| Peak: | Mt. Antero |
| Route: | West rib to south subsummit |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | the_hare |
| Date of Info: | 1/29/2024 |
| Date Posted: | 1/30/2024 |
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Boy howdy what a route. Great bootpack trench established to about half a mile past Baldwin Creek crossing, snowshoes useful past that. Turned off at 11,800ft to ascend rib up to 13,780 Antero subsummit shown well in supranihilests TR. I was surprised with how secure the rocks were especially on the upper stretch. Solid tracks in place across the rocky dragonsback ridge from the subsummit to Antero proper. On the way back I took an access road from the saddle between the subsummit & the gendarme ridge that ran down around the subsummit and ended on its west rib. The edge of the road was visible thru the sugar snow drifts over the road and provided ok passing. There was one large drift completely covering the road that was hard to get purchase on, ice axe would have been useful for climbing over it. It was w a r m today! Wish I brought waterproof gaiters and a change of socks, the snow melted thru my laces and got my shoes soaked by the end of the day. Theres several smaller loaded-looking W-facing slopes above the trail past the Balwin Creek crossing. It didnt seem like this part of the Sawatch got as much of an unstable dump as the northern half, didnt see any signs instability while crossing.             
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