Jim's Excellent Adventures

You have to love a mountain whose name, translated from the German, is basically "Mount Beer City". :-) I climbed this mountain in 1996, it being my third 14er (Grays and Torreys being my first two). I didn't write a trip report because it wasn't worth one (and I wasn't writing them then). I followed the basic pedestrian route, starting at Guanella Pass, hiking through the swampy beaver meadows between the pass and the base of Bierstadt (and almost getting a boot sucked off in the mud there). From there it was a straightforward slog up 2,300' of tundra and talus slope to the top. Typical 14er crowd scene on top, of course, but the weather and views were terrific. Photos follow.

Mt. Evans

Mt. Evans (14,264') from the summit of Mt. Bierstadt.
(Photo by Jim Lehmer)

Squaretop

Squaretop Mountain (13,794') from the summit, looking west across Guanella Pass. Grays and Torreys are in the distance on the right.
(Photo by Jim Lehmer)

Me holding some sort of summit sign someone else had brought up. Note I am still wearing that dorky 80's-style moussed hair style (as opposed to my dorky short haircut I started wearing not too long after this :-). This is also before I "geared up" (wearing jeans!)
(Photographer unknown)

Mount Bierstadt

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