Conditions - San Juans
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:57 pm
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....
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....