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| strudolyubov | SW Chimney route solo  Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012 | |
| Solo climb of Coxcomb Peak via SW Chimney on a day trip from West Fork TH. Wet rock in the chimney made it interesting. 3 hours from TH to the summit, total 6.5 hours car-to-car. As of Jul. 29, 2012, there were rappel slings on both upper chimney and summit gap pitches. Nice climbing, stellar summit views! | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2012 1:26 pm | ||
| utclimber | Coxcomb and Redcliff Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2012 | |
| Really fun mountain. Climbed the standard route, rapped the North face, and finished up Redcliff. | ||
| Posted Jul 29, 2012 6:48 pm | ||
| pyerger | Coxcomb!! Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2011 | |
| Spent four days in the Wetterhorn basin. This was an outstanding climb!! Would be a sure classic, if not for the loose rock. Climbed Wetterhorn, and some no name thirteeners, as well! I would call the Coxcomb 5.0/5.2. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2011 1:39 pm | ||
| Rockclimber77 | coxcomb North face | |
| Very fun climb 5-6 loose rock and only a couple pieces of protection at 160' I haven't climbed the other variation to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 2:08 am | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | north face 5.5/5.6 Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2011 | |
| fun climb, loose rock, not much beta for the route, but the actual climb did not appear so hard. The north face of Coxcomb is so huge. We chose a line near its east end, and ended up right below the rap anchors. One pitch - about 54 meters long. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2011 3:36 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | SW Chimney Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| An awesome climb!! Saw no one all day. Slings were missing and no bolts at the notch, not that it matters anyway. Looked at Redclif but the weather over Wetterhorn said otherwise. Rapped the chimney as well. Last day of an 8-9 day trip in the San Juans. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2008 2:11 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Happy Birthday shanahan96 Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| Climbed the standard route with shanahan96. Double rope rap of the north face. Other climbers sometimes report rockfall danger here, but it is actually a great rap if you descend a bit and find the proper anchor. Continued on to Redcliff and then "Fortress". | |
| Posted Feb 29, 2008 11:31 am | ||
| shanahan96 | birthday party Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| climbed coxcomb over my birthday weekend. what an awesome idea for a birthday celebration! very glad to get this peak after being rained off at the alcove during a san juan climbing expedition in august(only failure on that trip). jamie | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2007 10:43 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | summer '07 | |
| Incredible views - especially of Wetterhorn. Technical part is short but steep and exposed. Fairly short approach but rock's on the loose side here. Started snowing just after I got off the rock! | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2007 2:54 am | ||
| jeremy werlin | still snowy in late june 2007 Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007 | |
| SW Chimney. Loose as a goose. Helmets and MUCH care. Ice, running water on 4th class approach. No fixed slings for short rappel into notch. Some good slings for rappel back to start. West Fork Pass trail still had a lot of snow. Drifts in the forest down low and most of the trail once you start climbing out of the Valley towards the pass had snow. We detoured straight up to the saddle between Coxcomb and Redcloud, bivied, then made a slightly hairy traverse (big cornice all along the east edge of the saddle) around to the south side of Coxcomb and the route. Great fun. No register on top that we could find. It has been hotter than heck here so the snow is melting FAST. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2007 10:54 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | Summit not flat! Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2001 | |
| Climbed with Zach Marquis. Ice made it a bit scarry, especially at the gap. Saw a marmot shimmey down a crack just below the gap. Impressive climbing for a fat guy! | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2006 2:02 am | ||
| ChuckHeywood | Route Climbed: SW Chimney Date Climbed: Sept. 3, 2005 | |
| Fun! | ||
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 6:42 pm | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Southwest Chimney, descent via North Face Date Climbed: July 24, 2005 | |
| What a peak! The climbing was a delight once we got off the loose junk below the alcove. Coxcomb scared the daylights out of us when some weather moved in on us, though. We made a more expedient descent by rappelling 200' off the north face to quickly take us to the Coxcomb/Redcliff saddle. There is some serious rockfall danger during this rappell, so I can't recommend it unless you're in trouble. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2005 1:28 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | Route Climbed: SW Chimney Date Climbed: August 9, 2003 | |
| An incredible day, an incredible climb on an incredible mountain. Remember to bring your own slings for the rappel into the notch (as well as for backing up the rappels back to the base of the summit block). | |
| Posted Feb 19, 2004 2:33 pm | ||
| peakwolf | Route Climbed: Southwest Chimney Date Climbed: July 19, 2003 | |
| We had a beautiful day, no lightening till late that evening. I was kind of nervous about the exposed ridge walk so didn't even sign the register, just tagged the summit and headed back. This is one of those rare Colorado peaks that isn't climbed much! | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2003 4:07 pm | ||
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