My wife and I climbed Redcloud (twice) in conjunction with Sunshine via the standard route up Silver Creek. There was minimal snow, and we had blue, blue skies the whole entire way. We also encountered 20 plus feet of avy debris from some monstor slides that must have ran into Silver Creek proper from the north last winter. Awesome peaks!!! Went over Cinnamon Pass in the Xterra after!
Started up at 6:46AM and reached the summit at 9:38, then headed over to Sunshine Peak at 9:55 to Sunshine and back by noon, back to the TH at 2:15. Another awesome day in the San Juans; my 33rd 14'er twice........sweet!!
Thanks to my dog giving me a minor assist up some of the steeper stuff, we made a very fast ascent. Great views and lots of fun getting two for one with Sunshine as well.
Started at 5:00 am and was on the summit by 8:15. Not too bad for two flatlanders. Did the ridge to Sunshine and descended the northwest slope. Nice 10-mile day.
Nearly careened off a mountain road in the car on our way to the trailhead. The hike along the creek was beautiful & quite flat. This peak saves lots of elevation gain for the final mile. Lots of switchbacks so it wasn't that difficult though. The summit was small, pointy, and amazing; the mountain lives up to its name. The red rocks look like the surface of Mars.
Enjoyed perfect weather on the ascent to Redcloud...the summit had a cool look due to all the surrounding red dirt and rocks. This one was my 19th 14er...
I went up the standard route, then over to Sunshine peak, all in all it was a pretty good day. The ridge was a little longer than I had thought, looking at it from Redcloud makes Sunshine seem so close.