La Plata Peak > Ellingwood Ridge > Climber's LogEllingwood Ridge Climber's Log
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| BLong | Up, Up, Down, Down...  Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2012 | |
| Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start... It's either a recipe for negotiating the complex gendarmes & towers of Ellingwood Ridge, or a video game code! I dug this ridge-line, although there was far less class 4 scrambling on solid rock and far more loose, sandy gullies than I would have preferred. 7 hours car > summit. | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2012 3:51 pm | ||
| metalmountain | Blargh... Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012 | |
| LONG day for sure, about 8 hours to the summit on a solo hike. Lots of side hilling on lose rock when not on the ledges or the ridge. Not my favorite route ever. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2012 3:49 pm | ||
| gremlin | tedious Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2012 | |
| Was expecting to be on the ridge more, like the first section, but most of the way was gulley traversing, which was interesting, but got old. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2012 1:22 pm | ||
| Flyingclimber | Fun Route | |
| A while ago, had to hunker down for a bit on the ridge to wait out a T-storm. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 8:32 pm | ||
| BigRob | Long Day Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008 | |
| Great climb. Route is pretty comitting, so check the whether and hustle. | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2009 1:50 pm | ||
| benners | Fun ridge Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| This was a fun, although long ridge. | |
| Posted Dec 9, 2008 9:01 pm | ||
| Dropmo40 | searing image Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005 | |
| ellingwood will forever be in my soul. great intro to class 3-4 route | |
| Posted Oct 31, 2008 1:39 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Down to the left, and around... Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2005 | |
| You learn quickly that this is the tried and true method for negotiating the never-ending series of gendarmes. Down to the left and around, then repeat. The ridge itself took many hours. Sticking to the crest is 5th class, can be kept 3rd class if you're willing to drop down further off the ridge at times. We stayed in the 3rd/4th class range. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2008 3:58 pm | ||
| edlins | Ack! Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007 | |
| Not another cliffed-out gendarme!! Eight hours car to summit - great adventure, nasty rock. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 2:06 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Another Albert Ellingwood Classic Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1967 | |
| Albert Ellingwood & company were amazing !!! | |
| Posted Aug 23, 2006 9:26 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | One of my favorite CO routes Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004 | |
| My first class 3 route, this one was a doozy--and I loved it! | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 4:10 pm | ||
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