San Juan RangeThe Southwest Ridge of Mount Sneffels Climber's Log
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| SenadR | Great Route  Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| Great route, nice scrambling, amazing vies, i'll come back for another round. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2013 11:30 am | ||
| Matt Lemke | Fun route Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2012 | |
| Climbed the whole way dodging thunderstorms. Thunder and lightning broke out over Teakettle while we were on summit. Boy we ran down the Lavender route like animals! | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2012 1:54 am | ||
| Trailboss88 | better than scree! Date Climbed: Oct 2, 2012 | |
| Had a fun time climbing the SW ridge out of Yankee Boy Basin after some snow a week earlier to make it beautiful. | |
| Posted Oct 26, 2012 2:36 pm | ||
| meclimber | Scenic and more exposed route Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2012 | |
| Started off from the Blue Lakes TH mid day and camped out at the Upper Blue Lake. Headed up the Blue Lakes Pass in the morning and took the ridge as it looked like the more interesting route. A lot of route finding to make your way through the gullies to the main ridge. After that you can either work your way up some switchbacks just to the side of the ridge or follow the true ridge to the summit (mostly 4th class). I recommend bringing a helmet as it is all loose rock piles basically the whole way up from the pass and we had a number of people ahead of us kicking stuff loose. No snow at all right now (though this is a year of very low snowpack). Would be very interesting and probably easier if the gullies were filled with snow (an axe would likely be all you would need). First trip hiking in the San Juans and incredibly scenic and satisfying ascent. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2012 11:39 am | ||
| Rocky Alps | Southwest Ridge / Lavender Col Loop Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2009 | |
| I'd been looking forward to climbing another 14er after a four year hiatus, and Mount Sneffels was my first choice. It was the first big mountain my younger brothers Chris and Johnny have climbed, and they did quite well considering it was their first time scrambling as well. The rocks were a bit loose on the lower sections of the southwest ridge, but the final few hundred yards were really solid and a blast to climb on. The views from the summit were among the best I've seen. Despite not going though Blue Lakes Basin (which I've heard has some great scenery), Yankee Boy Basin was still quite nice as well. I wussed out and didn't park all the way at the top of the 4WD road, but the hike back down was still quite enjoyable. See "Long-Awaited Return to Colorado" trip report for details. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2012 3:55 pm | ||
| Legpowered | Great fun! Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2010 | |
| This is by far the better way to climb Sneffels from Yankee Boy Basin. Not as much scree and no crowds. I had a blast on this route. The crux was iced over so we had to take a 4th class variation. Can't imagine using ropes on this route; there is very little solid anchorage and the climbing is easy | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2012 11:49 am | ||
| Kiefer Thomas | Awesome Route! Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| I'm usually inclined to signing anything below 4th class but this ridge was so fun, I had to! An excellent route on Sneffels. Thus far, the best...until I climb The Snake! ;o) | |
| Posted May 28, 2012 6:07 pm | ||
| Liba Kopeckova | the best route up Sneffels | |
| My favorite route up Sneffels, scenic, great views. | |
| Posted May 27, 2012 12:05 am | ||
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