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TiogaBradford	What a day! Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2005
	Incredible day! This was my 2nd 14er and my first Class 3 peak. We started hiking that day at about 2am, made it to the lake by sunrise, and summitted around 10am. I think we finished hiking that day around 5pm, after about 15 hours and 20 miles. My friend Dave and I were dead exhausted. The scenery and scrambling were great, but the scree field was less than fun....
	Posted Sep 23, 2006 12:41 am

km_donovan	Standard Route Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006
	It was more like "Snowmassless" Fun climb, great weather.
	Posted Sep 7, 2006 10:20 pm

jclements	Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
	Would rather have had snow to ski/glissade down. Weather stayed nice all day, just cloudy enough.
	Posted Aug 10, 2006 5:25 pm

crzyjt	Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2006
	A fun scramble.
	Posted Aug 9, 2006 6:50 pm

Brian Kalet	The S-Ridge (ascent), West Face via Marble (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
	10 hours roundtrip. Trip Report
	Posted Aug 7, 2006 5:20 pm

sdhager	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake via Snowmass Creek Trailhead Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2005
	Awesome Trip! Great stream crossing near oxbow lake. Loved the ridge scramble. Lots of snow!
	Posted Aug 5, 2006 9:23 pm

mountainzen107	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2006
	The most technical climb thus far, and physically demanding. I had heard of the Elk Range being rather rugged and remote, but I had no idea. The entire hike to base camp was gorgeous, filled with marmots and columbines. Lake is suberb, and fishing was great!
	Posted Jul 28, 2006 4:44 pm

Mike Mc	Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006
	Straight up the snowfield to the saddle between Snowmass and North Snowmass...Gorgeous!
	Posted Jul 19, 2006 3:04 am

Asphazell	Snowmass Lake/East Couloir Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006
	Great trip with two great friends! Hike to the lake was long, but the lake and the East Couloir were INCREDIBLE! Snowmass is in my top 5 favorite summits. Definitely glad we did this while there was a good deal of snow up there, wish it had been a little cooler though.
	Posted Jul 3, 2006 9:06 pm

altitude14er	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2006
	A Great Day & Summit. The 8 mile backpack out was a little rough with blistered feet. Well worth it though.
	Posted Jun 26, 2006 6:45 am

Mountain Jim	From Lead King Basin Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1968
	Nice ridge scramble.
	Posted Mar 23, 2006 7:53 pm

markhyams	Standard Route Date Climbed: Jul 28, 1999
	Beautiful mountain. An enchanting wilderness experience.
	Posted Mar 5, 2006 5:52 pm

shknbke	Route Climbed: S-Ridge Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2005
	Got extremely lucky with a rare warm, bluebird day in early Oct and climbed the seldom visited S-Ridge. Started from 10800' trailhead at Silver Creek off FR 315 after starting on the wrong ridge. The S-Ridge is a classic climb with solid rock for the most part. The climb is mostly class 3 with some class 4-5 if you stay on the ridge crest. It took us 5 hrs from Little Gem Lake at a slow pace.
	Posted Oct 3, 2005 1:17 am

CarlZ	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: August 21, 2005
	I'm new at this stuff. My 2nd 14K peak. Did Mt. Whitney last summer while completing JMT. This was day four of a 5-day backpacking trip (w/ wife and another couple). The hike up Snowmass wasn't too bad. Had trouble w/ snowfield on way down. Slipped 3 times & broke hiking pole arresting myself. Didn't use an ice axe. Mistake. The scree at the bottom was difficult to come down for me and my buddy. Did a lot of 'butt sliding.' Hope to do more peaks next summer (w/ ice axe and possibly crampons).
	Posted Sep 3, 2005 10:41 pm

hhsilleck	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: 7/16/05
	The backpack in to the lake is possibly my favorite fourteener approach hike - fantastic! Great climb, except for the miserable scree slope just above the lake.
	Posted Jul 18, 2005 6:24 pm

doumall	Route Climbed: Snowmass Snowfield Date Climbed: 7/17/05
	Backpacked into Snowmass Lake, summited the following day and hiked out. Long trip with great scenery. Well worth the hike. 46th 14er!
	Posted Jul 18, 2005 12:09 pm

Larry V	Route Climbed: west face, east slopes Date Climbed: September 1996 & July 2004
	Climbed with Aaron P. from Lead King Basin at 9600'. It's shorter this way, but not nearly as scenic as the Snowmass Lake approach on the east side. Did the traditional approach and route in 2004, with Alan, Ron, and Michael. A real treat.
	Posted Jan 9, 2005 9:12 pm

Saintgrizzly

Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September, 1995

Climbed with Aaron and Mark. Probably this (the West Ridge) is the most direct route, but it's still a long day, with much class three bouldering, and some class four manuevering to lift yourself onto the summit. It's worth it--this is one of my favorite Colorado mountains!

Aaron and I went to the upper basin earlier (I don't remember the year), and spent what to my mind is the most memorable night I've ever had in the mountains. A front stalled out directly over Snowmass, and as it kind of ebbed and flowed over us formed thunderstorm after thunderstorm. We were camped right at timberline, and the lightning and thunder were so intense I remember it sounding like huge marbles were rolling across the sky! Maybe I should have been afraid, but it was too huge a sounding night to do anything but listen, and be amazed! I'll never forget it...

Next morning, the peak was covered with snow, so we turned around.

Posted Aug 11, 2004 12:19 am

Peter Eliassen	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: July 15, 2004
	Great hike...but has a lot of late-season snow fields...can make for a wet descent.
	Posted Jul 22, 2004 3:51 pm

climbcolorado	Route Climbed: Snowmass Lake Date Climbed: 7/7/04
	Great hike to lake! Great fishing! Great snow climb! My last 14er!
	Posted Jul 8, 2004 7:18 pm

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