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| MarkDidier | Via Broken Hand Pass and Red Gully  Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2012 | |
| I really enjoyed this peak. We backpacked in to South Colony Lakes. The climb up Broken Hand Pass was the toughest part of the day - too much scree!!! The red gully was a lot of fun, and the final scramble up the ridge crest wasn't all that exposed. While definitely a tough day, it wasn't as difficult as advertised. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2012 8:42 pm | ||
| milan | Great Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012 | |
| After a day on Culebra, this mountain hit the spot! Beautiful, fun, the Red Gully was relentless. | ||
| Posted Oct 21, 2012 5:53 pm | ||
| Diggler | North Pillar, North Buttress Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2012 | |
| with Faith. Arrived night before & set up camp slightly lower than lower lake (~11,600'). Rain during hike in reminded me of previous attempt, where we got shut down by rain (&had one of my most miserable camping experiences (& Faith's worst) ever), & made me nervous. Hard to sleep night before. Left @ 5.23. Started climbing @ 8.00. Started on R-side off-width that Rich had been nagging me to do ever since he did it. Full-value, & kicked my ass (although it was short- ~15'), but got through it w/o hanging. Major scrapes on my R leg, as had shorts on... Rest of climb easier but fun- great combo of face & cracks! Rock was mostly quite solid, & delightful to climb on! Not as runout as the Prow. Belay ledges comfy & spacious too (except for P2 belay- 195' above belay 1). Belayed 4 pitches & simul'ed rest. I led pitched-out stuff. Topped out on climb @ 13.15. Faith feeling shitty from cold & didn't like the look of remainder of climb to summit (& questionable weather). I took off up N buttress alone @ 13.32. Fun to top of tower- class 4 traversing to notch exposed & OUTRAGEOUS!! Stoked to put it behind me (until way down...). Chill & fun from notch. Summited @ 14.22. Great views- Crestones, Sierra Blanca, Pikes, Kit Carson, sand dunes, ... Left summit @ 14.41. Summited E summit @ 14.49. Left @ 14.55. Drop-offs from E summit ridiculous! Back where I left Faith (13,540') an hour later. Packed up our stuff & took off. Enjoyed sunny, blessed late afternoon descent. Back @ camp @ 18.54. LONG but GREAT day!! | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2012 8:22 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | Red gulley via broken hand pass Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2012 | |
| Climbed class 3 red gulley route with Dustin. Fun route with a little fun exposed scramble at the finish. Wear your helmet on this one. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2012 12:01 am | ||
| I like it on top | Red Gulley Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012 | |
| Great climb up the red gulley and beautiful summit. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2012 1:10 am | ||
| blueshade | Crestone Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012 | |
| Climbed the standard Red Couloir on Crestone Peak, easy but seems like it'll never end. Then did the traverse to Needle. Stayed fairly high, making the approach to the traverse a little more interesting. Only the last technical section from the Black Gendarme was fun, in my opinion. Fun C4 section. Down the majority of the East Gully (kind of like canyoneering when descending the lower part). Tried for Humboldt the same day. Plenty of time but rained off. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2012 9:01 pm | ||
| Mooner | Up I Go | |
| 6/21/12 Climbing Ellingwood Ledges to the Needle. Needle to Peak | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2012 4:09 pm | ||
| Pete Castricone | Peak to Needle Date Climbed: May 30, 2012 | |
| The Crestones...I finally found something that beats Snowmass as the worst 14er in Colorado. | |
| Posted May 31, 2012 3:32 pm | ||
| JakeCO | SW Gully Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2011 | |
| Camped at Lower S. Colony Lake (windy), Climbed snow over Broken hand pass and up the SW gully, gorgeous day, perfect weekend! | |
| Posted Apr 10, 2012 12:54 am | ||
| DerekFreed | Red Gully Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2010 | |
| Standard route from camp at the old 4WD TH. Nice route, but still prefer Crestone Needle's standard route. | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2012 2:30 pm | ||
| xpda | Crestone Peak Date Climbed: Aug 31, 1996 | |
| Climbed wrong peak, backtracked 900' vertical. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:25 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Great Peak! Date Climbed: May 14, 2002 | |
| Up the NW couloir from Bears Playground after a cold bivy at upper Colony lake. Many potential mixed alpine routes on the North Face not discussed in guide books. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2011 2:59 pm | ||
| ABQDrew | Standard Route - Super fun Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2011 | |
| Super fun route. Everything was clear of snow except for a couple hundred feet of climbing just below broken hand pass on the south colony lake side. Down climbing this section was a bit dicey at places but all in all not too bad. some ppl might prefer a mountaineering axe for this section only. | ||
| Posted Sep 26, 2011 8:24 pm | ||
| boisedoc | Red gully Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011 | |
| Pretty long day hike from the new gate closure. The gully was fun safe scrambling with little exposure. Biggest risk is likely rockfall from other climbers, especially at broken hand pass. Hordes of people around over the labor day weekend. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 1:24 pm | ||
| matthewp | Red Gully | |
| First Class 3. One of my favorite climbs to date. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2011 3:44 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Red Gully from new parking lot Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011 | |
| This is for sure a top shelf mountain. It's got a lot to offer. The fog lifted right when we got to the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2011 11:33 am | ||
| zoomloco | ellingwood arete direct to traverse | |
| a nice big peak, though more of a slog than anything else, even via the traverse...TR up at http://zoomloco.xanga.com/732717261/purple-mountain-majesties/ | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:38 pm | ||
| triyoda | Red Gully Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2009 | |
| Very satisfying summit. Sat for an hour at Broken hand pass, waiting for clouds to clear. Finally cleared up and I made a go for it. Crestones are amazing. | |
| Posted Apr 25, 2011 10:06 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Want to go back... Date Climbed: May 25, 2002 | |
| And do this again. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2011 4:39 pm | ||
| centrifuge | cool climb Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| amazing climb, met bill on this one | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2011 10:52 pm | ||
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