West Pawnee Butte

[Brian C Profile Website 14er Peak List (45) 14ers in Winter (5)13er Peak List (19)Trip Reports]

I think some folks might find this interesting. Last weekend a rather large crew set out with an even odder set of equipment to climb the rarely visited West Pawnee Butte in NE Colorado. Eight folks reached the summit (likely a record) and probably doubled the number that have even stood on the summit.

Here's a compilation of photos on my site.

Brian in the Wild - Revisiting the Pawnee Buttes

[AndYouSeeMe Profile 14er Peak List (58) 14ers in Winter (5)13er Peak List (175)Trip Reports]

Love it! Brings aid climbing to a whole new level

[gurlyclimber Profile Website 14er Peak List (33) 13er Peak List (80)]

That is awesome!

[49ersRule Profile 14er Peak List (58) 13er Peak List (76)Trip Reports]

That's pretty wild! Brian in the wild!

Sucks that there's no HH tonight. I'm good to go this week.

[ChrisRoberts Profile 14er Peak List (7) 13er Peak List (8)Trip Reports]

Man, thats awesome.

[ChrisinAZ Profile 14er Peak List (55) 14ers in Winter (10)13er Peak List (26)Trip Reports]

I've seen those guys in the distance while driving around the eastern plains nabbing highpoints. Congrats on an inventive way of making the top!

[Steve Knapp Profile 14er Peak List (57) 13er Peak List (334)Trip Reports]

A very entertaining day, I was glad to be a part of it. Though the way you and Noah did it last winter will go down in history as one of the most hair-raising things I've ever read. The ladder assist this time was awesome!

[Brian C Profile Website 14er Peak List (45) 14ers in Winter (5)13er Peak List (19)Trip Reports]

Once again, for anybody interested the West Butte is sitting out there waiting to be climbed! A few of us did it again the weekend before last (no ladders!). We did the same route that Noah and I did 3 years ago. Here was his report Scared on the Pawnee Buttes from 2 years ago. This is one of my favorite summits on the Front Range and was my third time up top (not sure I'll do this route again though!).

Short report I wrote can be found here.

Mud season is in trying to get to the first fixed piece.


Old pin from 1906.


Holding my breath getting to the "anchor".


Summit crew.