1/8/2012 Route: East Ridge Posted On: 1/9/2012, By: jeremy27 Info: Climbed Rosalie with my wife on Sunday - 1/8. Almost perfect weather but a little breezy on the summit and back down to the saddle. You‘ll probably need 4wd to get all the way to the trailhead. The trail is a nice, hard-packed trench to treeline. Old wind slabs and 3-5 inches of drifting powder from Saturday‘s storm above treeline. Snowshoes not needed. Microspikes very helpful the whole way. Good luck. |
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5/29/2011 Route: From Summit Lake Posted On: 5/30/2011, By: JasonF Info: Adam (avs88fan) and I bagged Epaulet, Epaulie, Rosalie and Mt Warren in that order. Hwy 5 was closed off at Summit Lake. CDOT bulldozers were parked 1 mile or so up the road from the closure. There is still plenty of snow on the road in certain sections. Same goes for the ground - lots of dry areas but where snow remains it was fairly deep and was fairly firm even in the early afternoon. Sunrise Couloir had a healthy cornice. The southern face of Epaulie made life real difficult as it is holding a good deal of snow, enough to slow you down. We encountered 35+ mph gusts yesterday. Could be a short wildflower season this year. We also noticed that aspens are not even budding yet coming down from Echo Lake. I‘m guessing another 2 weeks before they get the road opened up to the summit. Image 1 - Sunrise Couloir Image 2 - Road about 1/2 mile from Summit Lake Image 3 - Bierstadt (left), Sawtooth and Mt Evans from Rosalie Peak Image 4 - Slope east of Epaulet |
