dannyjanz110 says:
Hey man me and my friend trevor are doing the same thing as you. Were both about 23 yrs old and heading out from Montana mid june and starting at Mt. Evans and making our way down the sawatch range. More than welcome to join us, more company the better. Were the same as you, love outdoors, rock climbing, rafting, tons of hiking, and mnt climbing experience. Hit me up if you want, --Dan 317-517-0399

TriAnything says:
You might try and hook up with this thread:
http://www.14ers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12788

I climbed it last weekend. Beautiful area. A bit of advise though, take note of your route back to the trailhead through the trees. Easy to get lost in them and start following some random tracks. We did a fair amount of postholing too. So take snowshoes to help out.

Tri

petegee77 says:
"Ken Gross"  Have your husband look into Osprey packs. All of their packs are sold in S,M, and L torso sizes. I also have a long torso and have found the Large sized Osprey packs to be just perfect.
Osprey also makes a Talon series, in various capacities, in which you can adjust the torso size. They're pretty lite weight as well.

so_il_summit says:
"lostsheep5"  I need a ride though...

from where?

ebnhils says:
I'll go along with other posts, I use my gps to track my time and distance. I do set the trail head as a way point or any point were I may have lost the trail (only did this once, hope to keep it at that) so I can back track if needed or have a way point back to my truck if I get lost. When I have been in a place were the trail is hard to follow I have found I like referring to my map over the gps.

One thing that bugs me about a gps is when you tell someone (none hiker) that you were in the middle of no were and the trail was hard to follow when they find out that you had your gps they act as thats the only way you got back out. I think a gps give some a false sense of security, if you don't know how to use it it is just dead weight.

Eben

ebnhils says:
(season's total accumulation to 101.4 inches)
I also would have thought more, when I lived in the Central NY area near lake Ontario we got 101 inches in 4 days. That was in 93 if i remember correct but that was lake effect snow

Eben

Jim Davies says:
The area near Round Mountain campground, between Lake George and Wilkerson Pass, is pretty much snow-free right now. I'm pretty sure you could find someplace to camp along the road to the campground, or along one of the side (dirt) roads further up toward the pass (on the left as you drive west). The campground itself is still closed, though. We've found that it's one of those places that never fills up, probably because there's not much to do there other than climb the little boulder piles that are everywhere (so it's great for kids, although a 1-year-old might not appreciate it fully ).

Jon Frohlich says:
"Skasgaard"  
[color=#0000BF]Jon (& Brian): I also plan on taking an additional few days off to tag some more centennials and 13ers in the general vicinity. After the Wilson group, might I interest you guys in a cup of Turret and Pigeon tea?

You have my attention.... I was planning to hang around Lake City doing those centennials but doing Pigeon and Turret is very tempting. Have you guys thought of a schedule for this yet? I'm thinking of being there from either June 28 - July 6 or July 4 - July 13. In both cases I'd probably head down after work the night before. It really doesn't matter too much either way.

gatorchick says:
Another +1 for the Brown Burro in Fairplay for breakfast!!

gatorchick says:
Does anyone have any current info on avalanche danger, etc. on Huron?

It sounds like you the road is open up to Winfield and then closed from the start of the 4wd road on? Am I reading that right?

Thanks.

Bio Nerd says:
Skasgaard:

Thanks for the clarification on the gully nickname. So the "S gully" is the more northern one that tops out close to the summit. As I mentioned, this gully has good snow from its bottom to within 50-60 feet of its top. For our descent, I wanted to use this gully, as the snow looked great (and we had ascended this one several weeks ago). One of my partners, though, wisely pointed out the the advantage of bottoming out below Kite Lake...less unknown (potentially sun softened) snow to cross to get back to the Kite Lake Road. So we descended the trail to the more southern gully, and then cut off in there.

BTW...we ascended the big couloir on the south face of Democrat to begin our peak foursome. This is about as much fun as I've ever had in a snowy couloir: great snow, steep, total rush. And, it was certainly cool to do a little something different on Democrat!

Dave

Marmot72 says:
Rastro,
Hi. Both of these peaks are on my list for this year, and I envy that you've done the bells. I attempted Capitol in 05 and had to turn back (just after crossing the knife edge!) due to lightning, so I'm definitely in for that-I've been itching to get back. Let me know what you decide on Capital - whether 8/17 or 8/24.

Regarding Pyramid, I'm toying with trying to do this one in June, when there is snow covering the scree...what do you think?

-Steve

BillMiddlebrook says:
I don't have info on Iowa Gulch conditions, but I hope to see you up there. I'm planning on skiing the Fourmile Creek side.

corinneski4me says:
We are climbing Mt. Rainier early in June. In the next few weekends we are planning on doing a couple more winter ascents. (Bierstadt was our first on May 11!) We might do Spalding this weekend. For the rest of the summer we will be climbing as much as possible. We'd love to have some company on our adventures. Any advice for climbing a coulier in early spring would be much appreciated. Any avalanche danger other than the obvious?

gsliva says:
I approached the North from the Frying Pan side (Betty Bear Hut) last Sunday and there was 5 to 6 feet of snow cover at 11,000 feet. I didn't go much higher because of time but it appears to be winter conditions requiring snow shoes and points. Based on what I experienced you will need your snowshoes until you get up to the treeline and then above that only short crampons since most of the snow has been blown off and then subsequently sublimated down to large thin stable patches.

I saw and tested with my poles a hard layer on top of very soft snow below so the risk of slab avalanches on 37 degree slopes to be very likely. I would stay away from avalanche prone slopes. As for the trail head, that should be a muddy mess above 9500 feet if you make it that far.

gb says:
^^^ Hopefully this weekend

tmahon says:
thanks. we all like it out here for good reason.
getting on the road now, be back after the weekend(san juans)

ted

Ish says:
"glad2Bme"  what the hell - throw in your harness, a belay device and a 5th of Captain Morgan to bribe someone who came up with a rope and gear for a ride down. Chasm View is worth it (and by far the best part of the cables route IMO).

Sold.

pitney says:
Hi All

As of yesterday morning there was 6" of new snow on Long's. Going was easy on foot up to tree line where you do need snow shoes as the snow gets deep. This is where I turned around. A wonderful day but too much sun.

Got a chance to test out some new gear:

EMS Techwick top #1 - great, pants #3 - good
REI Sahara Hat - fine.
Sierra Design wind pants - good.

pitney

JB says:
Count me in! I believe csuram is still interested too.