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| Panthera uncia | Snowy Red Gully  Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2010 | |
| Encountered a lot of snow in the gully on the standard route so we opted to climb some fun, knoby rock up to the summit. | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2010 6:11 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | Rough ride Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2008 | |
| The worst part of the entire journey was the ride into the trailhead. Climbed the Needle with my incredible wife Leah and then headed over to the Peak alone. Great day! | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2010 1:35 pm | ||
| rockymountaindiva | Another foggy summit Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2009 | |
| Happy to get this one after the miserable slog up Cottonwood Creek! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2010 12:13 am | ||
| Flyingclimber | 3 in one almost four | |
| Crestone Needle, Peak, Humbolt | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 8:39 pm | ||
| mirhash | The Peak from Cottonwood Creek Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Tried to make the peak to needle traverse but had to bail due to nil visibility | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2010 10:50 pm | ||
| ericnoel | Crestone and East Crestone Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010 | |
| We made the short approach and camped at the upper South Colony Lake. Then up to the ridge and up the NW Gully. Then down the red gully and over Broken Hand Pass to make a loop of it. Nice area and an interesting route. Steep, but never scary steep. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2010 4:42 pm | ||
| skorpeo | From new parking lot Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| Thirteen hours from new parking lot. My partner, Paul could have easily taken 3-4 hours off that time. From the saddle to the summit was a bit airy, but fun. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2010 12:34 pm | ||
| metal4lyf | N Buttress Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010 | |
| The North Buttress is an amazing route and a great preparation for the Peak-to-Needle traverse (which is easier in my opinion than the crux of the buttress). Incredible! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2010 11:08 am | ||
| BGL84 | Red Couloir | |
| Awesome Climb, Missed out on the exposure, we were climbing in mostly fog and cloud cover, lite hail. Definately an experience. Hope to do the needle soon. | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2010 9:34 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | South Couloir Date Climbed: May 21, 2010 | |
| This was a great snow climb from South Colony Lakes. On our way back to Broken Hand Pass, we climbed Crestolita as well. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2010 2:52 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Red Gully Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Love the Sangres! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2010 5:38 pm | ||
| utclimber | Final 14er | |
| Climbing Crestone Peak was very memorable for me, since it was my last of the 14ers in Colorado. I hiked up the South Face from Cottonwood Creek in September of 2003. | ||
| Posted Mar 28, 2010 4:00 pm | ||
| JB99 | Climbed with my little brother Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=6600&parmuser=JB99&cpgm=tripuser | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2009 4:25 pm | ||
| pyerger | south face x3 | |
| I have climbed this a few times Great scramble up the south face. Did the traverse, from peak to needle once. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2009 1:08 pm | ||
| Darren9 | Red Couloir rocks | |
| One of my first real couloir climbs and very fun. Part of guides training for WSC in Gunnison | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 1:28 am | ||
| ElliottDavis | Second time's a charm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009 | |
| Had a fine day; first the Needle, then back to Cottonwood Lake and around for my second try of the trip. With weather threatening, I made it from the big cairn at the bottom to the summit in 1:09 - zoom! I was quite pleased. BTW, the class 4 traverse to the East Summit that Roach describes is actually a class 2+ walkup. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:31 pm | ||
| ElliottDavis | hail and thunder Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2009 | |
| Red Gully from S Colony Lakes to 214' vertical feet from the saddle and then thunder went BOOM! And we went bye-bye. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:29 pm | ||
| seano | Red Gully Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2009 | |
| Cruiser class 2-3, with a Colorado Fourteener Interstate to the base. Nice peak. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 9:26 am | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | This time via Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009 | |
| Did the West summit last month, but had some unfinished business. This time we did the East summit from the traverse from the Needle. Descent of the NW couloir. (A LITTLE BETA: Save the NW couloir for a nice snow climb folks. It's about half class 4 and a loose pile of SH_T at this time of year - I had to be on belay for 2/3 of it as I am not a pro down-climber on loose, wet class 4!!! Toss in an ice field right where you must cross to the exit too, an axe AND belay was needed to safely cross w/o crampons) | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2009 11:52 am | ||
| rocketsredglare | Broken CO cherry Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| One of the best days in the mountains I have had. The Red Gully is a definite climb, this is not an easy one and it definitely gives you some exposure! The summit is a beauty and the climb down and out is not as bad as you think coming up :) Started at 10 and out by 7 going pretty easy and waiting for my party for an hour and a half. Ran the last 2-3 miles out. PERFECT!! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 1:07 pm | ||
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