1/15/2012 Route: South Ridge from CO 82 Posted On: 1/15/2012, By: Matt Lemke Info: Due to my stupid internet, I‘m not typing this 3 times...STUPID Comcast...I‘m suing you for all you‘re worth!!! Anyway, climbed the steep south slopes of Lackawanna from CO 82. No snow, no wind, warm sunny day. Fantastic summit views of all the Sawatch and Elks. |
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1/14/2012 Route: South Slopes(ish) Posted On: 1/16/2012, By: CarpeDM Info: Just setting up a new computer, so Matt Lemke got his report out before I could get mine out. I'll echo what he has to say: Not much snow at all. I went up the gully, then hung a right (at about 12k) and went up the SE ridge (about 12,400) before curling around to the peak. When out of the gully, there was a bit of wind - oh, perhaps up to 20mph - not a big deal. But the summit was practically dead calm. Came down the South ridge until I met back up with my tracks in the gully. I did a little postholing - not worth bringing snowshoes. Microspikes were helpful in spots. Pic1 - view from where I left the road. There was a bushwhack that wasn't bad. Pic2 - looking up the lower part of the gully Pic3 - a little higher up in the gully looking in the direction of the peak Pic4 - looking across SE ridge to the false summit (the actual summit is back out of sight) |