Snowdon Peak Climber's Log

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peerzat

peerzat - Jun 24, 2005 5:59 pm

Route Climbed: naked lady Date Climbed: june 2003  Sucess!

surprised the Naked Lady route (the name used by our guide Marcus from Southwest Adventures) isn't listed. This route is the obvious couloir just to the east of the peak. Awesome climb, about 1000ft, up to 65 degrees but about 50 for the most part. Beautiful hike in via Lake Andrews. Beware of those swift San Juan storms! We ran into some electricity at the top! Pretty clean class 4 descent to the east back down the north side and back to camp for some grub and a good night's rest.

JaW - Sep 26, 2004 1:15 am

Route Climbed: West Buttress Date Climbed: September 26,2004

This was my first 13'er I did not make it to the top. The hike was decent to start off with. Right before you get to the ridge and saddle of Snowden the climb/hike is straight up and I mean straight up. After that that is a valley pretty easy when dry. Then you start scambling. I made it 70 feet away from the summit. I beat my record. Yippie!!!

eckdoerry

eckdoerry - Nov 28, 2003 11:42 am

Route Climbed: Central Couloir Date Climbed: Feb 2002  Sucess!

I can't believe the obvious couloir right the middle of this baby isn't a "listed" route. It was fabulous and not too hard. We had some poor weather coming in, but decided to just hurry up and down. The bottom of the couloir offered solid kick-stepping, moving to some more advanced axe-work on thinner snowpack as the angle steepened. By the top of the coulior (in full conditions by now) , we were on roughly 60-70 degree terrain, and climbing thin snow, some ice glaze, and rocks. A couple of sketchy moves gained the ridge --- I had a second micro-tool along, but never used it --- fingers in cracks and front points on glazed rock were enough. From there, the summit was just a short ways off, involving one exposed 15ft step of exciting moves. The way down was actually harder, as we traversed along the backside over glazed rock (eek!) to reach and descent the NW couloir route. Rount trip was about 7 hrs.

dsnell

dsnell - Dec 20, 2002 7:58 am

Route Climbed: West Buttress Date Climbed: July 1993  Sucess!

Climbed with my brother, John Snell, via the West Buttress during a glorious day in July of 1993. We were treated to incredible views of Silverton and the rest of the San Juans from the summit. Descending was kind of difficult, as the higher guy invariably dislodged rocks onto the lower guy. Nevertheless, we made it car to car in about 3-4 hours. Despite the loose rock, I highly recommend the climb. After all, loose rock is a fact of life in the San Juans.

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