6 8/25/2015 Posted On: 8/25/2015 By: b0btom Info: Was up at Como over the weekend bagging some peaks. There is a small meadow southwest of the lake with a creek running through it. We found the bear, dead from a gunshot wound. It is decomposing in the creek. We called the forest service. Not sure what they are planning on doing with the carcass. | 7 |
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8/23/2015 Posted On: 8/25/2015 By: hr011242 Info: No more bear. I was at Lake Como this weekend and it sounds like the bear has been disposed of, unfortunately. No bear sightings all weekend. | ||||
8/17/2015 Posted On: 8/18/2015 By: jaynaa1127 Info: Hi all! Last Sunday (the 16th) I hiked Blanca with a couple friends. We camped the night before and we think One of them left her wallet at the camp site! We were at the last one on the right before the 4mile marker. If anybody hikes this in the next couple days we would really appreciate it if you took a peak at the camp site . This was her first 14er and she did amazing. I would hate for her to be upset about the wallet instead of stoked on finishing a 14mile hike for her first 14er! Please please please let me know if it is found. THANK YOU, jaynaa1127 | ||||
8/12/2015 Posted On: 5/12/2016 By: gibell Info: I would not recommend driving above around 8000' on this road. As a point of reference, we once walked down from Lake Como with full backpacks on, and we passed two vehicles also doing the descent. They only passed us most of the way out, near the 2WD trailhead. Thus, driving this road is similar in speed to walking! | ||||
7/27/2015 Posted On: 8/1/2015 By: zsmith Info: As a follow up, I spoke with the Monte Vista DOW office and gave them the details about the bear activity. They will notify the appropriate ranger. This issue is clearly a human problem, not a bear problem. They euthanized a different bear two years ago because of similar issues. I know tents were ransacked last year also. Human carelessness has turned this into an issue that is likely renewing itself each year. Be responsible and educate yourself about bear country techniques if you are unfamiliar with them. Most importantly, please use a canister. | ||||
7/26/2015 Posted On: 7/31/2015 By: hikinsteady2 Info: Bear at Lake Como - was there for the disaster reported previous. Update - pack/remains of fly and all the trash was found that the bear took off with. The young men who left it all didn‘t look that hard to find their stuff. On Saturday afternoon Two young men from CSU hiking with their Dad found all up in the woods - they were going to hike Little Bear the next day. They were going to try to carry it out on Sunday. Hopefully they could - way more weight then we could take on. This is truly a human caused bear problem. Each day we made sure we collapsed our tent during the day- and hung our packs - if it is too close to tree and not 10 ft up you will get a bit or claw mark. Bear is now associating tents with food. Highly recommend only taking freeze dry food - any food products we carried up with us if it didn‘t fit in our bear vault. Bear vaults get visited but are worth the weight and expense. A group cooked "real" food on Saturday- they went far away from tents - but still had problems that night with a visit by their tents. We were there for 3 nights and ended up with just one claw mark on a pack. | ||||
7/24/2015 Posted On: 7/30/2015 By: zsmith Info: Lake Como still has a serious bear problem. A very persistent bear came into our camp repeatedly in broad daylight when we had 8 adults and a large dog present. Even after the dog treed him, he continued to lurk around our camp. Expect him to scour your camp at least twice a day. Once in the middle of the night and once during the morning while you are climbing. We packed our entire camp before climbing, put our food in a bear canister and hung our packs between two trees. He slobbered on the bear canister and managed to get a claw in a pack. Other friends had their food bags claimed when the bear grabbed the line on one side. This is all caused by careless people. The tent next to us had tuna and snuff inside and was dragged into the woods by the bear (with packs inside) never to be seen again. There were empty Doritos bags and Doublemint wrappers next to the hut on the west side of the lake. Its den is on the east side, but it doesn‘t matter because it makes rounds to every campsite. The bear is driven by sight more than smell now. Bring a bear canister, air horn and bear spray. Hanging your food is not sufficient. | ||||
7/15/2015 Posted On: 7/15/2015 By: Chipmonk Info: The road is clear all the way up. By all the way up I mean to the upper lakes... If you have a vehicle that can make it! | ||||
7/10/2015 Posted On: 7/14/2015 By: mspalding Info: Road is clear all the way past the lake to the first Blanca headwall. But bring a bear canister. Bear bags will be pillaged during the day while you are out hiking. Hanging them high and on a line between two trees is insufficient. They were safe at night during the 2 nights we were there. | ||||
6/1/2015 Posted On: 6/2/2015 By: Mike Shepherd Info: Clear of snow until about a quarter mile to the lake, then patchy snow. It‘s almost all snow when you get to the lake. The lake is mostly frozen, but you can filter water from the melted areas. Beware of bears, those nuisance bear warnings are not to be taken lightly. | ||||
5/17/2015 Posted On: 5/18/2015 By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Road is dry all the way to Jaws 1, if your vehicle can make it that far. Above that, it is mostly dry to within 1/2 mile of the lake, where it becomes fully snow-covered. The lake is frozen but it‘s outlet is open and available for water filtration. All snow above the lake. | ||||
8/2/2014 Posted On: 8/5/2014 By: ridergirl Info: We drove in August 1 and out August 3. We made it past Jaws 1 and based on reports from other vehicles coming down, decided to camp just before the creek crossing. This was a wise choice. There has been considerable rain over the past few days. There were several rock slides past Jaws 2-3 that made it impassable by truck but smaller ATVs did get through. That was in the morning. By afternoon, several crazy looking jeeps had managed to get through by building, pushing, moving...whatever. You best have a super high clearance, 4wd vehicle, a good spotter and heed all the warnings posted by knowledgable motorists. This road means business. The creek is running fast and high as well, just an for your information. These photos are from Jaws 1...probably the easiest of them all. | ||||
6/27/2014 Posted On: 6/27/2014 By: Unknown Info: I could just write "this road sucks" and it‘d be an accurate report. After jaws .5 the next switchback really sucks. Big boulder in middle of the road. I‘m in a lifted Wrangler with 33in tires and I would hit the differential if I tried to straddle it. Going over it is an option, I guess. I made one poor attempt at it and slid off the boulder and nearly off the road down into a gully. This was a major p.i.t.a to back down the road at night by myself. Do yourself a favor and just park below jaws .5 unless you are driving a Sherman Tank | ||||
5/26/2014 Posted On: 5/27/2014 By: esagas Info: Summer conditions to Lake Como. Some snow still lingering around the Lake Como hotel and the camping sites, but melting fast. Deep snow and postholing in the trees on the south side of the lake. | ||||
5/18/2014 Posted On: 5/20/2014 By: DrewR Info: The Lake Como (Blanca Peak) road is clear just about all the way to the lake. There are a few short sections in the trees within a mile of the lake that still retain snow; although I‘m sure it will melt away fast. At the lake and above the snow is still thick in places and postholing in the afternoon is to be expected. The road around the south side of the lake is covered by a thin layer of snow. |
