Hey, CO folks - could use a word or two of advice.
As my usual haunts are on fire, I'm heading up to SW CO for the weekend. Taking a rather novice/intermediate hiker who has little in the way of winter gear (no crampons or gaiters or snowshoes) so we'd have to find something where the conditions are more mellow. I had three thoughts:
1 - Ice Lakes Basin. But I've heard that snow stays pretty late in there, and this was a heavy snowfall year.
2 - heading up Uncompaghre. Anyone know the conditions there and on the approach road?
3 - Ditto for Wilson Peak /Gladstone/ El Diente. I've been there before but it was later in the season. Conditions? Approach?
Thanks in advance for the help....