7/18/2024 Route: 13030/13115/13005/Baldy Lejos from West Willow Cre Posted On: 7/18/2024, By: JasonKline Info: The 13030/13115/13005/Baldy Lejos loop from West Willow Creek Trailhead is in full summer conditions with no snow/ice. Many people have reported 13030 as involving Class 3, but we thought it was only Class 2. |
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7/12/2024 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/12/2024, By: astranko Info: Ridge is dry and goes at a chill class 2 Some trip reports overstate this one a bit. Did as part of a large loop with the 13ers that ring West Willow Creek from the Equity Mine |
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11/10/2023 Route: Spring Creek Posted On: 11/10/2023, By: nickm Info: The CT/CDT going up to Snow Mesa had only a few sections of an inch or less of snow. Snow Mesa is mostly dry except for the trench that is the CT/CDT. It is filled with 2-3" of snow for most of the way across Snow Mesa. I found it impossible to keep up any pace walking on it so instead of walking next to it (creating a double track) I walked 50-100 yards next to the trail with little to no snow. Beyond Snow Mesa all dry! I left the trail below 12952 and summited it first then over to 13034 returning via the basin SW of 12952. I don't keep track of miles or elevation. For sure 20+ R/T. Area Peaks: Baldy Cinco & Baldy No Es Cinco were dry from Snow Mesa. UN 13162 from Baldy Cinco I could not see, the route down from 13162 to the CT/CDT was holding snow 2-4"?. Then from the CT/CDT up to 13510 looked dry. |
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7/9/2023 Route: From saddle below 13111 Posted On: 7/10/2023, By: ScottLovesRMNP Info: Summer conditions. This was my fourth peak of the day, but I should've done it first since it is harder than the peaks on the Baldy Lejos ridge. From the beginning of the ridge below Point 13111, it is a lonnnnnng way over to this peak and I almost skipped it. I estimate 2 miles each way. Most of it is easy tundra, but the crux below the summit cliffs requires side-hilling on steep, loose rock and dirt to reach the grassy slope leading to the summit, which happens to be on the south side of the peak and you are approaching from the north. Although it is a short section, it is slow, and I would upgrade this peak to Class 2+ for this reason. It would not be unreasonable to bring a helmet due to all of the loose rock and the steep, loose terrain. |
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6/27/2020 Route: East Ridge Posted On: 6/27/2020, By: Flyingfish Info: Dry all the way from PT 13111.Crux is dry |
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8/31/2019 Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 9/3/2019, By: supranihilest Info: There are a couple of potential options following 4WD roads (either in a vehicle or on foot) to each the northeast ridge of Point 13,034. I was on foot so I just followed the roads up to a saddle at approximately 12,500' and then cut directly west across tundra and willows to the ridge. The ridge starts out grassy and gets steeper and narrower as you go along. The rock on the scrambly bits is pretty bad - some kind of granitic stuff sandwiched between layers of dirt - and is easy to pull apart but if you put direct downward pressure on it it doesn't seem to go anywhere. In any case there's probably only 20-30 feet of Class 3 scrambling, the rest is just Class 2 or Class 2+. The easiest route is not on the ridge crest, but slightly below and to the left/south. If you find yourself climbing what appears to be a huge stack of inch-thick dinner plates, this is not your route. I climbed to the top of it and climbed back down, since continuing forward that way was far sketchier than I liked. |
