| Welcome to SP! - Sign-In | Register | ||
| | |
| MbPost.com -- It's SP for Mountain Biking! | ||
Elk Mountains > Snowmass Mountain > Climber's Log|
|
|
| shanahan96 | snowfield and ridge  Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| with jamie and mike....climbed the namesake snowfield to the summit ridge around 13,850 feet. the ridge was an unexpected surprise with lots of class three and four terrain to cross before reaching the summit. can't believe i passed on north snowmass. the glissades, especially the first one(1000+ feet, just flat-out ripped), back towards snowmass lake were really fun! jamie | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2007 1:28 am | ||
| astrobassman | More flowers than I've ever seen | |
| This was my first class 3 14er and I had a blast. There are lots of lose rocks on the Leadking basin route though...but this was one of the most beautiful spots I've seen in Colorado. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2007 10:55 am | ||
| Scott Rogers | Awesome! | |
| Did this one last summer. The sunflowers from Lead King Basin were amazing!!! | |
| Posted Jul 11, 2007 10:41 pm | ||
| cftbq | Snowmass West Face Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007 | |
| A long day from the Lead King Basin TH for me and trishapajean. We climbed the left-most gully most of the way, then wrapped around to the north and ended up traversing most of the summit ridge. Spectacular exposure! | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2007 3:22 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Snow field to ridge Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Shanahan96, Jamie Nellis and Denalibound from Snowmass Lake. Long hike in/out with heavy pack, but this is the route we wanted. What's Snowmass without climbing the namesake snow field? Due to hard snow on the back of the ridge we opted to stay as close to the crest as possible. This resulted in some extra scrambling than normal, and several short class 4 moves at the various gendarmes. Great fun! Also traversed out to tag "North Snowmass", excellent views of Capitol and Pierre Lakes from the north summit. Its worth the extra 20 minutes! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2007 10:11 am | ||
| Britette | From Snowmass lake Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2006 | |
| Hiked in Snowmass Creek route and camped at the lake. Wish it was earlier since there wasn't much snow - that damn talus field is tough in tele boots. Anyway climbed to the ridge and skied from there. Did not fancy climbing the ridge to the summit in tele boots so neglected to summit. Ski was fun though. Long hike out with 50lb pack. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2007 12:15 pm | ||
| goat14er | Lake Geneva Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006 | |
| TalusMonkey, Greg, and I camped above Lake Geneva, traversed over to the trail and went up the west slopes route. Steep talus and amazing lakes on the way up. | |
| Posted May 24, 2007 6:31 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | What a day! Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005 | |
| Incredible day! This was my 2nd 14er and my first Class 3 peak. We started hiking that day at about 2am, made it to the lake by sunrise, and summitted around 10am. I think we finished hiking that day around 5pm, after about 15 hours and 20 miles. My friend Dave and I were dead exhausted. The scenery and scrambling were great, but the scree field was less than fun.... | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2006 12:41 am | ||
| km_donovan | Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006 | |
| It was more like "Snowmassless" Fun climb, great weather. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2006 10:20 pm | ||
| jclements | Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| Would rather have had snow to ski/glissade down. Weather stayed nice all day, just cloudy enough. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 5:25 pm | ||
| crzyjt | Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006 | |
| A fun scramble. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:50 pm | ||
| kalet | The S-Ridge (ascent), West Face via Marble (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006 | |
| 10 hours roundtrip. Trip Report | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2006 5:20 pm | ||
| sdhager | Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake via Snowmass Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2005 | |
| Awesome Trip! Great stream crossing near oxbow lake. Loved the ridge scramble. Lots of snow! | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:23 pm | ||
| mountainzen107 | Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2006 | |
| The most technical climb thus far, and physically demanding. I had heard of the Elk Range being rather rugged and remote, but I had no idea. The entire hike to base camp was gorgeous, filled with marmots and columbines. Lake is suberb, and fishing was great! | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:44 pm | ||
| Mike Mc | Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006 | |
| Straight up the snowfield to the saddle between Snowmass and North Snowmass...Gorgeous! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2006 3:04 am | ||
| Asphazell | Snowmass Lake/East Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006 | |
| Great trip with two great friends! Hike to the lake was long, but the lake and the East Couloir were INCREDIBLE! Snowmass is in my top 5 favorite summits. Definitely glad we did this while there was a good deal of snow up there, wish it had been a little cooler though. | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2006 9:06 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006 | |
| A Great Day & Summit. The 8 mile backpack out was a little rough with blistered feet. Well worth it though. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2006 6:45 am | ||
| Mountain Jim | From Lead King Basin Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1968 | |
| Nice ridge scramble. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2006 7:53 pm | ||
| markhyams | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 28, 1999 | |
| Beautiful mountain. An enchanting wilderness experience. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2006 5:52 pm | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: S-Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005 | |
| Got extremely lucky with a rare warm, bluebird day in early Oct and climbed the seldom visited S-Ridge. Started from 10800' trailhead at Silver Creek off FR 315 after starting on the wrong ridge. The S-Ridge is a classic climb with solid rock for the most part. The climb is mostly class 3 with some class 4-5 if you stay on the ridge crest. It took us 5 hrs from Little Gem Lake at a slow pace. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 1:17 am | ||
|
