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| Fletch | 500 ft short Date Climbed: May 27, 2013 | |
| Snow conditions were bad up top so we bailed... Great day though... I'll go back for the traverse later... Incredible area... | |
| Posted May 27, 2013 9:53 pm | ||
| milan | From Kilpacker  Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012 | |
| This is a nice alternative route, much easier than the standard. It was raining all weekend but I got a 2 hours window that I was able to use to summit. | ||
| Posted Oct 21, 2012 5:38 pm | ||
| miztflip | Final 14er Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2012 | |
| My final 14er. Bittersweet as I had planned to traverse from El Diente. Woke up early in Navajo Basin to overcast skies and a drizzle. Opted for the standard route to finish up. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2012 10:05 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | Fun 4th class on top Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2012 | |
| Summitted after doing the traverse from El Diente. Had a fantastic day. These were Josh Lewis's forst CO 14ers. The 4th class on top was more technical than anything on Capitol | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2012 11:13 pm | ||
| Hyadventure | Via the Traverse from El Diente Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2012 | |
| We just beat the weather to the peak. After descending less then 1000' we heard thunder and the rain followed soon after. I thought the climb from the top of the dirty gully to the summit was no harder then third class. That said, the rotten, dirty rock makes for scary climbing. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2012 7:27 pm | ||
| Alex Wood | Awesome Summit Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2012 | |
| Left Navajo Lake at 6am knowing that there was a 30% chance of tstorms. Got to the top of El Diente via the godawful North Slope Route at 9:20am. Part of our group was having issues with exposure so we left the summit of El Diente at 10:00am and half our group decided to go down. We continued across the ridge and got to the saddle in 40 mins. A storm rolled in and we watched and heard the lighting from the ridge over Navajo Basin. It cleared up so we kept going. Went off route in the crux section and ended up climbing some scary 5th class choss. We summited Mt. Wilson at 11:30am and then went down the regular route back to lake. All in all, it took 8 hours roundtrip. The summit ridge to Mt. Wilson is spectacular and the coolest summit ridge I have ever done. One of my top five summits for sure | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2012 3:45 pm | ||
| Diggler | Proud peak Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2012 | |
| via Navajo Basin. Pretty exhausted still from outing on El Diente the day before, but went for it anyway. Route description given here pretty much spot on. Fun, especially last ~50'. Spectacular views (wildfires obvious, though). Back @ camp @ lake shortly after 18.00- enough time to break down camp & backpack out. Magnificent peak & great day! Glad Faith enjoyed it too. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2012 6:05 pm | ||
| Josh Lewis | Booyah! Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2012 | |
| We did the El Diente/Wilson traverse which was a lot of fun. I admit I'm not used to the Colorado altitude so I was definitely tired by the end of the day. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2012 1:32 pm | ||
| larch32 | Wicked. Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2012 | |
| Fun first 14er for me and a hitchhiker from Colombia. | ||
| Posted Jun 22, 2012 2:07 am | ||
| LadyWawa | Challenging! Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2011 | |
| Very intense! | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2011 9:05 am | ||
| Ken Dammen | Mount Wilson El Diente Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011 | |
| Climbed this after summit of El Diente. Difficult traverse and downclimb. Epic Day. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2011 7:14 pm | ||
| xpda | Wilson Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2003 | |
| With Mike Green | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 12:39 pm | ||
| apachedino | Woods lake + El Diente Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2011 | |
| Exhilerating finish to the traverse. Rock of Ages TH was closed at this time, but may be open now. Had a long day from Woods. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2011 12:18 am | ||
| Ted Eliason | Well Cairned Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2008 | |
| Easy after just completing the North Ridge on Kit Carson. Bagged on the traverse to El Diente due to weather. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 4:25 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Fantastic Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2005 | |
| My last 14er in Colorado. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2011 11:00 am | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Dayhike from Navajo TH Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2011 | |
| We noticed that Roach added the Rock of Ages trailhead/approach in the 3rd edition. Tried to get there - the road was gated. Given deteriorating forecasts and our schedules, we decided our best option was to dayhike from the Navajo Basin TH. Started at 2:15am. I felt great and was moving fast, but ran into route-finding issues and summitted at 11am. We were hurried off the summit by gathering weather. Got into rain and hail on the way down. Feel fortunate to have squeezed it into a narrow window. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2011 12:27 am | ||
| zoomloco | traverse | |
| up and down a couple times from the saddle to peak. fun summit. via the traverse, ecommended; tr here http://zoomloco.xanga.com/732717261/purple-mountain-majesties/ | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2011 4:53 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Summer & Winter Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006 | |
| 8/27/06 - From camp in Navajo Basin. Traversed from El Diente and descended the standard route. 2/12/11 - Backpacked from Dunton into Kilpacker Basin. Climbed the southwest couloir with a variation near the top to avoid the standard 4th class finish. Lots of fresh snow in the couloir so we roped up and placed pro in the surrounding rock to try to protect against a possible avalanche. Awesome climb! | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2011 11:36 am | ||
| climbingfurry | a mighty peak! | |
| A great mtn! | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2011 10:17 am | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Via Navajo Lake Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010 | |
| My friend & I witnessed a massive rock slide on this one, the down climb from the summit is pretty intense! | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2011 12:34 am | ||
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