Pikes Peak

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 7/4/2025, By: Myankelshurt
Info: Today we hit it from the back. For my 20th PP Accent. Only 1 snowfield, super manageable. On the way back down I actually stumbled into the new trail the RMFI is building and took that down the last miles, so ended up with 14.5 for the day. 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 7/2/2025, By: Myankelshurt
Info: Just a fantastic day!!!! I took the incline up where I saw a cougar (can't believe my sister was up there......it's funny because her bf is 15 years younger than her) about 200 yards after "Top of the Incline". There was 1 snow drift that was easy to get around! Left the Barr Parking lot at 4:30 back by 1:30 My total was 23 miles with taking the incline. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 7/2/2025, By: wolfgangstiller
Info: Route is in summer conditions (excellent). There is a 100 ft snow field at about 5.25 miles up the route (13,130 ft elev) and two very small snow fields just below the summit that can be bypassed but none of these pose any issues (no post holing or special traction needed). 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/29/2025, By: dweiss
Info: Absolute pristine climbing weather. Sunny, no wind (even at the summit) and no snow, except for a small segment of snow patch previous posters have mentioned. Started at 3:30am summited at 8:30am, was a great climb. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/29/2025, By: GUTstring
Info: Small patches of snow in last 300' of route and below Little Pikes. Can be avoided or stomped through with minimal postholing. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/27/2025, By: outerbanksdad
Info: I got to the trailhead at 9:00 pm and the parking lot was empty. I car camped and I left the trailhead at 1:30 this morning.  The temperature was warm enough for a sun shirt and hiking pant but I did wear gloves. The only snow I saw was just past Devils Playground. I crossed on snow field around 3:30 and it was solid but it was early. No spikes were needed and no post-holing either way. I ended summited at 5:30 am and beat the sunrise by minutes. Incredible views. Route finding was very easy on the way up but I did stray off the route towards the summit and lost 30 minutes of overall time. My overall time was 7 hours with a 15 minute stop at the summit. Beautiful day! Oh, forgot someone lost an Iphone and they put it on a cairns approximately 20-30 min from devils playground on the lower end. 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/23/2025, By: BRadleyC
Info: Near summer conditions on the Barr Trail. Only a few small/short snow crossings. Had microspikes and didn't bother to put them on. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/24/2025, By: mcosby
Info: Route is in good shape. Some patchy snow near the top, but nothing of note. 

Route: Y Couloir Direct
Posted On: 6/30/2025, By: Jonathan Deffenbaugh
Info: Perfect snow conditions ascending the Y Direct, over 2K vertical. Front point conditions near the summit after taking the direct option. Standard snow climbing gear, ice axe, crampons, helmet. Approach trail good to Bottomless Pit, some snow crossings but avoidable as well. Descended via Barr Trail. Just some snowy sections near the top at the 16 Golden Stairs, but shouldn't be a hazard much longer, had microspikes for that section. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/16/2025, By: lang_daly
Info: Micro spikes still very helpful for last 900 foot or so pitch to the summit. Was still frozen when I descended around 9:45. 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/16/2025, By: krull543
Info: Great day for an up and down! Hit the bottom of the Barr about 5:45am. Perfect conditions. Above 13k there was still a lot of snow and ice. Some sections the trail was not discernible. Thankful for poles for extra stability. Very clear from the top! 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/11/2025, By: johnfegy
Info: I hiked Pikes Peak from the Crags Trailhead up the Northwest Slopes route. I hiked the entire route in trail runners with no other equipment (I started at 6:00 am). From the trailhead to the Devils playground it was clear of snow other than a few small drifts. From Devil's Playground there were a handful snow slopes that I had to traverse but they were all soft enough that I didn't have any trouble at all just walking across them. Occasional snow on/off from miles 4-5. The final pitch (~800ft) was quite snowy, but I stuck to the leftmost ridge spine and was able to move from rock-to-rock with no trouble (see red line in stock photo for reference). I took the same route down and it was a breeze. Total roundtrip summit time at a casual pace was about 6 hours. The second photo I took today at the bottom of the final pitch and you can see I did have to walk on some snow between rocks at the very bottom. Massive thunderstorms rolled in right at noon so I was glad I was back at my car by then. 

Route: Y Couloir
Posted On: 6/7/2025, By: Been_Jammin
Info: Climbed the Y Couloir via barr trail and bottomless pit. Used jmanner’s GPX starting at the Y split. Bomber beta. Perfect Conditions. 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 6/3/2025, By: jjmirk12
Info: I started at 4:15 from barr trailhead, the parking lot was nearly empty. There was no snow until the very end of the tree line where there were 2-3 small patches. There were a few larger snowfields after about 10ish miles but nothing too crazy. The last mile and a half from the summit was maybe half snow. I didn't use my microspikes on the way up and it felt completely fine. I put the spikes on for the descent which was nice, even though the snow was already quite soft (this was around 10am). I would say spikes or poles would be nice for maybe the next week of two but I'd imagine 80% of the current snowpack melts in the next 10 days. 

Route: Northwest Slopes
Posted On: 6/2/2025, By: pastro
Info: Started from Crag’s Trailhead. Parking full by 0830 but other spots available nearby. Trail conditions were great. Snow above 10,000’, mostly compressed/melting. Spikes aren’t necessary but could help. Frequent storms at the peak this time of year. Be prepared to take a shuttle or the train down the mountain.