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Sneffels Range, Colorado > Potosi Peak > Climber's Log|
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| SarahThompson | Standard Route  Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| On my 2nd trip up Teakettle the weather held out long enough for us to climb Potosi as well. We used the standard route which required some routefinding and scrambling over loose rock. I don't agree with Roach's 2nd class rating. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 3:17 pm | ||
| Kane | Potosi! Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| Nie to get this one with Aaron. TR here http://www.summitpost.org/custom-object/279853/2007.html#chapter_17 | |
| Posted Mar 2, 2008 11:28 am | ||
| Peter Gram | Standard route linked with Teakettle Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2007 | |
| It is a lot of work gaining the summit ridge, so I recommend climbing Teakettle as well. Potosi has impressive summit cliffs, but the standard route avoids most of the difficulties. | ||
| Posted Jan 8, 2008 12:44 pm | ||
| kalet | From Teakettle & "Coffeepot" Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007 | |
| 8 hours roundtrip from 10,700'. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2007 11:57 am | ||
| Aaron Johnson | 5th Attempt a Success Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| After 4 attempts, I finally climbed this beautiful mountain 1 day before the San Juan SP Gathering event with my wife Ms. Ellen and SP member Kane. It was everything I expected it to be and more. We enjoyed the actual mountain a great deal and the views were just fantastic! The route over from Coffee Pot is badly worn and eroding quickly, to the pont of being treacherous. We thought it so bad we abandoned our plans to return via that route and try Roach's descent route. We had no problems with this route and thought it worked well, given Potosi's difficult terrain. Folks have gotten cliffed out and into trouble with the descent route, but we found it to be the lesser of two evils than returning over Coffee Pot. The flowers on Potosi's tundra slopes were incredible, although the loose talus beneath the saddle was heinous and the final descent gully was ugly and messy. No points for style there! The upper mountain is wonderful though, and the scrambling below the summit is great fun. However, the mountain must be taken seriously, and I reiterate what mtnhiker13 says-don't attempt this mountain without plenty of route finding and loose (and I mean loose beyond belief) San Juan rock climbing experience. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2007 1:28 am | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007 | |
| Took the standard route up and the alternate descent route down. The alternate descent was very loose and steep! Not recommended for anyone without lots of experience on such terrain. Great mountain - wonderful views- surprisingly large summit plateau. Fun class 2-3 climbing up the gulley. Nice short day! | |
| Posted Jul 20, 2007 7:02 pm | ||
| boisedoc | another great Sneffels range summit Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1990 | |
| A fair amount of loose rock but no exposure if you stay on route | |
| Posted Dec 17, 2006 4:51 am | ||
| seth@LOKI | Climbed the Couloir on th south side. Date Climbed: Jun 8, 1999 | |
| Not actually as loose as descending the main route. Great mushy cushy soccer field on top! | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2006 12:54 am | ||
| shknbke | from Teakettle Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Climbed mighty Potosi after Teakettle via a decent climbers trail from the 12980' saddle. The trail all the way around to the n.e. side where there are fewer cliffs to navigate. This is probably the loosest talus I have ever been on! | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2006 6:27 pm | ||
| sarsfield | Route Climbed: West Side, First couloir Date Climbed: 9/17/05 | |
| Pat Naughton & Ed Baxter Climbed Coffee Pot and then descended the ridge southeast to the saddle between Coffee Pot and Potosi. There is a well defined trail from Coffee Pot that leads you all the way through the west side of Potosi. Instead of traversing the entire west face as recommended in all the guide books we took the first Couloir which is not recommend. We took the standard route down and returned to the saddle between Potosi and Coffee Pot and then descended directly down to the valley, which again is not recommended. Follow the directions down as recommended by Gerry & Jennifer Roach, Colorado’s Thirteeners. This climb is a good example of why you should always take the same route down that you took up. To climb Potosi I would recommend that you climb to the base of Coffee Pot first and follow the ridge over to Potosi. | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2005 1:49 am | ||
| reallybigredd | Route Climbed: south ridge to southeast gully Date Climbed: july 27, 2002 | |
| This direct route had steep vertical and challenging route finding. It meets the trail from the Coffepot above the south facing cliff bands and is a scramble from there. We missed the gully and traversed to the east side above some loose ledges but back tracked and found the route. Great summit views of the San Juans. There are a lot of cliff bands at the base so be sure to know your way down or you'll end up down climbing rotten rock. | ||
| Posted Jul 30, 2002 10:15 am | ||
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