Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Blanca Peak > Climber's LogBlanca Peak Climber's Log
|
|
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|
| JB99 | Standard Route  Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Slow day for me, intended to do Little Bear but after feeling sick all morning just made the stroll up Blanca. Beautiful area, I'd recommend camping above Lake Como if you want more quiet and privacy. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2009 4:24 pm | ||
| jrf | Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2009 | |
| I went up Blanca first and traversed across to Ellingwood. I didn't think Blanca was quite as hard as I expected. Weather was great and the views were beautiful. Traverse was easy Class 3 and enjoyable. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2009 5:03 pm | ||
| Buckaroo | Regular Route Solo Date Climbed: Feb 2, 1991 | |
| Before I knew how to "go light" 50lbs pack. Deep powder on approach, postholing with snowshoes following an old skier track. -40F low. Nice consolidated snow higher up, not too cold on summit day in the sun. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2009 1:33 pm | ||
| Big Skies 808 | One of the best routes ever Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Climbed the NW Face on Little Bear and traversed to Blanca under stellar skies. One of the best routes I've ever done. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 5:57 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| Hiked this one after Lil Bear to save another trip up to Lake Como. Awesome day. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 12:23 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Blanca y Ellingwood Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009 | |
| Hiked up to Blue Lakes and then did Blanca and Ellingwood. Great day and amazing views. Those were 14'ers number 9 and 10 this summer and were by far the coolest of them all. Camp at Blue Lakes instead of Como!!! | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 9:26 pm | ||
| pyerger | blanca Date Climbed: May 27, 2005 | |
| Climbed this peak twice. This is one of my favorate 14ners, so far. Did it car, to car once, about a fifteen hour day. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 3:09 pm | ||
| Dennis Poulin | Lake Como Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2008 | |
| Long day hike. Snowed a little on me near the top. | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2009 12:48 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | From Ellingwood Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Awesome day, no weather. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 4:21 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | from Lake Como | |
| One of my crazy fourteener trips. Camped at Lake Como, which was completely covered under ice and snow. A lot of snow. Did loose the track and started snow climbing the ridge between Little Bear and Blanca Peak. Duchess was afraid on this one. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 4:40 am | ||
| davebobk47 | In the Clouds Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2009 | |
| Clouds rolling in and out all morning and very wet slushy snow. It took me forever but I eventaually made it and got a few nice views between clouds. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2009 10:26 pm | ||
| bruceg | First Colorado 14eer Date Climbed: Jul 27, 1987 | |
| Climbed with Susan, a ranger from Great Sand Dunes NM. Walked the road and watched some amazing driving. Camped above Como Lake. We were the only ones on the peak, rare for a Colorado 14eer! | |
| Posted Apr 24, 2009 8:09 pm | ||
| ozarkmac | Blanca solo | |
| Solo trip. Camped just above Lake Como. Made the saddle between Blanca and Ellingwood, then up the airy ridge to the summit. Incredible views. Wish I'd done Ellingwood too. | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2009 7:31 am | ||
| strudolyubov | Blanca/Ellingwood combo Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Started from camp near Blue Lakes. Climbed the standard route and continued on to Ellingwood. Good weather, great views. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2009 5:43 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | 3x Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2005 | |
| 9/18/05 - From camp at Lake Como. Climbed Ellingwood's SW ridge and continued on to Blanca. Descended standard route. 6/10/06 - Returned for a one day blitz of the Lake Como Trio. Climbed Little Bear's NW face, did the classic traverse to Blanca, continued along ridge to Ellingwood & descended Ellingwood's SW ridge. This remains my favorite day in the mountains for its endless, quality scrambling. 2/9/09 - Winter ascent of the NW face from high camp at Lake Como. Amazing views! Still gotta go back for Gash Ridge :) | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2009 6:22 pm | ||
| msihl | Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge from Lake Como Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Christoph, who did his first 14er climb...about a foot of snow on the summit and the ridge and temperatures below freezing. But very fun climb! | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2008 5:50 pm | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Como Lake TH, combo w/Ellingwood Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| A long day completely enshrouded in clouds,rain and wind from 8,500 ft. with Tard Sauce (aka Brandon Fuller) and his sister. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2008 9:04 pm | ||
| Brandon Fuller | Combo In Rain Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| Went from bottom of Lake Como Road in a day. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2008 10:30 am | ||
| Clark_Griswold | Second times the charm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2008 | |
| This time I came up the evening before and camped above Lake Como in the tundra. The next day was a relatively easy hike to the summit. Due to bad weather I wasn't able to summit Ellingwood. At least I had a view this time. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2008 9:51 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | NW Face Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008 | |
| Climbed the standard route. I was fighting a sour stomach all morning and almost threw up around 13k'. After taking a few moments to calm down and assess myself for AMS (it wasn't) I decided to fight through it. Glad I did - the views from on top were awesome. And I never puked! | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2008 1:48 am | ||
|