Most bestest and least bestest Colorado 12er

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Re: Most bestest and least bestest Colorado 12er

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I'm a big fan of all the Rawah 12ers. North and South Rawah, Snowbank Pk, Clark Pk, all worth your time.
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Re: Most bestest and least bestest Colorado 12er

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bdloftin77 wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:41 pm I enjoyed Richthofen from Lake Agnes a lot. I'd recommend not going up the NW face though and taking the ridge from the Richthofen-Mahler saddle instead.
Nice views, but OMG was that a choss-fest! The fresh snow when I did it this fall no doubt contributed to my negative opinion, but other than a brief rib partway up from the Mahler saddle, I found tons of unstable talus above the lake. A couple of notes: (1) The Michigan Ditch is a fun, fast bike from Cameron Pass if you want to avoid parking in State Forest State Park (or is that State Park State Forest?); (2) Mahler is rotten class 4 from the saddle, thanks to the notches visible on the approach.
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Re: Most bestest and least bestest Colorado 12er

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seano wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:50 am
bdloftin77 wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:41 pm I enjoyed Richthofen from Lake Agnes a lot. I'd recommend not going up the NW face though and taking the ridge from the Richthofen-Mahler saddle instead.
Nice views, but OMG was that a choss-fest! The fresh snow when I did it this fall no doubt contributed to my negative opinion, but other than a brief rib partway up from the Mahler saddle, I found tons of unstable talus above the lake. A couple of notes: (1) The Michigan Ditch is a fun, fast bike from Cameron Pass if you want to avoid parking in State Forest State Park (or is that State Park State Forest?); (2) Mahler is rotten class 4 from the saddle, thanks to the notches visible on the approach.
Yep.. lots of very unstable rock going up the face. It's been a bit, but you're probably right about rock below the saddle as well.

I might take the Michigan Ditch if I go again. I did both Clark and Richthofen in a day, and used my State Forest State Park pass for both (yep, Richthofen required a permit as well). Still waiting on lidar to find out which is the Jackson county high point!
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Re: Most bestest and least bestest Colorado 12er

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Only done a couple easy 12ers near cottonwood pass that I think have enough prominence to be ranked, interesting looking ones,like E. Spanish and the one above Kroenke lake maybe one of these days. One between brown's pass and yale too. I think roach had a yale route in that vicinity
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