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| orangehat | Standard route  Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2006 | |
| Late start and clouds were building throughout the day but it never rained or thundered--great day climbing with my brother, his first 14er. A little snow near the summit but no need for gaiters. Came from sea level, climbed to 12,800 the day before, and had no real altitude problems on La Plata. A great nontechnical climb. Can't wait for the next CO trip! | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 4:27 pm | ||
| apierce | Excellent Trail Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2006 | |
| Praise to the Fourteener Initiative for all their work on the trail. It is among the most solid and well-defined I have encountered on a Class 2. Scenic trail: we saw 2 rainbows early in the a.m. and there were thousands (literally) of colorful mushrooms spotting the forest floor. The views were awesome too, of course. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 7:27 pm | ||
| smason505 | La Plata Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006 | |
| Climbed northwest ridge with Ian. Drizzled and rained all day and we never had a clear view of the summit. Lots of marmots though, gotta love those little guys. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 6:24 pm | ||
| Bill562 | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2006 | |
| Camped in La Plata Basin to acclimate, enjoyed the climb. First on the summit that day. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 4:46 am | ||
| sdhager | Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005 | |
| Busy Sawatch Saturday. We beat the weather, many others didn't. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:28 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | left the skis | |
| skis were too heavy | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 7:43 pm | ||
| lindasyh | West Winfield TH, Ascend SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 20, 1997 | |
| Good scrambling near the summit. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 11:22 pm | ||
| Antero | NW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2006 | |
| Great hike.. this is a long day for sure, but very beautiful. Very few spots of snow on the NW ridge route, but did have a short fun glissade on the upper mountain. It even flurried a bit on the way down | ||
| Posted Jun 28, 2006 12:25 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2004 | |
| Drove out from CA to visit friends in CO. Climbed La Plata with almost no acclimation and had no problems. Great hike except for the loose slope leading up to the ridge. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 6:13 pm | ||
| rockrat2 | NW ridge | |
| Fun route, nice scenery. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2006 3:13 am | ||
| thephotohiker | West Winfield TH, Ascend SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 27, 1998 | |
| I carried too much camera equipment. It just about killed me! | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2006 12:43 am | ||
| pacojgarza | Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2006 | |
| Summitting La Plata in 4 hours the day after running the Steamboat marathon was a bit tiring but the incredible 360 degree views from the top made me forget the pain. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2006 5:04 am | ||
| cftbq | tougher than expected Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006 | |
| A birthday present from my daughter was a climb up the SW ridge route. The scree climb out of the basin and the bouldering to 13,900 took us longer than expected, but it was a dynamite climb. Only two other climbers on the mountain that day. Decent weather, but windy up top. 14er #25 for me, #17 for her. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2006 5:19 am | ||
| bds670 | Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Apr 28, 2006 | |
| Still lots of snow... good conditions | ||
| Posted May 30, 2006 6:18 pm | ||
| Tbacon251 | Saw some goats Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2005 | |
| After nearly dieing on Elbert the day before, we made the trek to the summit of La Plata Peak. Conditions were deplorable and snow as very loose. Many times we would posthole and get stuck. Never the less…we saw some goats. That made us feel better?!?! Great views from the top. Like Elbert, conditions did not allow for a good summit picture. | |
| Posted May 24, 2006 6:22 am | ||
| ClearSkiesAhead | Up the Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2005 | |
| Great climb, had the mountain to ourselves. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2006 4:05 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Ellingwood Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 23, 1967 | |
| Nice long climb, interesting route finding, in places. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 3:28 am | ||
| markhyams | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 24, 1994 | |
| My buddy got a gash in his thigh when he slid down some snow (on purpose). He limped around for a couple of weeks, but was okay. | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2006 8:06 pm | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Route: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2005 | |
| With friend. 7+ hours. Absolutely beautiful hike. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 2:29 am | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Route: SW Ridge | |
| Some date in 7/02, with husband. Another beauty on the south side of a Sawatch 14er. Wildflowers are found in the MILLIONS. An easy hike too. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2006 2:28 am | ||
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