Sangre conditions - Music Pass, Colony Lakes, Crestone Needl
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:44 pmHas anyone been into South Colony Lakes? Has anyone tried Crestone Needle? I have climbing friends coming into town June 21 and they want to do Crestone Needle. Is it significantly more difficult/dangerous with snow in the culoirs?
I went backpacking in from Music Pass on Saturday, 14 June. The road to the trailhead is open, just a little mud here and there. The snow on the trail gets annoying just upstream from the intersection with Sand Creek trail. Several people have made post-hole tracks up to Upper Sand Lake, but Lower Sand Lake is still unreachable. We bush-whacked and weaved around snow fields up to Cottonwood Pass (just north of Milwaukee Peak).
Thanks for any feedback.
I went backpacking in from Music Pass on Saturday, 14 June. The road to the trailhead is open, just a little mud here and there. The snow on the trail gets annoying just upstream from the intersection with Sand Creek trail. Several people have made post-hole tracks up to Upper Sand Lake, but Lower Sand Lake is still unreachable. We bush-whacked and weaved around snow fields up to Cottonwood Pass (just north of Milwaukee Peak).
Thanks for any feedback.