Mount Shavano Climber's Log

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HeatherF

HeatherF - Jul 25, 2005 5:56 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead-Shavano Trail Date Climbed: August 25, 2002  Sucess!

Great day.

dacunto - Jul 25, 2005 1:33 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Cabin TH Date Climbed: 16 July 2005  Sucess!

Trailfinding can be an issue throughout. Very rocky tracks can be lost when underbrush opens out on lower slopes.

If you climb to the saddle before turning toward the summit, be aware that there is a prominent track visible on the left and if you follow that, as we did, you will have some balance climbing before the summit. I suggest you turn toward the visible summit about 200 meters before the saddle and just scramble up from there. This both shorter and easier than going all the way to the saddle.

Cortez

Cortez - Jul 24, 2005 1:20 pm

Route Climbed: Jennings Creek Date Climbed: June 7, 2003  Sucess!

WE climbed Shavano via the Jennings creek trailhead. Shavano was a relatively difficult mountain, though one of the more spectacular in the Sawatch the Angel was in full flutter during our hike.



Hiking Party:

Michael Booker

Jennifer Booker

Don Nalley

Sarah

Billy Boy

Shiloh

Helga

Helga - Jul 18, 2005 11:34 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 17th, 2005  Sucess!

Solo, VERY early so to be able to take my time. Summited Mt.Shavano early enough ( 9:50) to procede to Tabeguache with not a cloud in the sky! Too much time consuming talus, but not as bad as La Plata, I thought.. Took many photos of all the different kinds of pretty flowers I'll need to look up their names...Will try to post them. This was a long hot day without sunglasses, nor sunscreen....so much for starting out in the dark! Evident haze still in the horizon from the recent forest fires. Great, great day!

scvanm

scvanm - Jul 17, 2005 9:37 pm

Route Climbed: East Slopes from Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 15th 2005

#12..... Saw Mountain Goats and Bighorn Sheep. Great day!!!! (Sean, Jordan, CJ)

doumall

doumall - Jul 13, 2005 2:47 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: July, 1 2004  Sucess!

18th 14er!

Ed F

Ed F - Jun 29, 2005 4:07 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: June 28, 2005  Sucess!

Went over Shavano on the way to Tabeguache. I glissaded the Angel (what was left of it) on the way down for a quick descent. Some storms caused many of us that day to run off the summit.

bdewoody

bdewoody - Jun 26, 2005 5:34 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: May 2005  Sucess!

A great snow climb with an even better slide down.

jhansen007

jhansen007 - Jun 19, 2005 2:56 pm

Route Climbed: Blanks Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: June 18, 2005  Sucess!

Perfect day for a climb. Left trailhead around 630am. Summitted Shavano, then hiked the saddle to Tabeguache. Met Mark and Myron (see below) on the summit. Spent lots of time on top Tabeguache waiting for the rest of our group to summit. Awesome weather to take a nap on top of a 14er...very warm and virtually no wind while we were up there. Glissade down the angel was great too.

myrone

myrone - Jun 19, 2005 8:49 am

Route Climbed: From Blank's Gulch Date Climbed: Saturday June 18, 2005  Sucess!

Started up at 7:04AM on an excellent trail, just a very little snow coming out of timber line, high winds at the saddle, reached summit at 10:00AM after losing the trail and scambling some. Rested 25 mins. then over to Tabeguache in about 45 mins. Rested about another 30 mins then retraced my steps down and glissaded down a snow field on Tabeguache and another much larger one on Shavano, way fun!! Back to the car at 2:36, my 10th & 11th 14'ers and another beautiful day in Colorado, sweet!!

chef007

chef007 - Jun 17, 2005 12:57 pm

Route Climbed: South East Slope a.k.a Purgatory gulch Date Climbed: June 16 2005  Sucess!

Did this mountain as well as Espirit Point and Tabequache. Saw some mountain goats on the saddle and a few marmots at the top.

James C

James C - Jun 11, 2005 1:44 pm

Route Climbed: the angel Date Climbed: May 28 2005  Sucess!

The Angel was totally awesome...better than hiking on talus, it made the climb a whole lot better, especially when glissading, the summit is nice too

bc44caesar

bc44caesar - Jun 8, 2005 6:10 pm

Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: 4 Jun 2005  Sucess!

Left at 5:45 in the morning and stayed on the trail until about 11,000' where we put on crampons. Above here everything was covered in fresh snow, but just a little covering the firm snow underneath. Took the first arm of the angel up until it ended then headed straight for the summit on tundra & rock. Reached the summit after four hours in very strong winds and cold. My partner went down and I traversed over to Tabeguache and back in 1hr 45min. By then the snow had already melted and I made my way back to the trailhead from Shavano in two hours.

Foxy Long Bottoms

Foxy Long Bottoms - Jun 8, 2005 2:51 pm

Route Climbed: Pack Trail with a descent of the Angel Date Climbed: June 06, 2005  Sucess!

Fun mellow 14'er. The glissade down the angel was a blast. Don't feed the marmot on the summit. He'll beg for your food and practically crawl into your lap but be strong. :-)

Asphazell

Asphazell - Jun 2, 2005 12:20 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano (Blank Gulch TH) Date Climbed: May 29, 2005  Sucess!

Started on the TH around 6:30 am, reached the Angel around 7:45-8ish. Snow was already getting mushy, by the time we reached the neck & arms I was starting to posthole. Gorgeous views up top! Storms all around us, but none over us =)

Old Ickabod

Old Ickabod - Mar 31, 2005 8:53 am

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: September 2004  Sucess!

Solo Trip - As most people, I hiked Shavano and Tabeguache together. Weather was great and the aspens were changing. From the summit, the aspens looked like rivers of gold pouring off the mountain. A great time to hike these peaks.

ColoradoScott

ColoradoScott - Feb 2, 2005 12:34 pm

Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Couloir Date Climbed: June 11, 1994  Sucess!

Before reaching the first major switchback in the trail leading up the east ridge, I angled back down into the drainage and bushwhacked thru a not-too-dense section of forest before reaching the snowfield. I then strapped on my crampons, hoisted my axe and kicked upward on the hard snow for an hour and fifteen minutes. Any cornice or continuation of the snow to the saddle had already melted that year, and the arms were almost gone as well, so it was a huff and puff up the talus to the summit. On the descent, I glissaded the Angel, from top to bottom in less than 15 minutes, but my ice axe was mandatory due to the firmness of the snow.

Richrat

Richrat - Jan 30, 2005 8:05 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trail Date Climbed: August 2004  Sucess!

Weather was great. I saw a lot of wildlife.

csmcgranahan

csmcgranahan - Oct 31, 2004 9:46 pm

Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: August, 2003  Sucess!

This was a great but steep and fairly long (like most Sawatch peaks) hike. This was the only fourteener I summit in 2003.

Natasha

Natasha - Oct 14, 2004 11:45 pm

Route Climbed: Shavano-Tabeguache Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 18, 2004  Sucess!

Great day, weather held out nicely, especially since we got a bit of a late start, but not too bad.

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