Mt. Bierstadt Trip Report 05/17/2015

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Peak(s):	Mt. Bierstadt - 14,066 feet
Date Posted:	05/17/2015
Modified:	09/14/2018
Date Climbed:	05/16/2015
Author:	aholle88

Bierstadt Snowboarding
5/16/2015: Mt Bierstadt 10mi RT, 6.5 hours

Comments or Questions

mountaingoat-G	sweet 5/18/2015 8:22am I was up there yesterday and the conditions were totally different (was in a whiteout). darn, my timing sucks... nice job though.
eskermo	The Heritage 5/18/2015 10:56am Isn’t that the most ridiculously fun, incredible board to ride? I feel like it’s made for these peaks. Glad to see you’re knocking all these mountains off on this board... maybe they’ll decide to start making it again?
mountaingoat-G	a bit off topic, but 5/18/2015 10:58am The Never Summer West is supposed to be a replacement for the Heritage.. has been getting good reviews... I am really really jealous of the great weather and visibility you guys had on Bierstadt ..
Jay521	What M–G said... 5/18/2015 12:40pm ... is sure true. I hiked up Bierstadt yesterday morning and the conditions were the polar opposite of what you had. I might post a little TR tonight or tomorrow for comparison if any of my pictures came out although most of them will look like the inside of a ping pong ball.
SolarAlex	Nice work 5/18/2015 1:58pm You’ve been getting after it this spring! Keep it up bro
a day in the life	Snow on Gray Wolf? 5/18/2015 3:26pm Good work. Did you see if Gray Wolf was holding snow? Looks like decent coverage in your picture of Evans.
aholle88	whiteout/heritage 5/18/2015 8:02pm Sorry to hear about the whiteout conditions, at least it was Bierstadt. We just got very lucky that day, the snow was coming around 1130–noon. That is one peak you can do in just about any conditions other than thunderstorms and be fairly safe though Heritage is awesome! I also love my cobra as well and have used that just as much, but the heritage does handle the backcountry better, especially in sub par conditions when you want that dampness a day in the life: I do not know which mountain Gray Wolf is but just about every summit in the area looked like it had good coverage from top to bottom. And there continues to be more snow in the forecast so conditions shouldn’t be getting worse in the near future.

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