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Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Little Costilla Peak > Climber's Log|
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| Woodzy | Swacked Up It  Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009 | |
| Hiked it from Clayton Corrals with Kilian and Caleb on a day off. We started at 10:00am and made the summit at 12:30pm. It was a miserable swack once the fence started going in the wrong direction. They say to follow the fences but the fences go in all directions. Great day with steller views. One of my favorite peaks for sure. We saw a bear on the way up and LOTS of elk. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2009 11:06 pm | ||
| surgent | Hiked in 2003 | |
| Hiked with my wife in early Fall 2003. One of my last of the 33 New Mexico County HPs. Beautiful area! | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2006 3:21 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Corral and up! Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2006 | |
| A long drive in from either direction is rewarded by awesome views along the grassy summit ridge. We saw a number of elk on our way out and even managed to capture a 10 second video of 6 of them as they ran by us at a distance of 50m. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2006 10:16 pm | ||
| Cortez | Route Climbed: Corral Route Date Climbed: August 13 2005 Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005 | |
| This is a wonderful and isolated mountain that rarely receives human visiters. The potential for wildlife viewing is high in this remote region of the Valle Vidal. This is one of my favorite mountains. The first mile is steep as you work your way through the meadow up to the steep forested ridge. We followed the old county line barbed wire fence almost to treeline. Once above treeline the temp. fell dramatically and the wind picked up. The clouds shrouded the mountains and somewhat limited our views but, in the end did not take away from the grandeur of this mountain. Little Costilla is New Mexico! PROTECT the VALLE VIDAL!!! | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2005 2:19 pm | ||
| truchas | Route Climbed: My own version of the south ridge Date Climbed: September 1997 | |
| Did this solo on my way home from New Mexico to Amarillo. I started on road from Costilla to Cimarron. I estimated approximately where the south ridge terminated at the road. I parked and just went up. I found the fence and followed it to timberline and then went on up. Fantastic views of the Culebra group. | |
| Posted Dec 6, 2003 9:20 pm | ||
| jomal | Route Climbed: Corral Route Date Climbed: August 03 | |
| Me and two other rangers climbed this mountain on the spur of the moment on a day off. When we got there we realized we had forgotten both our compasses and flashlights (it was already 3) but we still went on. It was a beautiful hike up, saw a mountain goat, but we were forced to descend quickly because of a storm. We descended with no light following the barbed wire fence which dissappeared frequently. Got some moon towards the end, but it just showed ghostly white aspens backed by a storm darker than the night sky around it. Got hammered for the last bit, but we made it! | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2003 3:10 am | ||
| adepas | Route Climbed: From the Corral Date Climbed: July 20, 2001 | |
| Philmont Rayado trek 717-RM3 2001 We began close to the Corral (west of Shuree Ponds in the Valle Vidal), where we hiked up through a meadow to the county fenceline along a ridge to the south of the mountain. We continued along the ridge, above the treeline and over four or five false peaks before reaching the summit. There were glorious views into Colorado and toward the west. We hiked down the ravine to Elk Meadows where we spent the night. This place is awesome! | ||
| Posted Aug 5, 2002 8:26 pm | ||
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