Mount Shavano Climber's Log

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mr_g

mr_g - Oct 12, 2004 10:18 am

Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: August 14, 1999  Sucess!

Camped the night before at Blank Gulch, and ascended the Angel Coulier to the ridge. Very windy once we hit the ridge, and climbed to talus to the summit.

We were going to traverse to Tabeguache, but we developed blisters so we opted to skip it this trip.

mtnhiker13

mtnhiker13 - Aug 23, 2004 10:32 am

Route Climbed: Blank Cabin Trailhead Date Climbed: August 15, 2004  Sucess!

The day started out quite nice but once we got above treeline the clouds were boiling up. We pushed on for the summit and stayed very briefly while we descended in a hail storm. We booked back to treeline, unable to squeeze Tab in on the same day.

Saintgrizzly

Saintgrizzly - Aug 10, 2004 8:57 pm

Route Climbed: Angel route Date Climbed: September, 1998  Sucess!

Climbed with Aaron and Jim Lierman, just a couple days after doing Tabaguache. Interesting, because we'd done Tabaguache in a snowstorm, but the weather on Shavano was quite nice. Nice mountain. Wonderful aspen grove to start, and finish, with.

Adria Moersen - Jul 31, 2004 9:21 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 29th  Sucess!

Left the car at 4:30 a.m.; most vertical I had ever done in a single day. Tried to complete Tabegauche but the weather chase us off.

bernardhohman

bernardhohman - Jul 30, 2004 8:31 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 29, 2004  Sucess!

Great early morning start and summit. Very busy for a weekday. Met some Oklahoma guys working on their first 14er. Storms chased us away from Tabegauche, though.

Speedy

Speedy - Jul 15, 2004 11:58 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: 05/29/04  Sucess!

Climbed up a decent trail hoping to glissade the Angel. Interesting day. It's supposed to be the first weekend of the summer and we couldn't even see our hands in front of our faces!! Snow! What a riot. And the WIND! WHOOEY! It was a doozy! The weather was so nasty that we didn't do Tabaguache, which is a REAL kick in the shorts...there's no way to get up there without going over Shavano first, unless you go for miles and miles into Brown's Creek, but that's a story for another day...

Ratballs

Ratballs - Jun 23, 2004 6:10 pm

Route Climbed: from Blank Gulch trailhead via Angel Snowfield. Date Climbed: Mid-October, 2000  Sucess!

This was a cold, windy one in hunting season. An interesting (to me) momentary intersection of three lives happened on my descent, about which more here.

mountainmota

mountainmota - Jun 15, 2004 7:18 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: March 2003  Sucess!

Nice easy snow climb!

Ryan Kowalski

Ryan Kowalski - Jun 3, 2004 2:42 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: June 02, 2004  Sucess!

A gorgeous day and a wonderful climb. The glissade down was fast and fun. The only way to climb Shavano in my opinion. Didn't need crampons, but they would have made things easier

Bryan W

Bryan W - Jun 1, 2004 6:31 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch/Angel Descent Date Climbed: 5/29/04  Sucess!

Turned into a long day with steady 25 mph winds, gusting to 50, driving snow/ice, and post holing once above 12,800'. Could not see Tabeguache from the summit. TR to come.

DaveC

DaveC - May 21, 2004 9:24 pm

Route Climbed: east ridge Date Climbed: june 01  Sucess!

the angel was but a strip. camped just below it. windy as hell, but a nice day for 2 peaks, and finishing the sawatch range.

leukemic - May 21, 2004 1:58 am

Route Climbed: Angel Date Climbed: May 19,2004  Sucess!

Perfect weather and snow conditions. 1800 ft glissade from summit to base of Angel. Snowshoes helpful on bushwack descent.

sbkelley

sbkelley - May 12, 2004 3:04 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: August 2001  Sucess!

This hike was even better than I thought it would be. A thunderstrom came in and made us run down the mountain faster than we would have liked, but that's Colorado in the summer for ya! Great views of the Arkansas and San Luis valleys.

f360driver

f360driver - Apr 14, 2004 6:51 pm

Route Climbed: Angel Of Shavano Trailhead Date Climbed: September/03  Sucess!

Good hike. Perfect weather.

RyanS

RyanS - Apr 9, 2004 12:28 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch route Date Climbed: May 9, 2002  Sucess!

The first of many 14er summits for Erin and I during extraordinarily dry 2002. I took a nice scounting drive the weekend before, and being more or less a mountain newbie, I asked a local in Poncha Springs where Shavano was because I couldn't see anything that looked like the Angel on a nearby peak. The local laughed at me and said that it had been mostly melted out for over a month. We encountered no snow either above or below treeline during our hike. On the windy summit, we considered the traverse to Tabeguache, but we were out of shape, and wimped out. We bagged Tab a few weeks later.

carloselbrus

carloselbrus - Mar 2, 2004 11:17 am

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: Jun 11 2000  Sucess!

With Mike and Do.

hhsilleck

hhsilleck - Jan 10, 2004 6:57 pm

Route Climbed: Angel Date Climbed: June 2003  Sucess!

The angel was nearly dry in early June 2001 ... wait for a good snow year.

EcoRacer - Dec 16, 2003 3:23 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: October 17, 2003  Sucess!

My first 14er! Being a flatlander from the midwest I was at a bit of a disadvantage.....luckily I had spent the previous week in Moab mountain biking so I was somewhat acclimated to altitude. I huffed & puffed my way to the summit.....what a view!! Well worth the effort. I decided to save Tabeguache for another day and am glad I did since I ran out of water just a few hundred feet down from the summit. 100 ozs of aqua gone in just 5 hours! Round trip was 8 hours.....5 up and 3 down. Looking forward to returning and bagging Tabeguache the next time!

Jim Clarke

Jim Clarke - Oct 13, 2003 11:42 am

Route Climbed: Jennings Creek Date Climbed: June 28 1997  Sucess!

Climbed Shavano first than traversed to Tabeguache then back. Long day with a steep descent.

jrf

jrf - Oct 5, 2003 8:18 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: July 4th, 2003  Sucess!

Beautiful way to spend the 4th of July. Steep but manageable hike with a great view in every direction. I didn't go over to Tabaguache this day, all the more reason to come back though. I'd be interested in doing this with the Angel in better shape. It looks like it would be a fun climb.

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