This was my 2nd time at Shav/Tab. The first time was Oct 2006 when the winds turned terrible above treeline and my partner and I were forced to turn back.
So, met up with a guy from 14ers.com on the trail. I started at 7AM, but he didn't start until 7:30. Though it'd been sunny all day, we hit treeline and the clouds rolled in. A little depressed, we pressed on to the saddle where we met 2 other couples who were waiting out the fog. We pressed on, and immediately, the clouds cleared.
Anyway, summitted Shav, didn't eat much, then went over to Tab. Hit the saddle, and was floored by a wave of nausea. Sat down and thought about turning back. After a bit, decided to force myself up to the summit of Tab. Met my partner up there as well as another guy, who all thought I had altitude sickness, which was weird since I hadn't had altitude sickness in any of my 12 other 14er summits! So, I started eating an apple and felt great right away. PHEW! Guess I just was hypoglycemic.
Felt great the rest of the day and hiked down by 4PM.
GeorgeJames - Aug 26, 2007 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
East Slopes
About three and a half hours from the Blank Gulch Trailhead. It was all kinds of windy at the near the top, but a nice day and a pretty decent hike.
ouray19 - Aug 19, 2007 11:53 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006
Shavano
Did Shavano and Tabeguache. Long day but well worth it!
belexes - Aug 5, 2007 3:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007
Blank Gulch
I left the Blank Gulch trailhead at 6:50 AM and arrived at Shavano's summit at 9:45. There is no snow left in the Angel now. There were some ominous clouds off to the northwest, so there was some concern about whether the weather would cooperate for Tabeguache. Fortunately, it did. I took a short break there, and then headed over to Tabeguache.
slowbutsteady - Jul 27, 2007 10:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 1998
feeding the rat
In his musings on mountaineering A. Alvarez describes climbing as an annual checkup, deliberately putting oneself in diffcult situations and refers to this as "feeding the rat". While climbing Shavano from Blank Cabin I actually fed the rat also....some hose insulation from under the hood of my car. Still made the summit and limped to the dealership in Salida.
jeffrawn - Jul 24, 2007 2:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005
East Slopes from Blank Gulch TH
#2! Good hike with men from church. Enjoyed all the mountain goats at the saddle.
Man, this was my hradest 14er yet considering it was my second climb. ha. Summited Shavano and Tab in one day. We did it pretty fast though. Round trip time was about 7 hours 50 mins.
HokieJim - Jul 3, 2007 9:15 pm Date Climbed: May 5, 2007
Angel butt-kicking
Ascended and descended the Angel, snow conditions were ideal from treeline to the summit. Storms were moving in and prevented a traverse to Tabeguache
Beautiful day for a climb! Took a little longer than I thought but that wasn't disappointing at all. FYI, Moonlight Pizza in Salida really hits the spot after a long day of climbing!
PapaBanucci - Jun 30, 2007 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
Marmot at the Summit
There was this marmot at the summit, and I mean *at* the summit. Sitting on the second to top-most rock. Evidently begging for food.
Don't feel bad. I just summited Tabegauche yesteday after 3 tries. Last year I was turned around twice; once by weather and the other time nausea. Third time will be the charm!
shanrickv - Jun 25, 2007 1:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
East Slopes with JP!
Had the pleasure of climbing with my son, JP. He lounged on the summit while I went over and tagged Tabegauche. It is always a joy to climb with my son!
davebobk47 - Jun 19, 2007 12:54 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2006
Goat
Great climb, most of the Angel was gone but got within 100ft of a mountain goat on the way down.
kilimanjaro1 - Jun 13, 2007 1:59 pm Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2007
Darn It!
Set out to get Tabeguache since I had summited Shavano before. But guess I am getting slower and with some weather coming in, decided to just do Shavano today. Third time is the charm-- will have to try it again in a couple months and get an earlier start.
kylerlott - Jun 12, 2007 1:55 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007
Shav &Tab
Tango! I'm glad you found your dog "rpace", you did do a lot of extra climbing. Shav and Tab on saturday then MTB at Hartman Rocks sunday turned out to be a pretty damn good weekend!
ElliottDavis - Jun 12, 2007 1:38 am Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
blank gulch to Tabeguache
a fine day indeed! ditto what Mots010 said: Successful day on Shav and Tab. Weather was cooperative and the glissade down the Angel was a nice touch.
BeginnerClimber - Sep 8, 2007 5:05 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2007
2nd time's a charmThis was my 2nd time at Shav/Tab. The first time was Oct 2006 when the winds turned terrible above treeline and my partner and I were forced to turn back.
So, met up with a guy from 14ers.com on the trail. I started at 7AM, but he didn't start until 7:30. Though it'd been sunny all day, we hit treeline and the clouds rolled in. A little depressed, we pressed on to the saddle where we met 2 other couples who were waiting out the fog. We pressed on, and immediately, the clouds cleared.
