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Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Ellingwood Point > Climber's Log|
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| myrone | Ellingwood Point from Como Lake Rd.  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| Started up at 5:00AM from my parking spot 3.5 miles up from TH on Como Lake Rd. reached summit at 10:36AM. Back down to my truck at 3:23PM. My 47th 14'er and Sangre de Cristo finale......sweet! | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2009 2:36 pm | ||
| Big Skies 808 | SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2009 | |
| A really excellent route. Can find fun 4th and low 5th class stuff to stay directly on the ridge. Awesome views of Little Bear, Blanca, and the traverse. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 6:00 pm | ||
| alpspitze | Traverse from Blanca Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2009 | |
| Made the top around 2pm on a great day after Lil Bear and Blanca. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 12:25 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | Balnca/Ellingwood combo Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| Climbed Ellingwood Point together with Blanca from Blue Lakes. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2009 11:24 pm | ||
| Woodzy | Blanca and Ellingwood (with a tricky descent) Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2009 | |
| Started at the base and then went camped at Blue Lakes (much much better then Lake Como). We did Blanca and Ellingwood. We then took the ridge towards Blue Lakes from Ellingwood but then found a cool and ***easy looking*** chute that led down to Crater Lake. That was one of the scariest things I have done. There was an open mineshaft at the bottom that my friends went to explore. Bad idea but they said it was worth it, I was content outside. Crazy chute with lots and lots of loose rockfall...a huge rock sheered off and flew right by use. We were lucky to come out of that safe. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 9:32 pm | ||
| pyerger | west ridge | |
| Climbed via the west ridge. one of the best 3rd class scrambles i have done in Colorado. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2009 3:16 pm | ||
| cftbq | south face Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2009 | |
| Standard route for a first-time ascent with trishapajean and Cimarron. Long, miserable approach; dynamite summit. Gorgeous weather.14er #44. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2009 1:09 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | From Blue Lakes Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009 | |
| Ellingwood and then over to Blanca - great day! | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2009 4:20 pm | ||
| Liba Hardekopf | from Lake Como | |
| Beautiful day, nice views of Little Bear and Blanca Peak. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2009 4:41 am | ||
| heather14 | Southwest Face Date Climbed: May 30, 2009 | |
| A nice snow climb in a spectacular setting! | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2009 9:25 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | 3x Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2005 | |
| 9/18/05 - Climbed the delightful SW ridge from camp at Lake Como and then headed over to Blanca Peak. 6/10/06 - One day blitz of the Lake Como Trio. Climbed Little Bear's NW face, did the classic traverse to Blanca, and then stayed on or near the ridge crest to Ellingwood. Descended Ellingwood's SW ridge. 2/7/09 - Winter ascent of the south face from high camp at Lake Como. Spectacular! | |
| Posted Jan 6, 2009 6:46 pm | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | Como Lake TH, combo w/Blanca Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| A long day completely enshrouded in clouds,rain and wind from 8,500 ft. with Tard Sauce (aka Brandon Fuller) and his sister. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2008 9:07 pm | ||
| Brandon Fuller | Combo In Rain Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| Went from bottom of Lake Como Road in a day. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2008 10:31 am | ||
| Mots010 | LB-->Blanca-->Ellingwood Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Fantastic day. Ellingwood was a nice reprieve from the LB/Blanca ridge. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2008 9:00 pm | ||
| Gahugafuga | Traverse from Blanca Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008 | |
| After Blanca, took the third class high traverse to Ellingwood. It was more fun than expected and made for a great multi-peak day (excluding the descent back to the base of the Lake Como road). The exposure looking down into the Huerfano drainage is incredible. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2008 1:52 am | ||
| GeorgeJames | SW Ridge to Blanca Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2008 | |
| Camped at Lake Como the night before and ascended the southwest ridge on a cloudy, drizzly morning. Climbed into the cloud to gain a socked in summit, then traversed the saddle to Blanca. An exhilarating ridge climb! In my opinion the rock is fairly good; not at all crumbly, but slightly loose here and there, so be careful. Periods of light drizzle made the rock damp this day, which made me even more wary of the high exposure, but I was not to be denied my first Sangre 14er. I highly recommend this route for a competent class 3+ climber, but if exposure tends to psyche you out, you may want to choose a different path. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2008 1:24 pm | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: Traverse from Blanca Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008 | |
| Did this peak solo from the 2WD parking lot. The significant elevation gain and distance made this a nice little marathon. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2008 4:53 pm | ||
| miztflip | SouthWest Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2008 | |
| Hiked up and camped above Lake Como. Only saw one other person. The SW ridge was alot of fun and I highly recommend it compared to the choss of the standard route. Continued on to Blanca staying on the ridge crest. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2008 5:21 am | ||
| Asphazell | SW Ridge via couloir, class III Date Climbed: May 17, 2008 | |
| Outstanding and intense route in the snow. Perfect snow conditions made this route go. One of the more memorable climbs I've done. Trip report is "SW Ridge Class III snow" | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2008 10:34 am | ||
| Jerry L | Como Lake Date Climbed: May 24, 2008 | |
| That's as far as I went. Decided at this point to head south. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 8:33 pm | ||
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