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La Plata Mountains > Hesperus Mountain > Climber's Log|
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| mirhash | Hesperus via Owens Basin  Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009 | |
| Great climb! Weather wasn't too bad until we got back to the car. Lots of talus though. | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2009 3:46 pm | ||
| Aaron Johnson | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2009 | |
| Ellen and I climbed this fabulous mountain from the Sharkstooth TH. I was disappointed that the old access road referred to in my Paul Pixler book had been shut down. This resulted in using the Mancos Trail, which is in bad repair. Bushwhacking is required no matter what route you may navigate to the mountain, so we skipped the trail on our return. The mountain was great fun. We had a bluebird day and we were the only ones on top, or on the mountain, until we ran into a local couple during our descent, who knew of SP and refer to it routinely, and so they reckognized me as well. Great summit, fabulous view, fun scrambling, but be in the mood for loose rock galore, because that's what the La Platas (and the San Juans) are all about. Get around that and you'll really enjoy this mountain! | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2009 11:52 pm | ||
| mattpayne11 | Not sure of route, Lots of Talus Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2003 | |
| W/ my girlfriend at the time, Alisa O'Riley | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2009 11:39 pm | ||
| kavak | From Sharkstooth TH Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007 | |
| While visiting Mesa Verde National Park, we drove out to the trailhead for this peak. She hiked to the pass Sharkstooth Pass while I ventured up the slopes. It was steeper than it looked attaining the ridge. Beautiful weather all day. | |
| Posted Dec 5, 2008 9:48 am | ||
| SarahThompson | Five Peak Day! Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2008 | |
| Climbed Hesperus via the standard route, then went on to Lavender, Moss, Centennial & Sharkstooth. Great area! | |
| Posted Aug 25, 2008 12:19 pm | ||
| jhodlof | Perfect day Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008 | |
| Just perfect conditions for climbing Hesperus. I made it to the top and found no storms and not even many clouds nearby. I could have stayed on top for hours, as it didn't seem to storm much that day. This was my 3rd sacred mountain to climb this summer. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 5:58 pm | ||
| BigRob | Climbed chute SW of summit Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008 | |
| Beautiful climb. I can see Hesperus from my house and have finally climbed it. The weather was great until I regained West Mancos Trail. It hailed from there back. Total time 5.5 hours. Mosquitos were thick in timber around trail. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2008 11:42 pm | ||
| Kenneth.alone | My first 13er! Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1996 | |
| Me and my Dad hiked this remote peak when i was 12 years old! Good times. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2008 9:09 pm | ||
| shknbke | via Sharkstooth TH Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2007 | |
| climbed Hesperus along with Lavender via the traverse, not recommended unless you have a high tolerance for loose talus! I left the West Mancos trail a little too early in the dark and had to traverse across a rock glacier to the proper gully. Steep climb. Now somebody needs to figure out which is higher: Hesperus or Lavender? | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 11:03 am | ||
| MasonMiller | Cloudy day Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2004 | |
| It was a cloudy day and spent most of the climb in the clouds. To cut a couple of hours off the approach... go right over the talis and make your way up the back slope. Great view at the top though, as always. | |
| Posted Mar 23, 2007 2:11 am | ||
| JCantu1044 | Hesperus Mountain Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2006 | |
| Jathan Cantu and buddy, Dan Spare, reached the summit in about 4 hours. Started out at Sharkstooth trailhead, but soon broke trail and headed up the grassy north side of the west ridge. We hiked down the scree/talus slope to make better time on the return. Great 13er! Columbines everywhere! | |
| Posted Jul 3, 2006 9:43 pm | ||
| flyinghighpete | Route Climbed: Sharkstooth trail head Date Climbed: October 12, 2003 | |
| Went in the middle of the night with headlamps and a GPS. Found lots of tallus | |
| Posted Oct 14, 2005 4:44 pm | ||
| streeyyr | Hesperus Mountain Date Climbed: Sep 2, 1999 | |
| A high mountain in the southwest corner of Colorado. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 8:17 pm | ||
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