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| flyinghighpete | Route Climbed: Silver Creek Date Climbed: October 18, 2003  | |
| I did this mountain after climbing Redcloud. It was 60 degrees and not a single cloud in the sky in October! We then went down the scree slope which was awesome! | |
| Posted Oct 21, 2003 4:47 pm | ||
| Steven Cross | Route Climbed: Silver Creek, Southfork-descent route. Date Climbed: September, 26, 2003 | |
| After reaching Redcloud we went on to do Sunshine. Not a cloud in the sky this day. This was the first time I have done two 14ers in one day. The descent route was not hard to find, there is a nice climbers trail down it. after the first switchback it heads straight down the scree slope and there was times I was rock skiing. I just create a rock slide and go with it and use my pole to slow my ascent if I go too fast. It was very fun and we lost elevation very fast. I highly recommend this route if you have a pole or hiking stick. Nothing really scary, just a good fast descent. | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2003 3:55 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | Route Climbed: Mill Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: August 31, 2003 | |
| I've climbed Redcloud 4 times, Sunshine 3 times. The most recent climb was from Mill Creek Campground. Routes and reports are pending. Steep, climbs fast and solitary! NICE! Returned same route with a contour of Sunshine's NE face that worked very well. The Silver Creek route is gorgeous in wet years. I heartily support the optional descent route (see my photo), provided you are experienced in route finding and steep slope sliding that is common in the San Juans. From the warning sign, angle northwest down the slope in a straight line toward the spotty tundra below. This should get you over and through most of the cliff bands below. Pay attention and don't drop too quickly. This route is a joyous loop trip back to the trail. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2003 8:17 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: Mill Creek Date Climbed: 08/31/2003 | |
| We took a very steep approach to Sunshine from Mill Creek. Very steep. I wasn't having the greatest day so it was a struggle but we made it to the top pretty quickly. Once on top we made the traverse over to Redcloud. People we met were very confused when they saw us returning over to Sunshine for our descent. A very nice day. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2003 8:47 am | ||
| big_g | Route Climbed: Redcloud Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2003 | |
| Easy traverse from Redcloud. Sat a while on the ridge and enjoyed the view, ate, and relaxed. It started clouding up but never did rain. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2003 10:07 pm | ||
| charms | Route Climbed: Ridge over "Sun Dog" Date Climbed: August 1, 2003 | |
| My wife and I bushwacked our way up to the ridge that leads to "Sun Dog" from the trail were South Silver Creek feeds Silver Creek. We climbed the ridge and scrambled onto "Sun Dog". We crossed over the ridge and descended into the basin below Sunshine. We climbed the rock glacier on the west side of the Sunshine/Redcloud saddle and then followed the trail to the summit of Sunshine. We then descended back down into South Silver Creek and followed the trail down. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2003 8:44 pm | ||
| Matt Mahoney | Route Climbed: Silver Creek Date Climbed: July 17, 2003 | |
| Climbed with Redcloud | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2003 10:41 pm | ||
| mmoerk | Route Climbed: North ridge from Redcloud Date Climbed: July 5, 2003 | |
| Climbed up Redcloud via the standard route, then traversed over the easy ridge to Sunshine. Beautiful day. To make things interesting, I descended to the west, and followed the northwest ridge over Sundog for my descent. Interesting route, and a good way to lose the crowds. | |
| Posted Jul 13, 2003 12:08 am | ||
| RyanS | Route Climbed: Mills Creek Date Climbed: May 24, 2003 | |
| A fun route up Sunshine, if you don't mind the steepness! My trip report is available here. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2003 11:19 am | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: 1996 | |
| Sunshine is in a beautiful setting. The hike from Redcloud is a lark but the views are different than Redcloud. A worthwhile hike! | |
| Posted May 29, 2003 6:47 pm | ||
| Grant | Route Climbed: Silver Creek - 10,400 Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2001 | |
| Sunshine was a mile and a half to the South of Redcloud and 500 vertical feet from the saddle to the peak. Reaching the summit was a piece of cake. After about ten minutes on the summit I was headed back to Redcloud and then back down to the trailhead. | |
| Posted Feb 5, 2003 1:44 pm | ||
| lemushratfou | Route Climbed: Redcloud/Sunshine traverse Date Climbed: September 21,2002 | |
| Camped at Grizzly Gulch and made my way up to Redcloud from there,along the ridge to Sunshine,back to the saddle and then straight down the scree to pick up the Silver Creek trail not far from the road.Nice weather.A few folk on Redcloud but had Sunshine all to myself. Alex :o) | ||
| Posted Oct 9, 2002 2:43 pm | ||
| rmjwinters | Route Climbed: East ridge via Redcloud Date Climbed: August 7 1999 | |
| Nice day. Love the San Juans. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2002 9:29 pm | ||
| wayneaflick | Route Climbed: East Ridge Route from the Mill Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: July 3, 1997 | |
| I started up the creek to the north but soon realized I needed to get out of the canyon. I proceeded along the edge of the canyon until it turned west. I then climbed west up rocks to timberline. Upon reaching timberline I could see the entire route. I crossed the broad east ridge and ended up getting in trouble on the left side. I backtracked back to the ridge and proceeded up the center of the ridge and found an excellent trail that led to the summit. Comming down included a glissade down the summit ridge and a long walk back to the trailhead. Having gotten lost twice, I spent 14 hours on the trail. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2002 4:40 pm | ||
| xskier77 | Route Climbed: Silver Creek Date Climbed: June 30, 2002 | |
| Ran over to Sunshine after summiting Redcloud. A fast and easy ridge to reach the summit of Sunshine. By running most of the ridge it only took me 45 minutes to get from Redcloud to Sunshine. Very easy day bagging both peaks. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2002 6:50 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Route Climbed: Standard from Redcloud Date Climbed: July 2, 2002 | |
| We returned via the South Fork Silver Creek trail and were glad because we would have gotten much wetter had we returned over Redcloud. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2002 4:44 pm | ||
| ctruscot | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: Septemeber 16, 2000 | |
| Did Sunshine-Redcloud combination. Great fall day! | ||
| Posted Jul 3, 2002 9:43 am | ||
| tedde1 | Route Climbed: Silver Creek Date Climbed: july 5, 2001 | |
| Climbed in conjuction with Redcloud a great day, A little tricky picking my down through the snowfields and talus. | ||
| Posted Mar 27, 2002 2:44 pm | ||
| Peter Eliassen | Route Climbed: Standard from Redcloud Date Climbed: 7/23/01 | |
| Wonderful ridge traverse from Redcloud...great views! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2001 11:49 am | ||
| miztflip | Route Climbed: Standard from Redcloud Date Climbed: June 20, 2000 | |
| Climbed along with redcloud. A nice stroll. | |
| Posted Aug 8, 2001 3:03 pm | ||
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