Mount Columbia West Slopes

This very steep climb rises in Colorado. Expect 47 to 79 minutes. The hardest 500 metres average 46.5% and start 2.0 km in, so the worst of it lands when you are already committed. Facing southwest, it takes the afternoon heat and melts out early in the year. At 20.0 TEP it is harder than 94% of the climbs in the catalogue. Graded alpine hiking: exposed, rocky ground that needs sure feet and some use of the hands.

TEP: 20.0
Climb: +749 m
Distance: 3.4 km
Average grade: 22.2%
Time: 47 to 79 min

Climbs nearby

Mt. Harvard/Horn Fork, 2.4 km at 26.7%, Colorado (2 km away)
Harvard Columbia Scramble, 1.4 km at 19.2% (2.8 km away)
Harvard Columbia Scramble, 2.0 km at 19.0% (2.8 km away)
Kroenke Lake, 6.5 km at 10.1% (2.8 km away)
Magdalene, 1.8 km at 12.3% (3.3 km away)
South Pine Creek, 1.1 km at 26.4% (4.1 km away)