6/29/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 6/29/2011, By: iquack08 Info: Trail to Shavano is pretty much snow-free. Tabeguache Peak still has snow near the top, so gaitors are recommended. |
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6/26/2011 Route: Shav/Tab Std. Posted On: 6/26/2011, By: cali Info: Did Shav/Tab yesterday. Was warm and sunny. Road to trailhead clear. Trail clear through the woods, one or two spots with snow still, but there were footprints you could follow. No need for snowshoes or gators. The saddle to Shavano was extremely windy, but if you go right of the path and go up the rocks you can hide/avoid the wind. Snow on the ridge to Tab, but you can either go to the right of it, or it‘s pretty solid on top. The snow is so soft you can glacade down and stop at will. Angel basically gone. |
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6/21/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 6/23/2011, By: ewhirl Info: Shavano from the standard approach mostly clear with just 4 or 5 snow drifts near tree-line. None of these should pose any issue for your hike. The Angel is almost gone. It was actually warm and little to no wind at top this day! Awesome hike! I recommend soaking your feet in the stream on the way back to the trail-head. |
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6/18/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 6/20/2011, By: irregulargalaxies Info: Climbed Shavano from Blank Gulch trailhead, starting at 4:30am. Summited at 9, back at the trailhead by 12:30. About 30 people on the mountain on a Saturday (full TH parking lot), including a few snow climbers coming up the angel. There are still 4-5 patches of snow between treeline and the 13,400 ft. saddle. However, all the snow patches are only a few dozen yards long, and do not require spikes, snowshoes, or winter gear of any kind. They could technically be avoided if you wanted to bushwhack around, but the kicked-in steps were very solid early in the morning and it's easiest to just go over. Route to Tabeguache also looks clear and snow-free, although we didn‘t attempt it. |
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6/5/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 6/5/2011, By: mike and maddy Info: Great day out on Shavano and Tab. Not much of the angel left so I went up the east slope, but it was fun glissading down on the angel‘s right arm. A few pics. |
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6/5/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 6/6/2011, By: James Scott Info: I did Shav Tab today- standard route going up and the angel glissade on the way down. It‘s doable without any snow gear, but that‘s assuming that the snow has began to soften in places- especially the traverse on the Tab side. There was a stretch just below timberline going through a few snowfields that I really wished I‘d had my ice axe, because the snow was very hard, and the kick steps were not perfect. We did glissade down, at around 11:00, and it was fantastic. I do recommend not glissading with cotton pants that already have a hole in them. Didn‘t get the feeling back for several hours. What a ride, though! A couple people in the group snow climbed up the angel, and really enjoyed it. No pictures- left my camera battery charging at home. Doh! |
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5/31/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 5/31/2011, By: ilium Info: No need for snowshoes. This route (including Tabeguache) is ready for summer! |
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5/23/2011 Route: Angel of Shavano Posted On: 5/24/2011, By: DaveSwink Info: The trail is clear to 10,400 and snowshoes were not needed going into the base of the Angel with a 4 AM start. The Angel slopes are firm and perfect for cramponing. Some areas were slick and too hard for confident kick-stepping. The head of the Angel went within a couple hundred feet of the summit. Glissading at 11:30 AM was difficult because the snow was softened. A thunderstorm struck at 11:45 PM (bummer!). Snowshoes were needed from the base of the Angel to 10,700 on the way out. |
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5/21/2011 Route: Angel of Shavano Posted On: 5/23/2011, By: Ramfan24 Info: Road was clear until the trailhead. A passenger car made it but I am sure there was some scraping. Trail was clear of snow until about 11k. I never took my snowshoes off of my back (postholing was rare even on the way back). I didn‘t summit due to high winds. |
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5/16/2011 Route: Angel of Shavano Posted On: 5/16/2011, By: jimmtman Info: Road to new Blank TH clear of snow and dry. The Mt Shavano trail is dry without snow up to 10400 ft (about 1 mile). Snow climbing on the Angel was excellent. Above the Angel on the East ridge mostly snow to the top but with a few dry patches. If you are thinking about snow climbing the Angel you may want to do it soon! |
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5/13/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 5/14/2011, By: thatstite Info: Still snow all the way to the peak. I recommend snow shoes or you‘ll be post holing above and below tree line. It‘s hard to stay on the trail below tree line - many different sets of foot prints. |
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5/4/2011 Route: Southeast Slopes via Angel of Shavano TH Posted On: 5/4/2011, By: Artvandalay Info: Got to the top of Shavano today via the Southeast slopes starting at the Angel of Shavano Trailhead. There‘s no significant snow below 10K feet but theres still a lot on top. The Angel isn‘t really discernible due to large amounts of snow. I topped Esprit Point which also had a lot of snow as well. Good glissading on my route and the standard route as well would provide a nice glissade down. No good ski lines from the summit either. You have to start right at the saddle between Esprit and Shavano to get any descent line. The snow is good quality skiing powder right now. This unique approach to shavano is a viable route for probably another 2-3 weeks without more snowfall. Not a great route without snow I‘d guess. Tabeguache was just a little too far out reach today but it looked good and ready to be climbed. Winds were moderate and unrelenting above 13,500 ft. below that not a problem. I‘d guess that the standard Blank‘s Cabin TH is likely accessible without any or much snow cover on the 252 road. I can‘t say for sure but I‘d bet on it. Bring on the summer! |
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4/30/2011 Route: Angel of Shavano Posted On: 5/1/2011, By: Carl Info: Was able to ski continuously from the summit to about 10,000ft with the exception of about 15ft of walking around 13k and 10,700ft. |
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4/23/2011 Route: East Slopes Posted On: 4/24/2011, By: DaveSwink Info: The Shavano summertime trailhead (Blanks Cabin?) was accessible at the end of the day on Saturday, 4/23. Four new inches of powder on the trail but it is firm to the talus field. |
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4/16/2011 Route: Angel of Shavano Posted On: 4/17/2011, By: BAUMGARA Info: I skied the angel‘s left arm (climber‘s left) yesterday with a partner. Our ski descent began at around 1:30, sunny conditions up until then. The upper portions of the arm was soft, middle section of the arm was hard, and the angel‘s body had a soft top layer. We skied through the tree until around 10,300‘. |
