seano - May 8, 2017 6:53 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2017
Wrong couloir
I went the couloir east of the "correct" one, but it worked out okay. Descended the correct one for a quick morning jaunt. Trip report.
Foxy Long Bottoms - Apr 16, 2017 11:36 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2017
S Ridge
Up the S Ridge. We did a steep descending traverse down the loose S slopes to the avalanche gully. The glissade was fun! If we had our axes we would have descended the gully from much higher. With Kerry.
rmjwinters - Nov 11, 2016 11:57 pm Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2016
Where's the trail?
Great day overall! Having said that, where the hell is the trail? I didn't find Roach's description overly helpful. There are use trails everywhere within a quarter mile of the TH. Anyway, I just bushwhacked and made a straightline up the hill with plenty of deadfall and cliff bands. I never found the trail going up or coming down. Once above treeline it's a piece of cake.
SarahThompson - Dec 28, 2015 2:39 pm Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
Quickie
Super awesome long glissade on the descent.
Liba Kopeckova - Oct 21, 2014 9:26 pm Date Climbed: Oct 21, 2014
South slopes/ridge
nice hike with Duchess, interesting bush whacking on the way up, weather co-operated although we could not see all 14ers from the summit since it was cloudy and drizzling rain and snow on and off…. Duchess did great. Got two organic chicken steaks after this one….
Very steep, short but time-consuming slog. Appropriately named.
Senad Rizvanovic - Jun 1, 2013 10:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2013
Spring climb
Snow is melting fast, we were able to pick one of the snow lines from bottom of the gully all the way to the top, great views, no complaints! Blue bird day, no wind, 50° on top!
Scott - Mar 30, 2013 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2013
Lackawanna
Five 14ers.com members and I climbed Lackawanna Peak today. We climbed the south couloir.
With the current conditions, Lackawanna was much, much easier than Bull Hill (which was climbed the day before). After ~100 yards of postholing with snowshoes, the couloir was in perfect condition. The route was pretty fast, very direct, and fairly easy.
We had some pretty good conditions for glissading, but we would punch through in places, so you couldn't do a continuous glissade. Still, it was a quick trip down.
It was a good climb.
ajberry - Oct 27, 2012 1:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010
En route to French
S Fork Lk TH and NW slopes route up Lackawanna. Then over to Casco and on to French via Frasco BM. Descent into basin to E of Casco-Frasco Col from about half way down to col from Frasco BM (loose red gravel; perfect for descending), and back down to TH. A wonderful ridge-y loop. Nothing beyond 2+.
Nice snow climb up the gully to the south from CO 82. Enjoyable mountain, tougher than the stats indicate.
Matt Lemke - Jan 15, 2012 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2012
South slopes in Winter
Beautiful day to climb some snow free south slopes on another Sawatch centennial. No wind and warm temps. Clouds started rolling in for this next storm on the drive home. 3500 vertical in 1.75 miles each way. Pretty steep but got up in 2 hours!
theREALCarpeDM - Jan 15, 2012 12:04 am Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2012
Lack of wanna
I sorta started from the Upper Lake Creek TH, and kinda had the South Slopes route in mind. But I didn't stick with any plan. I just went where I wanted. I ended up following the (pretty dry) gully up to, oh about 12k. Then, turned RIGHT and hit that ridge before following it over to Lackawanna. I came down the true "South Slopes" route - at least for a while. I made my way back to my tracks up the gully and back out. Did a little post-holing and slipped a couple of times, but didn't take snowshoes. Wore microspikes a bit. Conditions were grand. First calendar winter centennial - and solo (with dog).
Sarah Simon - Jun 5, 2011 5:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011
Up the NW Ridge, down the South Ridge
We ascending up the NW ridge across Pt 13660, then descending via the South Ridge. NW ridge was full of snow, much of it steep and hard-pan. South ridge was pretty loose / talus and sand. Doing this peak as a circuit route this time of year, with still-heavy snow-pack, was like doing two very different mountains in two different seasons in one day.
altitude14er - Jan 15, 2011 12:25 am Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2010
Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge
This was a fun bushwack off of Independence Pass! The "trail" is very, very faint don't rely on it...bring a map!
