Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Blanca Peak > Climber's Log
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| mjholmes | Looooong Approach  Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1979 | |
| Walked the road as we did not have a capable 4X4 and it was a very long day, but worth it. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2012 8:07 pm | ||
| mattwagner58 | Great first 14er! Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2005 | |
| Perfect weather. Summited on first day, camped along the upper lakes, and decended the next day. | ||
| Posted Feb 6, 2012 12:32 pm | ||
| xpda | Blanca Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1995 | |
| Rained on the way down. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:21 pm | ||
| BrianSS | Route Climbed: Standard Route From Lake Como Trailhead Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2011 | |
| Started hiking a few miles in on Lake Como Road, set up camp, then continued on to the summits of Blanca and Ellingwood. | ||
| Posted Oct 22, 2011 7:50 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Linked over from Ellingwood Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008 | |
| An easy traverse over | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 3:10 pm | ||
| technicolorNH | Retreat Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2011 | |
| Parked about 1.5 miles in from the highway and hiked the remaining 5.8 miles to Como Lake. The weather had been nasty in previous days with several inches of snow halfway up the saddle and my lack of foot chains and full alpine gear made turning back a necessity when the clouds swept in and sleet came down in sheets. Two other hikers well ahead of me on the saddle kept going but they looked very well equipped. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2011 1:54 am | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Night climb Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005 | |
| During the night. Awesome. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2011 11:01 am | ||
| JohnnyCO | Blanca/ Ellingwood Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2011 | |
| Great weather! Bit cold on summit. Made my way over to Ellingwood via just below the ridge. Magnificent views and vibes! | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2011 2:01 pm | ||
| belexes | Lake Como Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011 | |
| Meetup.com trip. We hiked in from San Luis Valley on Saturday and camped at Lake Como. We started around 4AM Sunday morning. There was a lot of loose talus higher up, so the "trail" was very hard to find. We went to the right before the saddle and dealt with some fairly easy class 3 scrambling before we made the summit. We got to the summit around 7:30 or so, I think. The clouds were already building up early in the day. Then we went over to Ellingwood Point. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 2:52 pm | ||
| twilly | Beautiful Hike Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011 | |
| Started at the very bottom and camped at lake como the first night then went to the top the next day along with ellingwood. Favorite mountain I have climbed so far. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 10:14 pm | ||
| I like it on top | Lake Como Route Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011 | |
| Great hike and weather along with Ellingwood. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2011 6:09 pm | ||
| vbeckman74 | Cold and Windy Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2005 | |
| Blanca was cold, windy, steep and exposed. Wind forced some of the guys in my group to crawl to the summit. Cold and wind made the stay at the summit brief. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2011 10:54 am | ||
| nutaylay | First 14er Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2011 | |
| Did this on a 2 day trip, camped Saturday at Lake Como and hit the summit the next day, rested for about 1/2 hour while breaking down camp, and descended. On the way up got sidetracked in a couloir pretty close to Ellington and then had to take the ridge the rest of the way to Blanca. Would have liked to do another peak in the area, but facing an 8 mile descent and tired legs decided to scrap and drive back to Denver. Beautiful! | ||
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 2:37 pm | ||
| zoomloco | traverse Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010 | |
| The traverse from little bear is the best CO 14 traverse, and maybe the best CO 14er route period. probably only class 4, though a bit exposed. TR up at http://zoomloco.xanga.com/732717261/purple-mountain-majesties/ | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:41 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | Gash Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2011 | |
| Fun Climb from Huerfano Basin. Car shuttle to Lake Como Road after tagging Ellingwood Point as well. | |
| Posted Jun 27, 2011 2:33 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | From Lake Como Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011 | |
| Backpacked up the Hanus Lake Como Road and camped at Como Lake. Climbed Blanca and Ellingwood the next day and did the ridge traverse between them. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2011 3:25 pm | ||
| REM | From Jaws One Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2002 | |
| Climbed with B. Davidson. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2011 11:50 pm | ||
| castricone7 | West face Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011 | |
| With Kim and Will. Great weather, snowshoes not needed. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2011 11:28 am | ||
| ripper333 | nice day Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011 | |
| brought skis intending to ski down.. no snow off the top so left skis at someones camp.. joyful to carry em that far for no reason .. made the best of it.. nice day with cool peeps despite no turns. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2011 1:56 pm | ||
| gregoryhuey | primo Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2007 | |
| A personal favourite & one of my earlier winter ascents. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2011 4:18 pm | ||
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