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Indian Peaks (CO) > Shoshoni Peak > Climber's Log|
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| BigCountry | NE Ridge  Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2009 | |
| Awesome summit, climbed it via the NE Ridge which was nice. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2009 9:33 am | ||
| ephillips | Very unique summit! (Shoshoni Peak via East Ridge) Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| Ascended via the east ridge. The ridge is steep, but fairly stable. The summit of Shoshoni is VERY unique -- several prominent peaks with very airy drop offs. One of my favorite summits in IPW due to the exposure. :-) | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2009 2:31 pm | ||
| shknbke | SW couloir far left Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2009 | |
| I've done quite a few couloir climbs, and this one is probably the steepest one I've done, although steepness can be highly variable. I forgot to bring my inclinometer for this trip, but we estimated it to be sustained in the low 50's for a good portion of the climb. Bypassed the nasty crux by protecting the 5.2 bypass to the right. Snow was very firm, but soft enough to get the shaft of the axe down. First time to use a 2nd tool on a snow climb! Tough work for the lead climber! Shoshoni has an amazing summit view with a nice, airy scramble at the end complete with goat crap! | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2009 7:25 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | SW Couloir (westernmost) Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2009 | |
| Climbed the westernmost, most difficult of the three couloirs. The rock crux was in bad shape with sketchy snow. There were no protection opportunities before trying to pull the first few moves. Backed off and climbed the short workaround 5.2 rock pitch on the right side of the couloir. That worked very well and deposited us directly above the mess. The snow in the couloir was very hard making upward progress slow and labor intensive. This felt like one of the most serious snow climbs I've done but I don't know how much of that was due to conditions. It was sustained and steep the whole way - in the 50's. Great day! Somewhat of a surprise, but a good one. | |
| Posted Jun 14, 2009 8:57 pm | ||
| Narendra | Via Pawnee pass | |
| What a great, scenic hike. This was the first mountain that I climbed in the Indain peaks (summer 2007)! | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2008 3:15 pm | ||
| Mots010 | Pawnee Pass Trail Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008 | |
| Quick hike up Pawnee Pass. Scenic area, and trail was still dry. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2008 3:37 pm | ||
| GeorgeJames | Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2008 | |
| Out and back from the Brainard Lake Trailhead on an unusual weather day, that started gloomy and kept getting nicer. Neat little summit block, quite the view. Looking forward to returning to this area for more. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2008 2:18 am | ||
| Steven Cross | Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| Couldn't of had a better Labor Day hiking 2 wonderful 12ers. First Pawnee Peak, then Shoshoni. The summit block and very small summit was incredible. Headed down the east face boulder field. Deffinatly my favorite 12er to date. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:41 pm | ||
| RMdaytripsgrl | From Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2008 | |
| A spectacular mountain! A nice mellow climb from Long Lake TH. Descent via skirting down east ridge looks pretty good, as Kane states - almost did it, but had a pulled hamstring and didn't feel up to the "unknown" of off-trail travel today. Next time. Might be a fun/easy ascent route from Isabelle lake in snow conditions. ???? | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2008 3:06 pm | ||
| Kruck | Great summit block Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008 | |
| Scrambled over to this peak after hiking Pawnee Peak. My wife went down below to the tundra bench to photograph wildflowers. I loved the final summit pillar. Some of the most excellent views. For some reason, this mountain was one of my favorites in the area. Just had a great feeling standing up on top by myself, admiring the rugged IPW. Met a fellow on my way down who was headed for the summit to mark the 51st anniversary of his first mountain climb, which was Chief's Head. Admirable. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2008 10:34 am | ||
| Chris | Nice quick day Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007 | |
| Did a quick trail run up from Long Lake to Shoshoni and back. About 1hr 45min up. Thunderstorms moving in, so bailed on my plan to traverse to Pawnee and Toll. Nice day to be out though. Great wildflowers! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2007 4:07 pm | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| Dropped past Sho and began Kasparov Traverse. Need to go back to finish Kasparov. Looking for a partner. I'll lead everything. Drop me a pm. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2007 8:11 pm | ||
| markhyams | N Slopes Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| Great little summit. The trip over from Pawnee Pass is a bit more time-consuming than its distance would indicate. | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2006 10:04 pm | ||
| smudge | from Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Awesome summit with amazing views! Toll to pawnee to shoshoni makes great loop! | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2006 7:23 pm | ||
| miztflip | Loop from Little Pawnee Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2006 | |
| Ran over to Shoshoni after climbing Pawnee's East Ridge Route. The summit of Shoshoni is a spectacular setting for viewing the surrounding peaks. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2006 10:35 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | From Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: Jul 16, 1967 | |
| Nice summit. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2006 10:27 pm | ||
| heather14 | Route Climbed: Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: September 17, 2005 | |
| It was quite windy. Made for a tough scramble up and across the ridge to the peak. All in all a great day though. Blue skies and great views! | |
| Posted Oct 22, 2005 10:53 pm | ||
| jeffgun | Route Climbed: Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: September 11, 2005 | |
| Got out with my climbing buddy Pete to celebrate our freedom and remember those we lost... Beautiful day to be up in the IPW!! Weather was absolutely perfect!! Not even a breeze up on the summit. I agree with umbra alta about the route. We decended via the northeast face and it cut at least a mile off the return. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2005 5:55 pm | ||
| umbra alta | Route Climbed: Northeast slopes Date Climbed: September 2005 | |
| This peak's tiny summit tower and scramble, combined with the sheer drops around it and AMAZING views of the surrounding peaks can trick you into thinking it was a better climb than it actually was. The pawnee pass trail route sucks (it's unnecessarily long). For distance/time's sake it's best to leave it on the big bench below the pass and to the east of Shoshoni. Just contour up the talus slopes and you'll save unnecessary ups-and-downs along the ridge from Pawnee Pass (while sacrificing some good views). I downclimbed a more direct route into the basin to the east, slightly to the north of the shrunken 'Moosehead' snowfield. The terrain was slightly loose talus but nothing too bad. This peak would go best as a snow climb in early summer of the 'Moosehead' in my opinion, allowing you to observe conditions on Navajo Snowfield and Queen's Way couloir on Apache peak. | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2005 3:36 pm | ||
| coljayms | Route Climbed: Pawnee Pass Date Climbed: September 2004 | |
| Did this hike the next week after the awesome Audubon/Paiute loop. From Pawnee Pass I bypassed Shoshoni Summit and followed it's ridge (rim of Isabelle Glacier) about 1/2 mile to get an amazing view of the Apache massive. After the short and exciting sramble to the summit I decided to go for the loop and descend what I now know of as the East Ridge. Clear skies, surprisingly solitary, another beauty of the IPW. | ||
| Posted May 13, 2005 10:50 am | ||
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