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| seanpeckham | final day of 6-day solo trip from Elk Park  Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2011 | |
| I spent 4 incredible and wet days backpacking around solo with a tiny tarp and a bivy sac (at times hooking up with some great people I encountered, but at other times having whole drainages to myself) from Elk Park to Chicago Basin, climbed Eolus on day 5, and on day 6 did Sunlight and Windom and went down to the train, which was delayed indefinitely (but turned out to only be a couple hours) due to two rock/mudslides. This was the only day of my trip that wasn't clear in the morning; it wasn't too clear what the clouds were going to do, so even my 7:30 am summit time didn't necessarily seem too early, but the lighting for the views up there at that time of day was out of this world gorgeous! The chute was nasty, but at least it gets you up and down fast. The class 3 part was super fun, with the chimneys and the window. I watched a guy run up and down the final block, then I watched his dad slip attempting to do the same. I'd been sick and slept poorly on my trip, and felt too wobbly to safely attempt it. | |
| Posted Aug 31, 2011 8:29 pm | ||
| Sarah Simon | Standard Chicago Basin route with Windom Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011 | |
| The Twin Lakes (upper) basin is absolutely beautiful. Once the scree gully slog is over, this is a very enjoyable scramble. The final summit block made my mouth dry, though. I don't care what other folks think of it...my knees were shaking for 10 minutes after I got back down to the summit marker / register area. I took the "leap of faith" descent like a cat - on all fours, Spider Man style. | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2011 9:48 am | ||
| myrone | 1st of the Chicago Basin 4 Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011 | |
| Started up from camp in Chicago Basin at 6:26AM with my friend Bob and reached a very tiny but rewarding peak summit boulder at 10:36. Crowded with six CMC members so had to wait a bit for "my turn". Then headed over to Windom Peak at 11:02. An absolutely beautiful day, crystal clear all-around and my 55th 14'er....Sweet! | |
| Posted Jul 18, 2011 11:40 am | ||
| Hyadventure | Nice Scramble once you get high Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2011 | |
| Once you get past 13500 the climb turns into a nice scramble with a fun move onto the summit block. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2011 7:45 pm | ||
| Jeremy Hakes | Fantastic Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2001 | |
| What a summit! | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2011 11:11 pm | ||
| centrifuge | had the mountain to myself Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2008 | |
| and it was awesome! | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2011 11:07 pm | ||
| Panthera uncia | From Vallecito Lake Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009 | |
| Great view from a tiny summit. Made friends with a little mountain goat! | |
| Posted Dec 22, 2010 5:57 pm | ||
| Montana Matt | Eolus, Sunlight and Windom from Purgatory TH Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2008 | |
| 42 mile day from Purgatory TH with Eric Lee. Got all three 14ers (Eolus, Sunlight and Windom) and North Eolus. Great day! | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2010 1:33 pm | ||
| billscherz | Great Climb Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006 | |
| Easily the best climb in Chicago Basin. | |
| Posted Sep 27, 2010 11:48 pm | ||
| strudolyubov | N. Eolus-Eolus-Sunlight-Windom Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2010 | |
| Third 14er summit of the day. After summiting Sunlight, went on to climb Windom Peak. Fun scrambling/climbing up the summit tower. Nice summit block, great views. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2010 2:33 pm | ||
| Ken Dammen | Sunlight/Windom/Eolus Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2010 | |
| Climbed four in one day. That makes 30 in the quest for all 58 Colorado 14ers. Great day but a pretty long day. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2010 1:51 pm | ||
| Brad Snider | From Purgatory Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2010 | |
| Fun--especially the upper scramble to the summit. Trail-workers working on lower part of route. Lots of goats too. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2010 8:13 pm | ||
| Wiktoria Plawska | Yes Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2010 | |
| Fun scramble, small storm, amd really rocky decend. Did this and Windom on the same day. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2010 5:40 pm | ||
| theREALCarpeDM | Love Chicago Basin Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| But didn't like that loose gully. That summit block was pretty scary! We bellied down off of it instead of doing the leap of faith. | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2010 6:56 pm | ||
| Darren9 | watch out for the goats | |
| guided clients in from the train, stayed the night. Goats are not afraid of humans, will eat your food, etc. Sunlight was amazing and made it all worthwhile. Fun finish. | |
| Posted Nov 7, 2009 12:51 am | ||
| altitude14er | Route Climbed: All "4" in a long day! Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009 | |
| Hiked in from the Purgatory Trailhead! Brutal but fun! Got Eolus, North Eolus, Sunlight & Windom in one summit push! | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 1:06 am | ||
| pyerger | lightning Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008 | |
| Climbed this, with Windom. The lighting was all around, which made for a scary finish. Nice scramble! | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 9:58 am | ||
| davebobk47 | Combo w/ Windom Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2009 | |
| Lots of goats on the way from lower camp. Fun scrambling. Perfect weather. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 3:49 pm | ||
| Eric Holle | South Slopes Date Climbed: May 7, 2009 | |
| Perfect weather and perfect snow conditions made this summit one of my favorite 14er experiences. The snow climbing to the summit was incredible! We skied from the saddle of Sunlight and the Spire for a reat descent and traverse to the base of Windom. | |
| Posted May 11, 2009 11:15 am | ||
| byates | Brad and Tracie | |
| August 07 a lot of rain, having the summit block wet made that final move even more spooky. | |
| Posted Dec 4, 2008 10:29 am | ||
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