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| cmccall | Route Climbed: Silver pick trailhead Date Climbed: August 2, 2003  | |
| enjoyable hike some challenging class 3 near the summit. | ||
| Posted Aug 10, 2003 4:41 pm | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Silver Pick Date Climbed: July 20, 2003 | |
| Climbed in PM after traversing Mt. Wilson to El Diente for 12 hours total. There is a surprising false summit. The true summit is not seen until you are one step from what appears to be the top. Then the hard class 3 downclimb and back up reveals itself. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2003 10:54 pm | ||
| nickd | Route Climbed: northwest face to north ridge Date Climbed: 6-7-03 | |
| fri. 7 june - colder weather kept the snow solid thru the morning. on snow all the way up silverpick to northwest basin/face. "normal" nw face route goes right to sw ridge then to summit. i decided to go up left side of nw face, hit north ridge at about 13,400'. north ridge to summit mostly 3rd class broken rock, with a couple of cleaner 4th class short rock aretes. for orientation -when looking at wilson peak from telluride area, the n ridge is the right side of the pyramidal north east face. | |
| Posted Jun 8, 2003 12:05 pm | ||
| dsnell | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge--Bilk Basin Variation Date Climbed: July 1993 | |
| I climbed Wilson Peak with my brother, John Snell, of Durango (at the time) and friend, Kurt Schneider, also of Durango. We spent the night in the old miner's cabin in Bilk Basin, which was full of about three feet of snow because somebody had left the old door open the year before. It actually worked out well, because we had a relatively soft snow shelf to sleep on, which is basically the same thing we would have slept on outside. It slept three guys and a dog fairly comfortably. This was the year Southern Colorado received record snow fall, so we glissaded down about 600' below the cabin--great fun! | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2002 9:39 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: Silver Pick Date Climbed: August 26 2000 | |
| Originally were going to try the triple slam. Settled on Wilson Peak due to bad weather. It hailed about 2 inches up high which made conditions slippery. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2002 1:38 pm | ||
| climbcolorado | Route Climbed: West Ridge from Silver Pick Basin Date Climbed: 7/14/02 | |
| Nice hike with just a little bit of class 3 to make it interesting! | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2002 6:46 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Route Climbed: Silver PIck Basin Date Climbed: September 1986 | |
| Wilson Peak introduced me to serious Class 3 climbing. What a rush! Great fun and breathtaking. This mountain is gorgeous to look at, let alone stand on. The route can be a challenge and should not be taken lightly. The final ascent to the summit up an off-angle crack is a real treat. Check your hand holds. Everything moves on this mountain, as to suggest that the mountain just might tumble into a slumped heap someday. Tread lightly and don't keep your wheight in one place for too long, unless you're on top. Climbed in 2007 with my wife Ms. Ellen. The "new" climber's trail on the southeast side of the ridge is great and helped us make great time, bypassing most of my "original route" back in the day (1986). The plane wreckage is very sad and we did not stay on top long. The scrambling is still great fun. Used ice axes to ascend steep snow below Rock of Ages col. We approached from the long but beautiful Bilk Basin via the Lizard Head trail. Unless you're into long days, I don't recommend it, but it's worth it if you like wildflowers! Wow! | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2002 4:05 pm | ||
| mountrobson | Route Climbed: Silver Pick Date Climbed: 02-14-02 | |
| Spent a couple of casual days skiing and slogging up to the Rock of Ages Col. It could be done in one very long day, but we were just enjoying the outing! Dug the snow out of the miner's shack on the Navajo Basin side for a (relatively) comfy place to stay. Climbed Wilson the next day in horrible weather (got bona fide frostbite on one toe!). Summit day was so raw and intense -- best day of mountaineering ever!!! This was our (Rain Sussman and I) second winter ascent of a 14'er. | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2002 5:52 am | ||
| Peter Eliassen | Route Climbed: Silver Pick Date Climbed: 10/18/01 | |
| Not bad...I did it on the way back from Mount Wilson...climbing back up to the 13,000 foot ridge from Navajo Basin makes this final thousand feet pretty quick. Only took about an hour from the 13,000 foot saddle. The South slopes (most of the route) were completely clear of snow...but the final crux move was quite interesting with a few inches of snow on those small hand and footholds...beautiful views! Do the mountain in september, as the leaves are simply amazing up there! | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2001 3:55 pm | ||
| pailsmurf | Route Climbed: silver pick mine Date Climbed: july 98 | |
| this was neat..... o.k. well it was a little challenging, but a fun climb. I think the reason why it was so bad is that I hiked it in a pair of vans. never do that very bad. it started to rain on the way down, I was slipping and swearing the whole way down. if your afraid of hieghts don't climb mountains, also theres one little sketchy part close to the summit, you have to climb down about 70 feet 5 pointing it then you climb back up to summit. lots of fun. | ||
| Posted May 28, 2001 7:31 pm | ||
| theplugger | Route Climbed: Silver Pick Basin Date Climbed: 09-15-90 | |
| We climbed this when one could drive a 4WD vehicle to the Silver Pick Mine bunkhouse. Instead of going to the Rock of Ages saddle and following the trail behind, we climbed directly up the NW side through a very mobile pile of talus. Not recommended!!! We got wiser coming down and descended via the "standard" route. | |
| Posted May 9, 2001 8:19 pm | ||
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