Eric Holle - Oct 31, 2010 7:36 pm Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2010
S Slopes
Nice early winter outing, cool tour with 13,660.
Kiefer - Sep 28, 2009 12:20 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
Via Casco's Ridge
For basically just a lump, Steph and I made this piece of crap as hard as one could make it, not intentionally. Hiked up Lackawanna Gulch, did a lot of traversing and downclimbing the far ridge before we gained the ridge we needed below Casco then remembered we had plans we needed to keep.
Scrambled the ridge over to Lackawanna (so as not to waste the day) and bushwhacked the west slope back to the TH.
Long day.
shanahan96 - Feb 22, 2009 7:09 pm Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2009
finally!
never heard of anyone NOT summiting lackawanna, but it took me four tries in winter to get up this SOB!
finally made it by prodding around the gully on the south slopes before cutting over to finish along the south ridge. the postholing and weather were nowhere near as horrible as they've been in the past. that made a big difference.
jamie
heather14 - Oct 20, 2008 10:43 pm Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2008
South Slopes & 13660B
A long 1.6 miles. The awesome October day made it worth it.
Woodie Hopper - Oct 8, 2008 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2008
NW ridge traverse
Snow on the North side, almost none on the South slopes. Nice views. Climbed over UN 13,660B en route.
MountainHikerCO - Mar 20, 2008 10:32 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004
Lackawannahawkalugi
We climbed Lackawanna from North Lake Creek trailhead. We had recently seen Finding Nemo, so we were calling it Lakawannahawkalugi!
seano - May 8, 2017 6:53 pm Date Climbed: May 7, 2017
Wrong couloirI went the couloir east of the "correct" one, but it worked out okay. Descended the correct one for a quick morning jaunt. Trip report.
Foxy Long Bottoms - Apr 16, 2017 11:36 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2017
S RidgeUp the S Ridge. We did a steep descending traverse down the loose S slopes to the avalanche gully. The glissade was fun! If we had our axes we would have descended the gully from much higher. With Kerry.
rmjwinters - Nov 11, 2016 11:57 pm Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2016
Where's the trail?Great day overall! Having said that, where the hell is the trail? I didn't find Roach's description overly helpful. There are use trails everywhere within a quarter mile of the TH. Anyway, I just bushwhacked and made a straightline up the hill with plenty of deadfall and cliff bands. I never found the trail going up or coming down. Once above treeline it's a piece of cake.
SarahThompson - Dec 28, 2015 2:39 pm Date Climbed: Apr 7, 2007
QuickieSuper awesome long glissade on the descent.
Liba Kopeckova - Oct 21, 2014 9:26 pm Date Climbed: Oct 21, 2014
South slopes/ridgenice hike with Duchess, interesting bush whacking on the way up, weather co-operated although we could not see all 14ers from the summit since it was cloudy and drizzling rain and snow on and off…. Duchess did great. Got two organic chicken steaks after this one….
rockymountaindiva - Jul 26, 2013 6:55 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2009
Steep grassVery steep, short but time-consuming slog. Appropriately named.
Senad Rizvanovic - Jun 1, 2013 10:47 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2013
Spring climbSnow is melting fast, we were able to pick one of the snow lines from bottom of the gully all the way to the top, great views, no complaints! Blue bird day, no wind, 50° on top!
Scott - Mar 30, 2013 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2013
LackawannaFive 14ers.com members and I climbed Lackawanna Peak today. We climbed the south couloir.
With the current conditions, Lackawanna was much, much easier than Bull Hill (which was climbed the day before). After ~100 yards of postholing with snowshoes, the couloir was in perfect condition. The route was pretty fast, very direct, and fairly easy.
