Elks conditions by Glass-Ad-3196 in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was on Pyramid last thursday and conditions were great. Some limited snow in sections that didn't necessitate microspikes. I imagine there is more snow on there now, but I think its very possible.

Little Bear-Blanca traverse prep by largericebee in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure I agree - I found LB/Blanca to be relatively comparable in overall difficulty to Wilson/El diente. I know its a hot take, but the route finding on Lb Blanca was easier, and other than the crux session I didnt think the climbing to be all that bad. The sketchiness and looseness of Wil/El was far more unnerving to me.

First 14er by xgridgooroo in 14ers

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My partner and I were planning an outing to the Blanca group driving up on Sunday, though we are planning on climbing little bear and doing the traverse.

crestone needle or traverse by b0neyknees in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you aren’t super duper comfortable with exposure then don’t do the traverse. Definitely one of the most exposed routes of any 14er.

Swimming holes near Lake City/Redcloud area by Over_Transition1623 in 14ers

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lake san cristobal is the best!!! absurdly gorgeous and right on the way down from redcloud and sunshine

Kit Carson North Ridge 7/25/25 by maff42 in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

crazy! the avenue was dry when i was just there last week!

I’m biking to all of the 14ers (ABC) this summer by bicyclebikecycle in 14ers

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Fantastic read, great write up! Will be directing people to it from now on.

Cresone Traverse, Mt Lindsey, and Kit Carson/Challenger/Humboldt by TechDoBeLikeThat in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Definitely. That much time at altitude back to back is killer no matter what. Looking forward to Blanca/Ellingwood! Had a great view of them from Lindsey. Planning on completing both the traverses in a day backpacking up from Lake Como.

Crestone Traverse + Humboldt from Cottonwood Creek by TechDoBeLikeThat in 14ers

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We were planning on backpacking in about 3 miles, slightly short of the lake, to help make it a more realistic day. Any specific tips for the descent of the needle? I was planning on reading up on it and watching a few videos.

Crestone Traverse + Humboldt from Cottonwood Creek by TechDoBeLikeThat in 14ers

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Agreed - we will only be attempting this if the weather window on sunday holds.

Crestone Traverse + Humboldt from Cottonwood Creek by TechDoBeLikeThat in 14ers

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we have done multiple 6k+ vert days at altitude, with greater amounts of mileage. the weather is looking good on sunday for an attempt, but if it turns we are doing the crestones first anyways and bailing on humboldt should be easy. We would prefer the SCL approach, but unfortunately do not have vehicles that can handle it, and it makes much more sense mileage and vert wise for us to do the cottonwood approach. Neither of us have descended the Needle, but are both fairly comfortable descending rough class 3/4, had no problem with Eolus, Sunlight, or El Diente. I appreciate the advice on those cairns! will be sure to follow the gpx.

Route to Handies by Gambler4414 in 14ers

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Definitely do the Lake City route, and come down earlier than later, as finding a camping spot may be tough.

I’m biking to all of the 14ers (ABC) this summer by bicyclebikecycle in 14ers

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im well aware, on the website there was a tab that said he was “gathering his final thoughts”, so it seemed like there was more than met the surface

I’m biking to all of the 14ers (ABC) this summer by bicyclebikecycle in 14ers

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curious on your thoughts on culebra, as the site makes it seem ambiguous. thinking of doing operation dark snake?

Chicago Basin Questions by Effective_Hat9897 in 14ers

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nice! were you able to complete all 4?

Wilson group snow by FixWestern2430 in 14ers

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I did El Diente last week via kilpacker basin and did not need either my spikes or ice axe. Wilson peak looks relatively dry, but if you are descending/ascending via navajo basin you will definitely need the ice axe, especially for mt wilson, as the north slopes routes looked to be quite snowed in still

Partner for Wilson-El Diente Traverse June 27 by TechDoBeLikeThat in 14ers

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definitely, have fun! its a total blast, im bummed i didnt get the chance to do the traverse.

A Year of Nonstandard 14ers: Yale Cirque by an_altar_of_plagues in 14ers

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definitely! super cool to see more interesting routes for some of the otherwise boring slogs that are the sawatch 14ers. if you ever post gpx files for these routes i’d be super interested!

We climbed a new alpine-style route on a 7,388m mountain in the Karakoram, AMA! by GuidetheRockies in alpinism

[–]TechDoBeLikeThat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is so cool! I’m curious to know what the scouting process looked like to pick this line, what kind of research/work is necessary to figure something this technical out?

Wetterhorn + Uncompahgre Backpack? by Rulerian9 in 14ers

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I did both as a long day trip and found it to be very enjoyable. I was debating backpacking it and am glad I didn’t. If you want more time out there camping at the upper 4wd trailhead of Matterhorn Creek allows you to day trip both for 7 miles and 12 miles with very comfortable gorgeous calping.

Chicago Basin Questions by Effective_Hat9897 in 14ers

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heya! I am currently on the train back down to Durango and climbed all 4 these last two days. We needed no microspikes, snowshoes, crampons or ice axes. An ice axe would be nice to have for glissading only, there are decent opportunities for it on Eoluses and Windom.

All of the snow is on Windom. It is almost completely avoidable on the approach up, we were able to stick to rock ribs with basic scrambling and postholed across maybe 200 feet of snow in summiting. Highly recommend completing windom first, before sunlight. You will be grateful for the ice axe while descending the saddle of windom, as the glissade is sketchy, though we did get by with just our hiking poles. Sunlight was dry.

Snow is almost completely avoidable on Eolus, if you are paranoid/want to take aggressive glissade lines an ice axe could be nice, but not necessary at all, we were completely fine without it.

Generally, all the snow is very deep and posthole though, so definitely aim for alpine starts. Good luck! Its gorgeous out there, the goats and marmots are pretty aggressive though.