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| strudolyubov | West Ridge  Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2012 | |
| Hiked California Peak via West Ridge from Zapata Falls. Bone dry below treeline, a little bit of snow above 13,000 ft. Nice hike with great views of Sierra Blanca and Crestones/Sand Dunes. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2012 11:38 pm | ||
| JohnnyCO | Sierra Blanca View of a Lifetime Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2012 | |
| Summitted via the west ridge from Zapata Falls TH. True beauty. Great route with the option to walk the cirque and drop into the south fork of Zapata Creek.Spooky plane crash site. If anyone plans to climb this soon, a PVC register at the summit would be nice to replace a glass jar that is about to shatter. Keep an eye out for the sheep herd that hangs around. Sweet full curls. | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2012 8:13 pm | ||
| astrobassman | Went to California Date Climbed: May 28, 2011 | |
| And it was good. Standing on a hill in a mountain of dreams, told myself it's not as hard as it seems. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2011 12:14 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Going to California with an aching in my heart Date Climbed: May 7, 2011 | |
| Tried to stick to the summer trail, but due to snow lost it in the trees above the meadow at 10,800ft. Climbed a snow-filled gully to the ridge. Agree with sevenvii, those false summits will put an aching in your heart even when you know they're coming. | |
| Posted May 8, 2011 9:00 am | ||
| sevenvii | North Ridge spring time Date Climbed: Apr 30, 2011 | |
| What a very long ridge this is. Overall was a great weather day, and other than a little ice on the rock to gain the ridge, pretty uneventful hike. The endless false summits become a little demoralizing, even if you know to expect them. | |
| Posted May 2, 2011 2:49 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2009 | |
| Kind of a boring hike. High mountain with a decent altitude. Awesome views of Blanca and Ormes Buttress!! | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 12:19 am | ||
| Jay Moon | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009 | |
| A long day from the Zappata Falls trail head. Had a diffcult time finding Roach's ridge from his 14er book. Ended up achieving the ridge from a talus field off the south fork trail. Awesome views and a challenging hike. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2009 7:46 pm | ||
| utclimber | North Ridge, descended South Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2009 | |
| I hiked up the easy N Ridge, then traversed to Unnamed 13577 and Unnamed 13660, with a descent to Lily Lake. From there it was an easy hike back to the lower Huerfano trailhead. This route avoids an ascent of the loose talus on the S ridge. | ||
| Posted Jul 24, 2009 8:51 pm | ||
| miztflip | South Ridge to North Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2009 | |
| Climbed up from Lily Lake to 13,577 and then crossed to 13,660. I then climbed California and descended the N ridge. I also took in the 12er from the pass before going back down into the valley. I then hiked back up to camp at the upper TH. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 9:00 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Up South Ridge, down North Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| Loop with UN 13577 & UN 13476. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2009 11:40 am | ||
| Mots010 | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Class 1 all the way, although VERY scenic. Lots of bighorn and elk along the way. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2008 2:30 pm | ||
| heather14 | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| A nice mellow hike after Lindsey, Huerfano and Iron Nipple the day before. The views were amazing the entire hike! Suprised by all the rolling false summits. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2008 5:00 pm | ||
| rpace | West ridge Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2008 | |
| What a great day! The views of the Blanca Massif are breathtaking from this vantage point! | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2008 1:51 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | 13er Trio Date Climbed: May 12, 2008 | |
| Ben L and I had climbed Ellingwood, Blanca and Little Bear Pk in the proir two days, so we decided to make it a nice long third day. We starting hiking from the Zapata Creek Trail and ascended the West Ridge to the summit of California continuing on to Pt 13,577 and on to Pt 13,660. 13 hours roundtrip left us feeling accomplished back at the trailhead. We investigated the plane wreckage in the North Fork Basin. | |
| Posted May 15, 2008 12:18 am | ||
| climbcolorado | North Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2007 | |
| Hiked with my two dogs. Very long ridge hike with 6 false summits! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 9:58 am | ||
| chicagotransplant | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| Solo climb, saw no one else the entire day. The length of time above treeline on the ridge surprised me, lots of false summits! | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2007 10:40 am | ||
| KyleR | North Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2006 | |
| Ascended via the North ridge route. Took my father (63 yrs) with me and had a great time on a beautiful summer day. The view from California Peak makes you feel so insignificant. Never saw another human...a great bang-for-the-buck outing! | |
| Posted Jun 12, 2007 4:40 pm | ||
| shknbke | south ridge and down north ridge Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006 | |
| Did California as part of a grand tour of the area which included 13660, 13577, and 12180. I would highly recommend this loop hike as it affords some of the most spectacular views in the Sangres! | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2006 10:46 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Summit Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006 | |
| Summited with two friends, Jake and Beth. A great hike through heavy cloud cover. Not too many views but the clouds moving to and fro was really interesting. We got a quick 10 minute peak of the Sand Dunes from around 12,500 before climbing into the clouds at about 8:00am. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 3:12 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | South Ridge (ascent); North Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2006 | |
| From UN 13577. En route to UN 13476. | |
| Posted Jul 17, 2006 8:44 pm | ||
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