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| lapotka | 2 fer  Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| nice jaunt from Sunlight across the scree valley | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2013 2:37 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | into the hailstorm Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012 | |
| sunlight was sunny....windom was not. i climbed up windom for 15-20 minutes in the worst hailstorm i've ever experienced. it wasn't pleasant, but i wasn't turning around unless i heard thunder. once it relented, all was good. it was a tad slippery, but i was never put in an uncomfortable situation. the summit was surprising! jamie | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2013 10:45 pm | ||
| Fletch | Solo Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2012 | |
| steeper than people say... | |
| Posted Dec 28, 2012 5:06 pm | ||
| milan | Thunderstorm on summit Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2012 | |
| Fortunatelly it was a little on the side so we were able to summit this incredible peak. Great ridge. Nice views. | ||
| Posted Oct 21, 2012 5:29 pm | ||
| Diggler | FINALLY Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2012 | |
| !!!THE LAST ONE!!! w/ Dad via standard route. Left campground (~10,900’) @ 6.03. Hauled ass to Twin Lakes (light sprinkle ~7.30- WTF?!! Trepidation ensued), but then ½ hour break. After that, fun scrambling! Summited @ 11.31. WOW- after 21 years (!!!), I’m…done!!!! A very weird idea, feeling, & concept! On the one hand, WHAT a goal (for me @ least) to have finally completed; on the other hand, all of the former unknowns are now knowns- there are no more CO 14er blanks on the map anymore. What a paradox. Such is life, I guess… Enjoyed spectacular views of the San Juan backcountry, trying to soak it all in. Finally left @ 12.24. Weather fluctuated between rain & sunny- ah, Colorado! Finally back @ camp @ 17.11. Enjoyed great freeze-dried food @ BEER before dropping into sleep. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2012 8:41 pm | ||
| Misa | fun scramble | |
| scrambled up on some class 4 - we lost the trail, but found it on the way down. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2012 2:42 am | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | Fun hike Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2012 | |
| Fun hike with my son, brother and Duchess. We scrambled on the south side, and then found the easy normal trail down. Duchess was leading the way and she got us of the track :) | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 11:42 pm | ||
| Matt Lemke | After Eolus and Sunlight Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2012 | |
| Did Eolus, waited out a storm for 4 hours, did Sunlight...then Windom. Got to this summit at 7:30 pm and ran down the trail to make camp before dark | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2012 2:17 am | ||
| miztflip | Nice Scramble Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012 | |
| Climbed with Eolus and Sunlight while enroute from Chicago Basin to Ruby Basin. Nice little scramble. | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2012 9:49 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Sunlight Creek Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2012 | |
| Second time up. This time came over from Sunlight Creek on our pack over the Sunlight Spire-Windom saddle. This high saddle is a pretty reasonable way to get from Sunlight Creek to Chicago Basin, but its a lot of tedious talus hopping with a heavy pack. In any case, it provides a nice alternative access to the crowds in Chicago Basin and allows you to combine a 14er trip with Jagged. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2012 11:51 am | ||
| hhsilleck | From Sunlight Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2012 | |
| Fun blocky climb ... super views! | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2012 3:42 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Part of a quadrufer Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012 | |
| 9th 14er this year. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2012 11:51 am | ||
| skorpeo | Fortnight of Fourtenners Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2012 | |
| My sixteenth anniversary! | |
| Posted Jul 28, 2012 11:08 pm | ||
| seano | Standard route Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2012 | |
| After Eolus, on a basin tour from Purgatory. Trip report. | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2012 9:06 pm | ||
| xpda | Windom Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2008 | |
| with Tim, camped in Chicago Basin | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2011 1:00 pm | ||
| Ted Eliason | Another amazing summit Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2010 | |
| With views unlike other summits in Colorado. Jagged peak front and center with a sweep of the entire San Juan range in the background. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2011 10:16 pm | ||
| rasgoat | Fun! | |
| Alot more fun than I thought. Near the top, the scrambling was great, along with a beautiful summit and views. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2011 7:57 pm | ||
| boisedoc | Nice climb Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2011 | |
| Left Chicago basin early to beat the storms but turned out to be a good day weather wise. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 12:47 pm | ||
| indianabob | My first 14er Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011 | |
| Left from camp in Chicago Basin at sunrise and made it up after getting bound up in a boulder field on Peak 18. Poor route finding made it a more interesting and challenging climb than it should have been. Magnificent day! Rain, hail and sleet on the way down but no problems. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 12:16 pm | ||
| seanpeckham | final day of 6-day solo trip from Elk Park Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011 | |
| I spent 4 incredible and wet days backpacking around solo with a tiny tarp and a bivy sac (at times hooking up with some great people I encountered, but at other times having whole drainages to myself) from Elk Park to Chicago Basin, climbed Eolus on day 5, and on day 6 did Sunlight and Windom and went down to the train, which was delayed indefinitely (but turned out to only be a couple hours) due to two rock/mudslides. This was the only day of my trip that wasn't clear in the morning; it wasn't too clear what the clouds were going to do, but I saved Windom for last because it'd be easier to bail off of than Sunlight, and things even cleared up a bit on the way up, but the clouds were thickening on the top (and it was only 9-9:30) so I hurried back down (only to find it clearing up again on and off and not actually raining until I was back at camp). Windom was much more fun than I thought it would be (assumed it was just talus slopes the whole way), thanks to staying on the ridge (easy class 3, I'd call it) instead of following the trail out onto the face (why does it do that anyway??) | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2011 8:56 pm | ||
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