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Mount Shavano 4/17/10
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Mount Shavano 4/17/10

 
Mount Shavano 4/17/10

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Image Type(s): Hiking, Topo/Diagram, Informational, Scenery, Panorama

 

Page By: metal4lyf

Created/Edited: Apr 21, 2010 / Apr 21, 2010

Object ID: 615397

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This hike is vying...

... for my favorite to date. I planned our route by drawing on a topo map and plugging it into my GPS. We used snowmobiles to reach the summer trailhead and after a short hike on the flat we started climbing the ridge. We were socked in, the snow was deep, and we were apparently discovering all the weak spots. But soon we climbed above the clouds into sunshine and incredible views as we reached timberline. We made our way up the craggy ridge over "Esprit Point" to the saddle below Shavano's south slopes. By this point we were thoroughly exhausted. We climbed up to the summit where we decided we had no reserves to bag Tabegauche and reclimb over Shavano. So we called it good and descended in the waning sunlight.

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SenadRWell..

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Nice report Michael, glad to John is all well and good!
Posted Apr 22, 2010 9:07 am

metal4lyfRe: Well..

metal4lyf

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Thanks Sen. John was awesome!
Posted Apr 22, 2010 10:35 am

SenadR...

SenadR

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We have to climb something together one of these days
Posted Apr 22, 2010 10:52 am

metal4lyfRe: ...

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absolutely!
Posted Apr 23, 2010 10:26 am

SenadRhey

SenadR

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I did Angle of Shavano last weekend, i love it.
Did you summit Capitol?
Posted May 20, 2010 1:03 pm

metal4lyfRe: hey

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We decided to do Tabeguache instead. Did you go on Saturday? We might have seen each other!
Posted May 20, 2010 3:14 pm

SenadR...

SenadR

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We did on sunday, weather was great!
Posted May 24, 2010 9:27 am

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