Scramble The Rockies!

Here you will hopefully find pictures and trip reports for the few scrambles I find the time to do each season. Click on the name of the mountain for pictures and a route description, along with whatever other details I can remember from the trip. Sorry for the ones that are missing!

What Is Scrambling?

You need to be able to think critically about the best route through the terrain ahead of you. A wrong choice could be at best inconvenient or at worst fatal!

Scrambling usually entails taking a more direct route up a mountain than the "tourist" paths with all the switchbacks, handrails, and "you are here" signs. Often there is no sign of anyone ever having been there before you (though unless you're on a peak that's hard to reach, or just horribly off-route this is actually quite unlikely these days!).

A Little About Me

I started scrambling in 2004 when a good friend, Mark, talked me into it. Thankfully, he started me off slow. We did only two scrambles that year (at least I did, I suspect he did many more than that!) -- Ha-Ling and Grotto. I confess that Grotto almost killed me. I was completely out of shape, and the 1400+ meter ascent was almost my undoing. At that time, I vowed to do something about my woeful physical condition. And umpteen years later, I'm now fit, but still fat. Funny how that works.

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