorados 637 ranked ers and scores of unranked ers. Some climbers looking for sustained, high altitude adventure may want to consider doing that entire ridge section and reports can be found online. Books about colorado 14ers the armchair mountaineer. Ill tell the story of gerry roach and the instrumental role he has played in. Sharp end publishing colorados front range ers by derek wolfe. His famous guide book simply called colorados fourteeners. In more than 50 years of mountaineering, gerry roach has climbed in dozens of states and countries, including 12 alaskan expeditions, 10 andean expeditions, and 7 himalayan expeditions. Everest in 1983, he became the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. The template below wikipedia books is being considered for merging. B3 7202008 and cbrobin 7162015 also provided helpful information in their trip reports. The softcover 6x9inch book contains 336 pages, 250 routes on colorados 56 fourteeners gerry added conundrum, 57 fine, annotated color photographs, and 31 full color, annotated topographic maps.
Everest, he became the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Gerry roach, one of the most accomplished colorado mountaineers, author of colorados 14ers, colorados ers, and colorados indian peaks will be here at. Gerry was the first person to climb every major peak in north america over 16,000 feet, and the second person to climb earths seven continent summits. Cozine memorial group wichita ks funeral home and cremation. The purpose of this site is to provide definitive route information on all of colorados ranked, thirteen thousand foot summits. Gerry roach addresses this in his book colorados fourteeners by using a rating system called rp points. Colorados,000foot peaks offer the hiker and mountaineer one of the finest arrays of alpine challenges in the rocky mountains. Jan 28, 2010 gerry roach ofcolorado has a lock on this category. There is some controversy concerning the correct summit elevation for peak g.
Colorados fourteeners, 3rd ed from hikes to climbs. But in this era of mainstream peak bagging, the book is set for a new day in the sun. I tried to give as detailed description as possible for the way up to pigeon peak using my own experience, gerry roachs ers guide book, and several trip. From hikes to climbs roach, gerry, roach, jennifer on. Finish packing and hydrating and eat some granola, reread and study gerry roach s ers book routes and hit the trail. This book report describes jennifer and gerry s book colorados thirteeners from hikes to climbs. While his guidebook to colorados 14,000foot mountains has been a consistent seller since the 1990s, gerry roach s colorados thirteeners has been long gone but not forgotten.
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