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| HokieJim | NW Ridge  Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Great views of Ellingwood Ridge after gaining the NW Ridge! | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2007 9:09 pm | ||
| Scott Rogers | Steep and Fun Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2006 | |
| Climb via standard route. Easy going, but rather steep. Good climb. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2007 8:22 pm | ||
| myrone | 1st Peak of 2007 Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2007 | |
| Arrived a bit late and started up at 7:40AM from trailhead at route 82. Bright sun and rather warm, reached the snow corniced summit at 11:40 with clouds building all around but bright sun on top. Only took 2.5 hours to descend as I was racing to beat an oncoming storm, back to the car at 2:38 as it started to rain. My 27th 14'er and first of '07..........Sweet! | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2007 9:58 am | ||
| ElliottDavis | SW Ridge from Sayres Benchmark Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Started on the SW ridge route as described by Roach. After splashing through the muddy willows, turned NW and up talus to the East Ridge of Sayres Benchmark. Sigh - some days you don't have the juice, and this was one of them; every step felt slow. Summited Sayres and then headed down the East Ridge, which was pretty time-consuming. Mostly class 3, with moments of class 4-5 that were avoidable by climbing down off the crest. The rock is mostly solid, with the East side of several towers being a bit crumbly. Then up La Plata and | |
| Posted Jun 19, 2007 12:17 pm | ||
| ktiffany22 | Repeat #4 on the season Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Another repeat on the season, another brand new route though:-) (standard this time). Camped at the trailhead (w/o my sleeping pad- oops) w/o much sleep, still had a superb summit the following day! | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 1:38 pm | ||
| Peak_Bagger | Nice one Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2002 | |
| This one was cool. | |
| Posted May 15, 2007 8:04 pm | ||
| crzyjt | Solo ski descent - NW ridge Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2007 | |
| Beautiful day. Unfortunately the new snow was too unstable to ski the north slopes, but it was a blast to be up there solo this time of year. | |
| Posted May 14, 2007 10:44 am | ||
| shanahan96 | winter, la plata style Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| climbed la plata with a group of six from 14ers.com. it ended up being a real adventure on a wonderful winter day! 13 hours and 55 min long....these folks are troopers. jamie | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2007 11:19 pm | ||
| Scott | Winter ascent Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| Same as Chicago' post below. All six of us made the summit, but it was a long day. 13 hours 40 minutes. The weather was actually reasonable. A bit of wind at times, light snow at times, but mostly good and with some periods of sunshine. After sunset it was completely clear with a star filled sky. We returned about 3 hours after dark so got to see the stars. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2007 4:49 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | NW Ridge - Winter Date Climbed: Feb 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Scott Patterson, shanahan96, jamienellis, bodacious and denalibound on a surprisingly comfortable winter day. Despite forecasts the snow was light and sparse and the ridge was fairly calm. Not too cold either. We left the trail in the trees to avoid avy paths on the standard route. The ridge was gained via a 3rd class loose scree gully, but otherwise the route was straightforward. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2007 4:26 pm | ||
| bpv_UW | NW Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2005 | |
| Climbed with my brother on a beautiful July day. Took our time; 8-9 hrs. RT. Summit to ourselves for ~45 minutes; only saw 2-3 other hikers the whole day. Awesome views from the top! | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2007 8:44 pm | ||
| Anya Jingle | Via Southwest Ridge from West Winfield Trailhead Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2002 | |
| Beautiful hike. I wish I could do it again. Our slideshow is here: La Plata Peak hike | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2007 6:02 am | ||
| boisedoc | One of the better Sawatch peaks Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1992 | |
| I thought the route from the south was enjoyable. We started hiking immediately after driving from Dallas which made for a bit of altitude sickness | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 4:16 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | NW ridge Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2005 | |
| My first 14er, and my first peak in CO! It was only my 2nd week living in Colorado, so I think I dragged a bit due to the altitude, but other than that, it was a great time! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 11:54 pm | ||
| royswkr | From Winfield side Date Climbed: Sep 11, 1993 | |
| Took route from S described by Edrinn as little-used, to find that no longer true once book was out :-) | ||
| Posted Sep 22, 2006 2:26 pm | ||
| lwillson83 | My 2nd 14er! Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005 | |
| #2 the day after #1! Nice steep hike. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2006 10:45 pm | ||
| awillson | Great hike! Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2005 | |
| A great hike! | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 6:23 pm | ||
| dunking_deutschman | Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| A pleasant hike. The route is very well marked with cairns and it is difficult to get off track. This is one of Colorado 14er's more conveniently located trailheads as it is located on a paved road. Enjoy your hike and then treat yourself to a 4 star dinner in Aspen. Your body has earned it, no doubt. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2006 5:23 am | ||
| CO PUMA | Route: NW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2006 | |
| Great route!! Great trail!! I loved the waterfall over from the first bridge you cross. | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2006 9:28 pm | ||
| Brandon Fuller | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Nice well defined trail. Good rock jumping up near the top. | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2006 4:17 pm | ||
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