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| PatrickSwazeHaze | What a big knob  Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Best scramble in a scrambler's paradise known as the Ice Lakes region. Best sunrise view of the Wilsons, followed by a traverse to GH, Vermillion and Fuller topped off with a poop in pants post climb tex/mex meal in Montrose. Something you need to see or do before you die for sure. | ||
| Posted Feb 17, 2009 10:53 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Ranks among my favorite Colorado 13ers Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Pilot Knob - whenever I'm in the area I can't take my eyes off this thing for some reason. Its such a unique peak! Beautifully colored but rotten rock typical of the San Juans. Ice Lakes Basin is one of the most spectacular areas in the state. I think I was having an overly confident scrambling day because I danced across the exposed summit ridge like it was nothing and we never considered breaking out the rope. I have a feeling I may feel a little differently on my return trip - yes I am definatley going back! | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2008 1:56 pm | ||
| seth@LOKI | Arch! Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2007 | |
| There is a nice Arch in the tower just next to the summit. THe route description say to go over the tower just south of the true summit. They mean go over the easy tower, then go to the left below this tower with the arch in it, this arched tower would not be worth it or even fun to climb over. We took rope, good practice with the rope but it could be done without in dry conditions etc. as low to mid class 4. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2007 1:40 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: Middle and North summits Date Climbed: oct 8, '05 | |
| Climbed the middle summit (lower one) by accident up a very scary gully. It topped out with some 5.6 climbing on the loosest rock i've ever been on. The downclimb was a pain. I was kinda bummed when i found out i was on the wrong summit and had to do another climb on this rock. Went over to the north summit and got up without a problem. the rock is a little better. Not sure if it is because people have cleaned it off a bit. This was the end of a long traverse from Fuller Peak. I wanted to link up US Grant peak too but a storm moved in. | |
| Posted Oct 9, 2005 12:41 pm | ||
| mtnhiker13 | Route Climbed: West Couloir Date Climbed: July 31, 2004 | |
| As part of my CMC BMS (Basic Mountaineering School) we climbed this mountain. This was our graduation climb. What a wonderful mountain and area to visit. After seeing the rest of the peaks in the area - I want to climb them too! We had nearly perfect weather the day of the climb and the entire weekend, despite it being in the middle of monsoon season. The climb was easier than anticipated and the loose rock didn't play nearly the factor that I thought it would. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2004 12:29 am | ||
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