7/6/2024 Route: From Matterhorn Creek Posted On: 7/6/2024, By: ReginaThomas Info: Summer conditions up there. There is a lot of deadfall on the old road in treeline but it was only minorly annoying to navigate. It did make it easy to lose the road but was easy to find again. Beautiful and easy hike up pleasant tundra to just below the summit and then some quick San Juan dues paying on a super short scree pitch below the summit. I drove a Crosstrek to the Lower TH No problem. |
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6/9/2024 Route: W slopes: Iron Beds rd/route Posted On: 6/9/2024, By: d_baker Info: Drove to Matterhorn Creek 4x4 TH, no issues. Clearance is advisable. Mostly summer conditions. No snow of consequence on route. Didn't bring snowshoes or traction. When looking at a topo or gaia or map of choice, you're likely to see 'Iron Beds' to the W of the summit of BH. We walked the old road to near that point, but ascended slopes to W/SW running ridge from saddle area. Easy pleasant hike with awesome summit perch! Much of LC area peaks are drying out. Was on Sundog on Saturday and that was almost snowfree as well (see ReginaThomas report for her spot on report). 2hrs to summit. I wore summertime hiking boots. |
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6/8/2021 Route: from Matterhorn Peak Posted On: 6/9/2021, By: HikerGuy Info: Traverse from Matterhorn is dry. Easy access to summit by traversing around base of summit block. Basin down to old mining road is dry as well. Route was 9.93 miles and 4,314 feet. |
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11/3/2020 Route: From Matterhorn Peak Posted On: 11/4/2020, By: supranihilest Info: From Matterhorn I descended back to the saddle with Broken Hill, where the stock driveway crosses. It looks like there's a ton of snow but it's almost all avoidable. Up and over a couple of bumps with some very loose rock to contend with (no scrambles, just loose footing) will take you to the base of Broken Hill's north slopes, which are steep and extremely loose. There's a trail cutting across the slope but it's full of snow and kind of annoying, but better than attempting to claw straight up the crumbling hillside. At the top you're faced with an imposing summit block but there's a sneaky ledge around the right side that leads to Class 2 south slopes to the summit. There's no scrambling at all on Broken Hill so if you're doing any you're in the wrong spot. I retraced my steps most of the way back across the north ridge and down a big, fat, snowy rib to the stock driveway then back to the trail and road. |
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8/30/2018 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 9/1/2018, By: TravelingMatt Info: From the upper Matterhorn Creek TH, follow the standard route up Wetterhorn for some 3/4 mile until arriving at a south-facing switchback in open terrain at around 11,300'. Leave trail and continue south on a old jeep road. This road can be followed above treeline to around 12,200'; from there, continue roughly east up gentle terrain to the 12,595' col between Broken Hill and point 12886. Walk up the south ridge of Broken Hill; at the bottom of a cliff band climb up an obvious 20' slot that goes no harder than Class 2+. Above the slot stay on the ridge to the summit. North ridge direct does not go. Instead, descend the slot you came up and contour around west to col between Broken Hill and point 13052. From this col, you can cut over northeast to Uncompahgre but the best way to or from Wetterhorn, Matterhorn or the Matterhorn Creek Trail is over 13052 and down towards the four-way col at 12458'. Last pic shows Broken Hill from the summit of 13158 to the east. |
