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Another nice January weekend, I shouldn't sit on the couch. Shavano and Tabeguache have been staring me down for years whenever I am hanging in Salida. I have been up Shavano 6 times in the summer (not including two other times to the saddle), but a Winter ascent had eluded me. I had broken trail to treeline several times but those were just conditioning hikes. I figured I would post a "suckers wanted" on 14ers.com and see what would happen (you often get a lot of no-shows on Winter hikes). As it turned out, it was a pretty good group. Only problem was the kids were so fast, old man Yaich was feeling his age.
Blah, blah, blah. On to the pictures.
Making our way through the forest Snow was a little deeper near treeline Switching snow for talus Um, where's the trail? You can see the curvature of the earth from here The first of 7 false summits on the east ridge of Shavano A rare sighting of a mountain cow Who needs a trail? Bump #23 on the ridge Seeking shelter from the wind on the Shavano summit (unsuccessfully) Everyone's favorite winter mountaineer The 23 mile long ridge to Tabeguache Bunching up on The Hillary Step Final stretch to the Tabeguache summit And Mark is happy And Cynthia is happy. You be the judge. We weren't posing for a group shot, we were huddling for warmth Mad snow skillz Getting off Tabeguache The long ridge back to Shavano's summit Let's get off this mountain
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Hey, it sounds great, I might give it a shot myself in the next few weeks. How is the road access? Can you get to the trailhead by 4Wd?
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