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| MattGreene | North Ridge  | |
| Late June 2010 - Ascended the north ridge (unbelievably awesome route - much better than I expected), traversed to Challenger, then descended the Kirk Couloir. | ||
| Posted Dec 24, 2010 7:33 pm | ||
| Panthera uncia | KCP & CP from Willow Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2009 | |
| Fun knob climbing! | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2010 5:58 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | Long day from Willow Lake TH Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Started at Willow Lake TH in the morning with Ted Romero. Got Kit Carson, Challenger and then went over Kat Carson on the way to Humbolt. A storm rolled in and we bailed down Spanish Creek drainage. Long, long day. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2010 1:02 pm | ||
| C Wenker | From SColony Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2010 | |
| Climbed KC Prow, tagged Challenger, then back to finish KC direct from top of Prow. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2010 10:01 am | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | The Prow Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010 | |
| Stuck rope and penji. Nasty fall at the crux. Landed on the ledge on my back. I thought the rope snapped over one of those sharp edges. I was the 2nd too. Day was pretty much over after that. What a disappointment. Painful and gorgeous hike out tho. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2010 4:01 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Via Willow Lake Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010 | |
| A single day outing with Castricone7 (Pete). Had impecable weather and ran into several groups of people. A long day but definately a good, solid one. Fall is definitely coming soon! | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2010 3:58 pm | ||
| Pete Castricone | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2010 | |
| One day with Kiefer. Great weather. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2010 2:52 pm | ||
| davebobk47 | via Willow Lake Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010 | |
| Camped above Willow Lake. Hit Challenger then took the Ave up to Kit Carson. Good weather, physically tough. | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2010 11:38 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Finally met the Challenge Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010 | |
| Got Challenger from the Willow Lake side. The dog's 30th 14er - my 50th. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2010 1:16 am | ||
| metal4lyf | north ridge Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2010 | |
| this is an incredibly fun route offering solid class-4 rock and plenty of exposure. Crossed the avenue to Challenger and descended the standard route | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2010 10:32 pm | ||
| belexes | Willow Lake Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| Meetup.com trip. We backpacked in from below Willow Creek Trailhead and camped at Willow Lake on Jul 23. The mosquitoes were voracious. We left camp the next morning a little after 5AM, climbed up the talus slope to Challenger Point, arrived there around 8AM. Our leader did not want to bring his dogs up Kit Carson, so he headed down to camp. We continued on to the saddle, then followed Kit Carson Avenue to the gully that took us to the top. We hung out for a little while (it was windy, and there was a lot cloud cover, so there wasn't much to see) then returned to camp the way we came. One of the hikers had trouble with leg cramps, so it took him a lot longer to get back to camp. We spent one more night at Willow Lake, then hiked back down and returned to Denver on July 25. This was my first time in the Sangres. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2010 5:59 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Twofer Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2010 | |
| Had planned on hiking up to Willow Lake the night before, but we ran out of time. We had read a trip report on 14'ers saying that there was lots of mosquitos, and they were definitely right. Right out of the car at the trailhead, we got attacked by HUNDREDS! We slept at the trailhead and started at 4:45am the next morning. We made it up to Willow Lake by 7:20am with no mosquitos! Got up to Challenger Pt at 11:00am. Got to Kit Carson at 12:15pm. Got back down to Willow Lake around 2:45pm and then got back to the cars at 5pm. Long day, but the views were out of this world. Willow Lake is amazing! Love the area, but the mosquitos sucked on the way back. 14'er number 16 and 17 | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2010 9:35 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | S Colony Lakes approach Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2009 | |
| Missed out on Challenger Pt on this day since I had given blood a couple of days prior. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2010 6:17 pm | ||
| shknbke | South face winter ascent Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2010 | |
| Climbed the south face in winter from our camp at treeline in the Spanish Creek drainage. We tried to traverse across the avenue to Challenger, but it would have taken too long to belay everyone across safely with the amount of time we had left. Amazing scenery in Spanish Creek, but the deadfall is annoying! | |
| Posted Jan 20, 2010 4:25 pm | ||
| bryangast | Foggy day Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2000 | |
| Fog on the summit. Did challenger point as well but it's not really a peak. | |
| Posted Jan 7, 2010 10:27 pm | ||
| seano | North ridge from Crestone Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Long approach, but nice route! Great views of the Crestones with a fresh dusting of snow. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 9:32 am | ||
| pyerger | north ridge Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2009 | |
| awesome climb! one of the best in colorado | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2009 1:29 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | Kit Carson/Challenger combo via Willow Creek Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| Climbed Challenger point (second summit since 2002) together with Kit Carson starting from Willow Creek TH at 4:30am. After climbing Kit Carson, returned over Challenger and was back at the car at 2:45pm. A great day in Sangres! 08/12/2011: Climbed Kit Carson Peak via North Ridge route. Traversed to Columbia Point and returned over Challenger summit. 11 hours car-to-car. Fun scrambling, nice weather, great views! | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 11:14 pm | ||
| myrone | Kit Carson via Upper S. Colony Lakes TH Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| 4th attempt at this peak...started up at 4:50AM and reached summit at 10:52AM via Columbia Pk.("Kat Carson") Then back over Columbia on return route...made for a long day but met some good people and the weather was OK until the rain & hail the last mile back to TH. Finally succeeded;my 44th 14'er.........sweet!! | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 11:56 am | ||
| mattpayne11 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2009 | |
| Backpacked to Willow Lake and climbied via Challenger Point. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2009 1:21 am | ||
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