OTHER Trip Report 08/21/2012

Report Type	Mini
Peak(s)	Avery Peak - 12653
Date Posted	08/21/2012
Date Climbed	08/19/2012
Author	gb

My new favorite scramble route
Those of you who have been past Gothic on Schofield Pass, or ridden a bike on 401, will probably already be familiar with Avery and its "Red Diamond" face. I've been meaning to climb it for years, but it took until last weekend to finally do it. The face exceeded my expectations- it's simply one of the best friction climbing scrambles you're likely to find anywhere. The face is comprised of 2 distinct types of rock- red sandstone and a whitish conglomerate slightly reminiscent of the Crestones. Despite being in the heart of the Elks, the rock is quite good- the face is such a uniform slab so the loose stuff gets washed away off many areas of the face, and those are the areas you climb right up. We used rock shoes on the face, as most people do (or sticky rubber approach shoes). Here is the full link: LINK If you're into scramble routes, you owe it to yourself to come down to Crested Butte and check this one out. Here's a few photos.

My new favorite scramble route

Those of you who have been past Gothic on Schofield Pass, or ridden a bike on 401, will probably already be familiar with Avery and its "Red Diamond" face.

I've been meaning to climb it for years, but it took until last weekend to finally do it. The face exceeded my expectations- it's simply one of the best friction climbing scrambles you're likely to find anywhere. The face is comprised of 2 distinct types of rock- red sandstone and a whitish conglomerate slightly reminiscent of the Crestones.

Despite being in the heart of the Elks, the rock is quite good- the face is such a uniform slab so the loose stuff gets washed away off many areas of the face, and those are the areas you climb right up. We used rock shoes on the face, as most people do (or sticky rubber approach shoes). Here is the full link: LINK

If you're into scramble routes, you owe it to yourself to come down to Crested Butte and check this one out. Here's a few photos.

Comments or Questions

tmathews	Very cool! 8/21/2012 2:43pm Yeah, that rock does look a little like Crestone conglomerate! About how many feet do you think the scramble is?
gb	3,000' trhd to summit 8/21/2012 3:00pm And I'll say about 1500'- 1800' of scrambling in the gully and on the face. Tough to say since there are so many route choices as to when you get on the face.
Floyd	Man, I need to get to Gothic 8/21/2012 3:11pm Thanks for this. It looks like a great time!
Monster5	Awesome! 8/21/2012 3:48pm Looks like a quality scramble on an interesting face. Thanks for posting it.
SuperPolok	Just heard of this 8/21/2012 3:52pm From a friend who lived in CB for a few years. He highly reccomended this as well. Thanks for the beta as it was unclear what the optimal ”route” was.
kansas	Wow. 8/21/2012 4:05pm On the list. Thanks for posting!
SarahT	Great find! 8/21/2012 9:31pm Looks like a lot of fun, thanks for posting.
Headwall5	Looks fun! 8/21/2012 10:53pm Great job, looks like a fun climb!
Frontrangeskier	Easy Money. 8/22/2012 4:54am Never seen this one. Very cool.
killingcokes	NICE 8/24/2012 4:53pm One of my favorite peaks down in your area. If I remember correctly though it started to rain on our way down and that was actually pretty scary. Great rock though for the Elks.

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