14ers,
We (Beth and I) are thinking about heading up to Bierstadt on Saturday. We are going to drive up from Grant as far as we can and hike from there. From the recent trip report post it seems you cant drive much higher than Duck lake and then need to hike in. It didnt look like they needed their snowshoes but might be good just to have them. We will probably be up there around 7:30 or 8:00 AM.
Matt Bednorz
Bierstadt Sat Dec 12??
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Bierstadt Sat Dec 12??
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Re: Bierstadt Sat Dec 12??
Hello Matt,
With the new snows everything may have changed. Correct, we humped in those snowshoes to the other side of Gomer Creek and dropped them. Didn't need them the whole way.
The gate is locked at Duck Lake, so clear or no, that's the end of the line. About 2 miles and 600 vertical below the summer TH.
6-8" at my house and still snowing, so no telling what you may encounter on the road now, though it looks to be clearing by Wed into the weekend, with a slow warming trend.
Best of luck with it. Bring the snowshoes, I would after this storm.
--Jim
With the new snows everything may have changed. Correct, we humped in those snowshoes to the other side of Gomer Creek and dropped them. Didn't need them the whole way.
The gate is locked at Duck Lake, so clear or no, that's the end of the line. About 2 miles and 600 vertical below the summer TH.
6-8" at my house and still snowing, so no telling what you may encounter on the road now, though it looks to be clearing by Wed into the weekend, with a slow warming trend.
Best of luck with it. Bring the snowshoes, I would after this storm.
--Jim
Re: Bierstadt Sat Dec 12??
FYI,
Don't think it is much more than a mile from the gate up to the top of the pass... the gate is just before mile marker 12.
Don't think it is much more than a mile from the gate up to the top of the pass... the gate is just before mile marker 12.
