7/5/2024 Route: Purgatoire> Alamosito>Vermejo Posted On: 7/15/2024, By: rleclair Info: Summer conditions throughout the entire route. Our team met Carlos at the Alamosito Gate and then followed him all the way to the upper camp at the base of the Purgatoire shoulder. Great, flat camping area with epic views of the valley floor below. The next morning, we left camp hiking through the forest to treeline. Stayed on ridge proper to the Purgatoire summit. Steep'ish, rocky descent to the Purgatoire/Alamosito saddle, then cruiser to Alamosito summit. Not as steep as a descent from Alamosito the saddle. Easy Class 2 hike to the Vermejo summit area with amazing views of Red and Culebra. We descended back down to the Vermejo/Alamosito saddle then followed a grassy bench to the valley floor where a herd of cattle were grazing. Hiked down valley to a north/south logging road where we then followed old logging roads back to the camp. There were no other hikers/climbers doing the southern CVR BiCents during our time here. Overall a great adventure and thank you to Carlos and CVR for logistics, guidance and keeping these peaks open for those interested in climbing them. |
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7/23/2023 Route: OLS Posted On: 7/24/2023, By: blazintoes Info: From Purgatoire this peak is rockier. Greeted by 200 elk and one sly fox. Was on rock all day and only 3 moved. Climbing up Red looks impossible but the rock is stable and dont forget you have to climb up to 13,900. I could see climbers on Culebra. Passed by a few and was so happy to have my car shuttled to the main upper lot. Operation Light Snake complete. |
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7/10/2022 Route: Purgatoire through Culebra Posted On: 7/11/2022, By: supranihilest Info: From camp along Purgatoire's west ridge we ran all the way through Culebra and down to the upper, 4WD trailhead (the ranch staff shuttled our vehicle for us - included in the $500 you pay for these peaks). No real surprises on any of the 13ers, just lots of deep saddles with lots of elevation gain for everything. Ascending Red from Vermejo is the worst part of the day, steep, endless, and loose. Don't skip Point 12,754 west of "Alamosito", it's literally the only cool peak of these six and has some fun scrambling on bomber granite. |
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6/27/2020 Route: Alamosito Creek Posted On: 6/27/2020, By: angry Info: Purgatoire> Alamosito>Vermejo>Red>Culebra Summer conditions. |
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7/17/2015 Route: From Culebra - Red Posted On: 7/18/2015, By: illusion7il Info: If you want to sign the summit register, bring something to help you open it. I guess King Kong closed it last. |
