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| Darren9 | Red Couloir rocks  | |
| One of my first real couloir climbs and very fun. Part of guides training for WSC in Gunnison | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 1:28 am | ||
| ElliottDavis | Second time's a charm Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009 | |
| Had a fine day; first the Needle, then back to Cottonwood Lake and around for my second try of the trip. With weather threatening, I made it from the big cairn at the bottom to the summit in 1:09 - zoom! I was quite pleased. BTW, the class 4 traverse to the East Summit that Roach describes is actually a class 2+ walkup. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:31 pm | ||
| ElliottDavis | hail and thunder Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2009 | |
| Red Gully from S Colony Lakes to 214' vertical feet from the saddle and then thunder went BOOM! And we went bye-bye. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:29 pm | ||
| seano | Red Gully Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2009 | |
| Cruiser class 2-3, with a Colorado Fourteener Interstate to the base. Nice peak. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2009 9:26 am | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | This time via Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009 | |
| Did the West summit last month, but had some unfinished business. This time we did the East summit from the traverse from the Needle. Descent of the NW couloir. (A LITTLE BETA: Save the NW couloir for a nice snow climb folks. It's about half class 4 and a loose pile of SH_T at this time of year - I had to be on belay for 2/3 of it as I am not a pro down-climber on loose, wet class 4!!! Toss in an ice field right where you must cross to the exit too, an axe AND belay was needed to safely cross w/o crampons) | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2009 11:52 am | ||
| rocketsredglare | Broken CO cherry Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2009 | |
| One of the best days in the mountains I have had. The Red Gully is a definite climb, this is not an easy one and it definitely gives you some exposure! The summit is a beauty and the climb down and out is not as bad as you think coming up :) Started at 10 and out by 7 going pretty easy and waiting for my party for an hour and a half. Ran the last 2-3 miles out. PERFECT!! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 1:07 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | Red Gully Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Climbed Crestone Peak (both W and E summits) via Red Gully after climbing the Needle earlier in the morning. Perfect weather, awesome views! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 12:45 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | Red Gully Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| Via Cottonwood Creek TH. | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2009 1:51 am | ||
| csmcgranahan | Amazing views Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009 | |
| Up and down the red gully w/ my friend Jake. There was considerable snow in places which required a lot of difficult Class 3 and some Class 4 to avoid - all on solid rock. Amazing views - particularly to the south. We saw only a handful of folks west of Broken Hand Pass. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 5:13 pm | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Ain't No Joke! Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2009 | |
| This is a mountain CLIMB! Sweet mountain. Broken Hand/red gully up and down. (Did about 1/2 the traverse to Needle and then called it due to time constraints - had to pick up kids...too bad, had perfect weather...we'll be back!) | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2009 2:27 pm | ||
| RC Cola | too wet Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2004 | |
| Snow was still melting in the colouir, and was pretty wet for a climb. Had to turn around. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2009 3:27 pm | ||
| Liba Hardekopf | too crowded over Labor day weekend | |
| I did Needle the day before, and Peak the following day. Very crowded over Labor day weekend. They did fix the road up to South Colony, so many people drove all the way up there. There was no parking available... | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2009 9:06 am | ||
| Pablohoney | Needle to Peak traverse | |
| One of the best areas in Colorado | |
| Posted Mar 27, 2009 8:06 pm | ||
| SteveMarr | South Face Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2003 | |
| Summited via the Red Gully Route on the south face in perfect fall conditions. Great impromptu trip. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2009 6:16 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Red Gully x 2 Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2005 | |
| 7/17/05 - Climbed the (mostly dry) standard Red Gully Route from camp at South Colony Lake. My partner refused to attempt the 4th class traverse to Crestone Needle so we climbed down Crestone Peak, hiked back to Broken Hand Pass, and climbed Crestone Needle via its standard route. 5/28/06 - Climbed the (somewhat snowy) Red Gully from camp along Cottonwood Creek. My 1st time in crampons! Afterwards we did the classic traverse to Crestone Needle and added on Broken Hand Peak before calling it a day. I will return for the NW couloir. | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2009 6:30 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Red Gully Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Joined Dave Covill's group intending to join them for the traverse from Needle to Peak. However the party seemed a bit large and unwieldy, and the weather didn't seem solid, so I opted at Broken Hand Pass to head for my top priority, Crestone Peak's west and east summits. Sure enough the traverse didn't happen due to fog, so I was very glad I made the decision I did. Fun peak! | |
| Posted Dec 16, 2008 12:39 am | ||
| bmcnary1 | Super Duper | |
| Good break from work | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2008 8:34 pm | ||
| myrone | Red Gully via Upper S. Colony TH Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2008 | |
| Started up at 6:37AM-a beautiful morning. Route is well defined all the way; reached summit at 11:27. Lots of high clouds but the views were spectacular. Started back down at 11:39 as clouds were closing in fast. Back to the TH at 3:36PM with the last 1/2 mile featuring a heavy thunder/lightning, snow storm. My 42nd 14'er...sweet!! | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2008 8:36 am | ||
| Gahugafuga | Red Gully Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008 | |
| The scramble through the cliffs on Broken Hand Pass was harder than any of the scrambling on the Peak itself. I also summitted East Crestone - I think the East summit has better views than the main summit. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2008 1:43 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | Red Gully Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007 | |
| This was my third climb of Crestone Peak. We went over Broken Hand Pass and climbed the Red Gully. Previous climb 8-5-00 South Colony - Bears - up NW Couloir route - down Red Gully - to Broken Hand - up standard Needle route. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2008 9:01 pm | ||
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