| Peak: | Little Bear Peak |
| Route: | West Ridge and Hourglass |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo |
| Posted By: | BillMiddlebrook |
| Date of Info: | 5/3/2013 |
| Date Posted: | 5/4/2013 |
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Snow is melting fast up there but we were able to get a fun ski of Little Bear on surprisingly good snow. Camped at Lake Como and booted over to reach the lower gully at 7:45am (pic #1). After traversing more than half the ridge, we reached the large snow fields below the Hourglass. The Hourglass is full of snow but the choke is getting rather narrow and it won't be long before ice is exposed. Above the summer rap station, angle right to find more snow to approx. 13,700'. Then there was an ~80-foot dry patch below the final strip of snow (pic #4) leading to the exact summit. Nice. Pic #1: Near the base of the first gully Pic #2: Snowfield before the Hourglass Pic #3: Base of the Hourglass Pic #4: A long strip of snow below the summit |
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