Trough Route to Longs
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.
-
- Posts: 21
- Joined: 11/7/2007
- Trip Reports (0)
Trough Route to Longs
Looking to see if anyone has been in this area since the big storm this week. Me and some friends from back east are looking at getting there around the 27th or 28th and just trying to do some scouting. Any information would be helpful, thank.
“You have to be strong, you have to be in shape, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable. And as I say, that doesn’t give you extra credit in this world, that is just the entry fee.” - Dave Hahn
- Alan Arnette
- Posts: 188
- Joined: 8/23/2005
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 26
- Trip Reports (0)
- Contact:
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Hard packed trail to treeline, some drifts above Alpine Brook where flotation would have been nice but not necessary. From Jim's Grove, Trough looked snow packed but with the 40+ winds, a lot was blowing away in unprotected areas.
Last edited by Alan Arnette on Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- unclegar
- Posts: 1095
- Joined: 8/24/2006
- 14ers: 58 1
- 13ers: 27
- Trip Reports (9)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Hey Alan, did you mean Loft? Wondered since I'm pretty sure you can't see the Trough from Jim's Grove.Alan Arnette wrote:...From Jim's Grove, Trough looked snow packed but with the 40+ winds, a lot was blowing away in unprotected areas.
...the mountain peaks belong to Him. -- PS 95:4
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
- DaveSwink
- Posts: 837
- Joined: 9/21/2006
- 14ers: 37 12
- 13ers: 4
- Trip Reports (6)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Thanks, I was just too embarrassed (and confused) to say anything. I am guessing you are right that Alan was describing the Loft.unclegar wrote:Hey Alan, did you mean Loft? Wondered since I'm pretty sure you can't see the Trough from Jim's Grove.
- Alan Arnette
- Posts: 188
- Joined: 8/23/2005
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 26
- Trip Reports (0)
- Contact:
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Whoops, misread the question. Yes you cannot see the Trough from Jim's Grove and I was talking about the Loft. sorry about that!
Still trying to be helpful, this weather station show 20" of snow-pack in Wild Basin so you might be able to get a feel for how much snow is on the west side of Longs. I would assume it is well snow packed. http://avalanche.state.co.us/obs_stns/stns.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Still trying to be helpful, this weather station show 20" of snow-pack in Wild Basin so you might be able to get a feel for how much snow is on the west side of Longs. I would assume it is well snow packed. http://avalanche.state.co.us/obs_stns/stns.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
-
- Posts: 21
- Joined: 11/7/2007
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Thank you very much for your help Alan! Can't wait to get back into RMNP, I've been away way too long.
PS: I love your blog, thank you for posting about your outdoor adventures.
PS: I love your blog, thank you for posting about your outdoor adventures.
“You have to be strong, you have to be in shape, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable. And as I say, that doesn’t give you extra credit in this world, that is just the entry fee.” - Dave Hahn
- ChrisRoberts
- Posts: 620
- Joined: 7/17/2011
- 14ers: 12
- 13ers: 10
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Howdy guys, took a snowshoe trip up to Mills Lake on the 25th and just now remembered I got a shot of that side of Longs. Hope this helps anyone needing it, sorry it isnt any more zoomed...camera was just about dead starting out at the TH...
- Attachments
-
- rsz_100_7188.jpg (152.31 KiB) Viewed 614 times
- ChrisRoberts
- Posts: 620
- Joined: 7/17/2011
- 14ers: 12
- 13ers: 10
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Also, Im wondering if anyone has a conditions report for the trail up to Jims Grove and how snowy the slope is towards the Battle Mountain/Pine Ridge summits?
- ChrisRoberts
- Posts: 620
- Joined: 7/17/2011
- 14ers: 12
- 13ers: 10
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Trough Route to Longs
Nevermind, as expected it was hard packed to Alpine Brook, where a well trampled winter trail exists and leads to Jims Grove. Summer trail was kind of intermittent after Alpine Brook