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| mtnhiker13 | From Navajo Lake  Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| We managed to avoid the horrible weather in the Denver area and escape to the San Juans for a little mountain climbing! We backpacked into Navajo Lake and then climbed Mount Wilson and Wilson Peak the next day. The climb of Mount Wilson was great - enjoyed the final ridge immensely. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2008 4:07 pm | ||
| spannring29 | 8 of 14 Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2008 | |
| Eighth of 14 14ers in 11 days via the traverse from El Diente. What an amazing route! The best descent route was a bit unclear, but we managed to make it out unscathed. My favorite day of the trip. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 4:04 pm | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | via Silver Pick Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2008 | |
| This was a really enjoyable mountain! The last 20-25 ft were great! | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2008 4:55 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Silver Pick Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1998 | |
| This was my second climb of Mount Wilson. We approached from Silver Pick over Rock of Ages. There was still snow on the route which made the climbing easier than the scree it covered. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2008 10:56 am | ||
| MountainHikerCO | with El Diente Date Climbed: Sep 6, 1992 | |
| We approached from Silver Pick over Rock of Ages saddle. We climbed El Diente first and then traversed over to Wilson. | |
| Posted Feb 16, 2008 10:53 am | ||
| tomlauren | El Diente - Mt Wilson - Wilson Pk in a day Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007 | |
| From camp at Navajo Lake, climbed the North Slopes of El Diente, performed the traverse to Mt Wilson, then descended Mt Wilson's North Slopes to Wilson Peak's West Ridge with my friend Keith. It is a common mistake to descend directly down from Mt Wilson instead of traversing to the east first, thus missing the official North Slopes route when descending Mt Wilson. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2008 8:11 am | ||
| shanahan96 | wilson traverse Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| traversed to wilson after climbing el diente. the narrow section just before obtaining mount wilson's summit was gnarly! one of the few bright spots of a day filled with shotty, scree slogging. jamie | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2007 9:51 pm | ||
| dr_gonz | wilson | |
| second time's a charm. (for me) | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 4:08 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Kilpacker w/ Traverse Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Shanahan96, JamieNellis and ATTM. Most of the traverse is done below the ridge, but the part on the ridge crest from West Wilson over the "coxcomb" to the summit as a lot of fun and very airy. Descended the SW Face, very loose up top and a long scree slog back to the trail, but a great way to avoid the crowds. We saw no one ascending or descending, only saw people on the traverse. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2007 11:32 am | ||
| Mike Mc | Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007 | |
| Not as bad or exposed as I anticipated; 95 minutes summit to summit. The first moves off of Wilson were spectacular! | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2007 6:48 pm | ||
| jhansen007 | North Face via Navajo Lake Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| My favorite climb of the three 14ers in this basin. Pretty straight forward route -- lots of cairns in most places. The last little stretch was a blast and exposure at least gets your adrenaline going a little. Also has the best view (of the three peaks) from the top. Gladstone looks awesome from this point. The long glissades down were great on soft snow. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2007 12:33 am | ||
| Scott Rogers | Traverse = Awesome Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007 | |
| Reached the top after traversing from El Diente. The 2000 foot glissade was amazing! | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2007 7:56 pm | ||
| Flex | N Slopes Jul/04 | |
| A Fun solo up Mt Wilson followed by an even better solo of the ridge to El Diente followed by an even better glissade down El Diente! | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 10:29 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Solo trip Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2001 | |
| I drove up to the Silver Pick TH (when it used to be open) after work on Friday night and completed a long day's trip to Mt Wilson, along the ridge and to El Diente. I was too busy picking a route to realize I was on the 4th class section of Wilson. When I looked up the summit was just a few feet away. | ||
| Posted Jan 18, 2007 4:22 am | ||
| shknbke | from Wilson Pk Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2006 | |
| Did Mt Wilson after Wilson Pk. Stayed high in the basin at 13200', but probably should have dropped down as boulder hop was annoying. Found the cairned route to the notch. Avoided exposed 4th class ridge as it was wet to climbers left as there was a gully that was less exposed. No travserse to El Diente was thunder began to rumble on summit. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2006 6:37 pm | ||
| JCantu1044 | Route: Navajo Lake TH Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| Hiked in from Navajo Lake TH starting at 7:15am and reached the summit in 8 hrs (includes breaks, photos, etc.) 6 hours on the return. This, my 9th 14er was personally my most challenging to date. Thanks to perfect weather all day, and fellow climbers along the way, I was able to identify the crux and safely navigate the class 4 moves without ropes, etc. Please note: Mt. Wilson is really not for beginners and should be climbed cautiously in dry conditions. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 10:02 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Traverse from El Diente Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006 | |
| 12 hours roundtrip from Navajo Lake TH. Trip Report | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2006 4:35 pm | ||
| pjenson05 | Exposure was Exciting at the Least Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Planned to do the traverse over to El Diente, but clouds, rain, and storms chased us off. The last 100 feet was exciting. If that doesn't make your heart beat, you have to be dead. Awesome climb in the clouds. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2006 3:24 pm | ||
| CODave | Traverse from El Diente Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2006 | |
| Awesome traverse, took us 2.25 hrs from summit to summit. Started w/ El Diente from Navajo Basin, traversed to Mt. Wilson, then traversed in talus below Gladstone up to Gladstone-Wilson Peak saddle and then on to Wilson Peak. Descended and left camp. 15 hr day camp to TH. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2006 5:32 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | Croosed El Diente in 45 minutes, not running Date Climbed: Jul 11, 1995 | |
| Hard part was crossing the Boulders back to Navajo Basin. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2006 8:17 pm | ||
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