We had some pretty good conditions for glissading, but we would punch through in places, so you couldn't do a continuous glissade. Still, it was a quick trip down.
It was a good climb.
ajberry - Oct 27, 2012 1:12 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010
En route to FrenchS Fork Lk TH and NW slopes route up Lackawanna. Then over to Casco and on to French via Frasco BM. Descent into basin to E of Casco-Frasco Col from about half way down to col from Frasco BM (loose red gravel; perfect for descending), and back down to TH. A wonderful ridge-y loop. Nothing beyond 2+.
DerekFreed - Apr 3, 2012 3:57 pm Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2011
South gullyNice snow climb up the gully to the south from CO 82. Enjoyable mountain, tougher than the stats indicate.
Matt Lemke - Jan 15, 2012 5:57 pm Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2012
South slopes in WinterBeautiful day to climb some snow free south slopes on another Sawatch centennial. No wind and warm temps. Clouds started rolling in for this next storm on the drive home. 3500 vertical in 1.75 miles each way. Pretty steep but got up in 2 hours!
theREALCarpeDM - Jan 15, 2012 12:04 am Date Climbed: Jan 14, 2012
Lack of wannaI sorta started from the Upper Lake Creek TH, and kinda had the South Slopes route in mind. But I didn't stick with any plan. I just went where I wanted. I ended up following the (pretty dry) gully up to, oh about 12k. Then, turned RIGHT and hit that ridge before following it over to Lackawanna. I came down the true "South Slopes" route - at least for a while. I made my way back to my tracks up the gully and back out. Did a little post-holing and slipped a couple of times, but didn't take snowshoes. Wore microspikes a bit. Conditions were grand. First calendar winter centennial - and solo (with dog).
Sarah Simon - Jun 5, 2011 5:03 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2011
Up the NW Ridge, down the South RidgeWe ascending up the NW ridge across Pt 13660, then descending via the South Ridge. NW ridge was full of snow, much of it steep and hard-pan. South ridge was pretty loose / talus and sand. Doing this peak as a circuit route this time of year, with still-heavy snow-pack, was like doing two very different mountains in two different seasons in one day.
altitude14er - Jan 15, 2011 12:25 am Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2010
Route Climbed: Northwest RidgeThis was a fun bushwack off of Independence Pass! The "trail" is very, very faint don't rely on it...bring a map!
Eric Holle - Oct 31, 2010 7:36 pm Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2010
S SlopesNice early winter outing, cool tour with 13,660.
Kiefer - Sep 28, 2009 12:20 am Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
Via Casco's RidgeFor basically just a lump, Steph and I made this piece of crap as hard as one could make it, not intentionally. Hiked up Lackawanna Gulch, did a lot of traversing and downclimbing the far ridge before we gained the ridge we needed below Casco then remembered we had plans we needed to keep.
Scrambled the ridge over to Lackawanna (so as not to waste the day) and bushwhacked the west slope back to the TH.
Long day.
shanahan96 - Feb 22, 2009 7:09 pm Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2009
finally!never heard of anyone NOT summiting lackawanna, but it took me four tries in winter to get up this SOB!
finally made it by prodding around the gully on the south slopes before cutting over to finish along the south ridge. the postholing and weather were nowhere near as horrible as they've been in the past. that made a big difference.
jamie
heather14 - Oct 20, 2008 10:43 pm Date Climbed: Oct 18, 2008
South Slopes & 13660BA long 1.6 miles. The awesome October day made it worth it.
Woodie Hopper - Oct 8, 2008 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2008
NW ridge traverseSnow on the North side, almost none on the South slopes. Nice views. Climbed over UN 13,660B en route.
MountainHikerCO - Mar 20, 2008 10:32 pm Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004
LackawannahawkalugiWe climbed Lackawanna from North Lake Creek trailhead. We had recently seen Finding Nemo, so we were calling it Lakawannahawkalugi!