5/28/2011 Route: West Slopes Posted On: 5/29/2011, By: mrschaible Info: Route is clear of snow up till the 4wd trail head. From there, expect to post hole to tree line if you are not wearing snow shoes especially later in the day. We chose to climb directly up peak 13,800 once we exited tree line to avoid the snow as we did not have snow shoes. If you choose the road, you will have to cross many snow filled couloirs. We had only microspikes and the snow was quite hard in the morning and made the steep crossings sketchy. On the way down, the snow was soft enough to cross without a problem. We glisaded down the couloir on the return. This is a good spring route. We parked only .4 miles from the road and had a round trip of 11 miles with a time of 9 hours at a moderate pace. |
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5/14/2011 Route: West Couloir (Direct) Posted On: 5/15/2011, By: Monster5 Info: Took the couloir immediately west of summit from the standard 2wd Baldwin trailhead. Total RT time of 10 hrs at a moderate pace. Good, easy snow, safe, and direct route at 10-11 mi round-trip. Good crampon snow in the morning, long glissade in the afternoon. Shallow snow with plenty of talus - no need to cross any suspect slopes or go near cornices, etc. A couple hundred feet of talus-hopping at the top. Patchy snow on road, large avy debris about halfway. Snowshoes were used only on the descent from the base of the lower couloir (below treeline) to the Baldwin Gulch 4wd sign/stream crossing. More pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/105978537438093356597/Antero5142011# |
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4/16/2011 Route: West Slopes Posted On: 4/17/2011, By: Carl Info: Road was almost entirely snow covered from the bottom at 9,400ft. Attached is a picture of the west face. As you can see the snow stops around 13,600ft. The only skiable lines from the summit are down the northeast face. Although they appear to all end in massive cliffs after about 500 vertical. We skied the northeast face a little, climbed back up, skied the north ridge to 13,600ft, and then hiked across the the west face back to the snow gully. |
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12/27/2010 Route: West Slopes Posted On: 12/28/2010, By: shep Info: 4 of us completed Antero on 12/27. Wore snowshoes from lower trailhead to about 13K. We took the 2nd prominent gully as you head south along the standard road/trail. Some avalanche danger but we thought manageable. We did hear a couple of "whoomps" on the way out. No natural slide activity seen in entire valley. Upper west slopes were talus and snow nightmare. Not much fun. Topped out in about 6 hours with total roundtrip of 9 hours. Good weather overall, but was chilly in the morning. |
