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| hawkman | North Face  Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008 | |
| Great snow route, tons of snow up there right now. I hiked the nw ridge route to the ridge line, then dropped into the bowl and traversed to the couloirs. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2008 11:10 am | ||
| peakrat76 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 19, 1985 | |
| Solo. A fun 14'er & perfect weather. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2008 3:08 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | First Time Date Climbed: Aug 27, 1988 | |
| This was my first time climbing La Plata via the standard route. There has been a lot of trail work in the years since. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2008 11:11 pm | ||
| tomlauren | Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007 | |
| Hiked the Northwest Ridge from Lake Creek Trailhead with my friend Keith. Great views of Ellingwood Ridge. | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2008 9:30 am | ||
| ClimbandMine | snow climb Date Climbed: May 22, 2005 | |
| nice spring climb | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 6:03 pm | ||
| Kenneth.alone | Nice place Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2004 | |
| Nice hot summer day! A barefoot kid followed me all the way up? | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2008 10:21 pm | ||
| johnmnichols | LaPlata Run Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2004 | |
| Summited via the NW approach. Trail ran much of the route making it to the summit and back to the parking lot in 2 3/4 hours. Only person on the summit this day. | |
| Posted Dec 26, 2007 10:28 am | ||
| Trevor Simmons | blustery October day Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2007 | |
| It was cold, windy, but an otherwise wonderful day. There was less snow than we expected, but one could hardly complain about the views anyway. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2007 7:34 pm | ||
| argothor | LaPlata via the southwest ridge Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2007 | |
| Hiked up from west of Winfield, via the Southwest Ridge. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2007 1:21 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | From Lake Creek Trailhead. Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2004 | |
| I saw La Plata Peak from Mount Elbert's summit a few days ago, so I thought to give it a try. My hike started at Lake Creek Trailhead at 7:30 am. The views were amazing. Got to the top at noon. Took a few pictures of the snow covered summit and of the other ranges to the east and west. Went to Independence Pass summit after the climb to see la Plata Peak touched by the last sunrays of the day. La Plata Peak 4,377 m (14,361 ft) | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 9:37 pm | ||
| HylianHero | #23 Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2005 | |
| I climbed with my father and some of his work friends. Climbed from the South at Winfield. Another great alternative, as we didn't see anyone until nearly the summit. Some steep parts, but overall a great mountain with a nice summit. Distinctive shape really made it cool. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 9:29 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | Ellingwood Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2007 | |
| The ridge was challenging enough without the weather fighting me and my group the whole way up. Rain, hail, snow, and a strong wind all day. An exciting and fun route, tougher than expected. Quite the class 3 adventure. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2007 11:14 am | ||
| mow10 | Ellingwood Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2007 | |
| Exciting ridge scramble especially with full packs in a hailstorm so powerful it was like being in a giant popcorn popper. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2007 7:47 pm | ||
| Mots010 | Evening hike on the southwest slopes Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2007 | |
| Started hiking at 640pm and summited at about 9pm in the pitch dark. Had the mountain to myself! | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2007 2:39 pm | ||
| heather14 | Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007 | |
| It was a beautiful day, pretty windy on the top. Great hike. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2007 12:02 am | ||
| mountainloverCO | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2007 | |
| Enjoyed one of the most beautiful days of hiking I've ever experienced in CO during my La Plata solo hike- blue skies all day long and minimal wind. NW Ridge route was steep, but beautiful, and the views of Ellingwood Ridge after gaining the ridge were spectacular! La Plata is now one of my favorites in the Sawatch range. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 11:13 am | ||
| ouray19 | La Plata Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2005 | |
| Beautiful mountain, but the descent seemed to go on forever! | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2007 8:45 pm | ||
| wlstone | W Winfield TH Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2007 | |
| I saw no other humans until I began my descent, and they were all coming from 82. Awesome lonely day before the storms hit. Made the drive home interesting. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2007 6:45 pm | ||
| csmcgranahan | Success! Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2007 | |
| Summited from SH 82 trailhead in 2 hours and 50 minutes. This is definitely the steepest 14er standard route I have done in the Sawatch. Enjoyed the summit for over 2.5 hours before heading back down. I had the summit to myself for the first hour or so before the first wave of folks hit the summit. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2007 9:58 am | ||
| jeffrawn | Winfield TH Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2006 | |
| Another beautiful trail in the Sawatch - LaPlata Basin is very scenic. Scree to the saddle was miserable on ascent and (wet)descent. Two false summits both tricked me. Clouds billowed up w/in 15 minutes of reaching summit, first thunder 5 minutes later. Left in a hurry, but hail w/ lightning moved in before we could reach the saddle. Does that make it a class 3?! | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2007 2:23 am | ||
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