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| belexes | Center Stock Driveway  Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2009 | |
| CMC Trip. There were five of us total. The goal was to do both Phoenix and La Garita Peaks. We camped the night before at the tailings cleanup site in East Willow canyon, and hiked from there. We started just after 6AM and reached the top around 11:30. There was some weather brewing to the west, so we decided to skip La Garita at first, and dropped down about 200 feet from the Phoenix/Pt ~12760 saddle, before deciding the weather didn't look all that bad. With some encouragement from the others, we decided to climb back up and go for La Garita. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2009 2:49 pm | ||
| kavak | South Slopes Route Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2005 | |
| I missed the trail that branches off East Willow Creek somehow. I had to bushwhack west on the right hand side of the creek going west to the south slope ridge. On the way down I correctly found the trail and it eventually finds its way to the south side of the creek heading toward East Willow Creek. Sound confusing? Well it was at the time. I ended up hiking up point 13,780 as well. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2008 9:58 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | West Ridge Date Climbed: May 24, 2008 | |
| For Late May, it sure as hell felt like late February. Climbed with Sarah Thompson, Dominic, Chicagotransplant, Kevin and Ken. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 7:05 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | West Ridge Date Climbed: May 24, 2008 | |
| Although it was Memorial Day weekend, conditions up high were definately winter-like. The nasty weather was compensated by great company though and it ended up being a memorable day. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 12:20 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | West Ridge Date Climbed: May 24, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Kiefer, Sarah, Dominic, Ken and Kevin. Felt a lot more like February than May as it was windy and snowing and covered in rime. A couple of us almost got frostbite coming down. Note to people trying to get up this one, you can't drive up East Willow Creek just yet, rock slide. You can, however, get to the trailhead via the Bachelor Loop 4x4 road. | |
| Posted May 27, 2008 9:37 am | ||
| kalet | South Slopes Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007 | |
| En route to La Garita Peak. 4:45 roundtrip. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2007 7:03 pm | ||
| Ryan Kowalski | South Slopes Date Climbed: May 27, 2007 | |
| Whew, this ended up being more work than I thought it would be due to the crappy deep snow in the trees. I love the La Garitas though, 3rd straight Memorial Day up in this area and never saw a person on any of our hikes. Great views from up top too. | |
| Posted May 30, 2007 2:16 pm | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: south slopes Date Climbed: July 17, 2005 | |
| I missed the Center Stock driveway and left the 4wd too early as I forgot the first page of my directions! I just bushwacked along Whited Creek and found the old trailhead sign after 20 min. The climb to the ridge is gentle but deceivingly long. A nice remote centennial/county hp that I enjoyed by myself. Nice page, Layne! | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 4:21 pm | ||
| Layne Bracy | Route Climbed: Ascent: East Willow Creek Falls Descent: South slopes Date Climbed: July 2, 2005 | |
| John Kirk and I enjoyed a nice loop hike on a beautiful day and had the mountain to ourselves. Well, we shared it with about 50 elk! | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2005 6:22 pm | ||
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