Anyway, summitted Shav, didn't eat much, then went over to Tab. Hit the saddle, and was floored by a wave of nausea. Sat down and thought about turning back. After a bit, decided to force myself up to the summit of Tab. Met my partner up there as well as another guy, who all thought I had altitude sickness, which was weird since I hadn't had altitude sickness in any of my 12 other 14er summits! So, I started eating an apple and felt great right away. PHEW! Guess I just was hypoglycemic.
Felt great the rest of the day and hiked down by 4PM.
dpk - Sep 6, 2007 11:51 pm Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006
Denied!This sucked - first snow of the season and we were ill-prepared we made it very close but still denied . . . for now
dr_gonz - Sep 4, 2007 4:10 pm
shavanow/ tab.
GeorgeJames - Aug 26, 2007 3:38 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
East SlopesAbout three and a half hours from the Blank Gulch Trailhead. It was all kinds of windy at the near the top, but a nice day and a pretty decent hike.
ouray19 - Aug 19, 2007 11:53 am Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006
ShavanoDid Shavano and Tabeguache. Long day but well worth it!
belexes - Aug 5, 2007 3:28 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007
Blank GulchI left the Blank Gulch trailhead at 6:50 AM and arrived at Shavano's summit at 9:45. There is no snow left in the Angel now. There were some ominous clouds off to the northwest, so there was some concern about whether the weather would cooperate for Tabeguache. Fortunately, it did. I took a short break there, and then headed over to Tabeguache.
slowbutsteady - Jul 27, 2007 10:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 1998
feeding the ratIn his musings on mountaineering A. Alvarez describes climbing as an annual checkup, deliberately putting oneself in diffcult situations and refers to this as "feeding the rat". While climbing Shavano from Blank Cabin I actually fed the rat also....some hose insulation from under the hood of my car. Still made the summit and limped to the dealership in Salida.
jeffrawn - Jul 24, 2007 2:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2005
East Slopes from Blank Gulch TH#2! Good hike with men from church. Enjoyed all the mountain goats at the saddle.
bigwilly - Jul 19, 2007 9:53 pm Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
shav and tabNumbers 13 and 14 in one long day from blank gulch. Climbed them the day after having done oxford and belford. Beautiful mountains, and huge.
taw6644 - Jul 19, 2007 7:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2007
Shavano and TabMan, this was my hradest 14er yet considering it was my second climb. ha. Summited Shavano and Tab in one day. We did it pretty fast though. Round trip time was about 7 hours 50 mins.
HokieJim - Jul 3, 2007 9:15 pm Date Climbed: May 5, 2007
Angel butt-kickingAscended and descended the Angel, snow conditions were ideal from treeline to the summit. Storms were moving in and prevented a traverse to Tabeguache
pittbrownie - Jul 1, 2007 10:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
East slopes from main trailheadBeautiful day for a climb! Took a little longer than I thought but that wasn't disappointing at all. FYI, Moonlight Pizza in Salida really hits the spot after a long day of climbing!
PapaBanucci - Jun 30, 2007 10:06 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
Marmot at the SummitThere was this marmot at the summit, and I mean *at* the summit. Sitting on the second to top-most rock. Evidently begging for food.
Scott Rogers - Jun 25, 2007 8:27 pm
AngelicBagged this one twice in my short lifetime so far.
shanrickv - Jun 25, 2007 1:36 pm
Re: Darn It!Don't feel bad. I just summited Tabegauche yesteday after 3 tries. Last year I was turned around twice; once by weather and the other time nausea. Third time will be the charm!
shanrickv - Jun 25, 2007 1:33 pm Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2007
East Slopes with JP!Had the pleasure of climbing with my son, JP. He lounged on the summit while I went over and tagged Tabegauche. It is always a joy to climb with my son!
davebobk47 - Jun 19, 2007 12:54 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2006
GoatGreat climb, most of the Angel was gone but got within 100ft of a mountain goat on the way down.
kilimanjaro1 - Jun 13, 2007 1:59 pm Date Climbed: Jun 11, 2007
Darn It!Set out to get Tabeguache since I had summited Shavano before. But guess I am getting slower and with some weather coming in, decided to just do Shavano today. Third time is the charm-- will have to try it again in a couple months and get an earlier start.
kylerlott - Jun 12, 2007 1:55 pm Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2007
Shav &TabTango! I'm glad you found your dog "rpace", you did do a lot of extra climbing. Shav and Tab on saturday then MTB at Hartman Rocks sunday turned out to be a pretty damn good weekend!
ElliottDavis - Jun 12, 2007 1:38 am Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
blank gulch to Tabeguachea fine day indeed! ditto what Mots010 said: Successful day on Shav and Tab. Weather was cooperative and the glissade down the Angel was a nice touch.