Ascent of Missouri Mountain on 2009-08-28| Others in Party: | Miguel and Marc only | | Date: | Friday, August 28, 2009 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Missouri Mountain | | Location: | USA-Colorado | | Elevation: | 14067 ft / 4287 m |
Ascent Trip ReportMiguel and Marc and I joined up at the saddle between Iowa and Missouri. Marc's brother Scott was hurting from the day before and stayed back at camp. Bryan could not keep up with our pace and stopped short at elevation 13,500 near the saddle of Iowa and Emerald. The climb is a classic class 2 because it is a non maintained trail but is well worn because of the narrow relatively steep knife edge to the summit. The ridge is very narrow and the material is very loose in places. The climb is relatively short once you make the saddle by Iowa making the final summit of Missouri one of the easiest ascents. This ascent, although easier than the other 14er ascents in this area is most practical to back country backpackers (Roach route 13.9 "South Ridge II, Class 2").
this is one of my favorite 14ers because of the backcountry approach we crafted and solitude on the upper bench before reaching the Emerald-Iowa Saddle for our final attack. The scrambling and boulder field navigation was tedious but fun off the saddles.
Additional gain on the return was a result of the cross country bouldering and contouring we did to return to our Base Camp 3. We had approximatley 200 feet of additional gain as we traversed from the saddle through the boulder field and back up to the benches used in the Iowa climb and back to the northern wall of Pine Creek. Since we were tired and the scrambling route we took to get on the bench was not something we wanted to attempt on tired legs we all elected to descend the Pine Creek slopes and cross the creek on the return. We descended to EL 12,100 then back up to 12,350 then back to camp at 12,250. Additional Gain was another 250 feet for a total gain of 450.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 1087 ft / 331 m | | Elevation Loss: | 2267 ft / 691 m | | Distance: | 3.8 mi / 6.1 km | | Grade/Class: | 2 | | Quality: | 9 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Unmaintained Trail, Open Country, Bushwhack, Stream Ford, Scramble | | Weather: | Pleasant, Breezy, Partly Cloudy
sunny to partly cloudy | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 637 ft / 194 m | | Distance: | 0.3 mi / 0.5 km | | Route: | South Ridge | | Trailhead: | Saddle between Peaks 13430 ft / 4093 m | | Descent Statistics | | Elevation Loss: | 2267 ft / 691 m | | Extra Gain: | 450 ft / 137 m | | Distance: | 3.5 mi / 5.6 km | | Route: | Same and then Saddle to bushwhack | | Trailhead: | Campsite 3 12250 ft / 3733 m | Ascent Part of Trip: Collegiate Wilderness (4 nights total away from roads)
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