Mt. Ouray from Little Cochetopa

Colorado peak questions, condition requests and other info.
Forum rules
  • This is a mountaineering forum, so please keep your posts on-topic. Posts do not all have to be related to the 14ers but should at least be mountaineering-related.
  • Personal attacks and confrontational behavior will result in removal from the forum at the discretion of the administrators.
  • Do not use this forum to advertise, sell photos or other products or promote a commercial website.
  • Posts will be removed at the discretion of the site administrator or moderator(s), including: Troll posts, posts pushing political views or religious beliefs, and posts with the purpose of instigating conflict within the forum.
    For more details, please see the Terms of Use you agreed to when joining the forum.
Post Reply
User avatar
traderaaron
Posts: 685
Joined: 4/23/2008
14ers: 16 
13ers: 18
Trip Reports (3)
 
Contact:

Mt. Ouray from Little Cochetopa

Post by traderaaron »

Nearly every trip report and description of Mt. Ouray is from Marshall Pass. I was wondering about the Little Cochetopa Creek approach. How is the road, what is the climb like, is there camping at the TH or along the trail and how might the fishing be?

Thanks for any input.
User avatar
rijaca
Posts: 3387
Joined: 7/8/2006
14ers: 58  4 
13ers: 244 1 2
Trip Reports (1)
 

Re: Mt. Ouray from Little Cochetopa

Post by rijaca »

Little Cochetopa Creek approach:

The road is 4wd, and there are camping spots along the road. Don't know any specifics about climbing Ouray from there, but I imagine it would be a steep hump to get up to the NE ridge.

Ouray from UN 13,472.....
Ouray.small.JPG
Ouray.small.JPG (264.37 KiB) Viewed 390 times
"A couple more shots of whiskey,
the women 'round here start looking good"
User avatar
traderaaron
Posts: 685
Joined: 4/23/2008
14ers: 16 
13ers: 18
Trip Reports (3)
 
Contact:

Re: Mt. Ouray from Little Cochetopa

Post by traderaaron »

rijaca wrote:Little Cochetopa Creek approach:

The road is 4wd, and there are camping spots along the road. Don't know about any specifics about climbing Ouray from there, but I imagine it would be a steep hump to get up to the NE ridge.

Ouray from UN 13,472.....
Ouray.small.JPG
I have read that the suggested route from there is up to the 'pass' on the divide, south to the west ridge, then down the n.e. ridge as optional descent.
Post Reply