5/17/2015 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 5/18/2015, By: nsaladin Info: Didn't summit Umcompaghre Peak, was turned around by high winds and low temps at 12.5k. Was able to drive to within 2 miles of the 4WD trailhead before being stopped by deep snow. The area is packed with snow above 11k. I have attached a picture of the second creek crossing, to illustrate the snow depth. |
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5/17/2015 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 5/18/2015, By: WillRobnett Info: Drove up to 10,500 / 7.3 from the milage start. Cleared the road of boulders and slide debris up to 10,500. Above 10,000 feet you will find manageable snow drifts and very muddy sharp turns. Frequent snow drifts hiking above 10,500. Solid 3 foot pack above 11,000. No visibility to see avy conditions above of 12,500. |
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4/19/2015 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 4/20/2015, By: mojah Info: More new snow than I thought there‘d be, despite the forecast for the recent storm favoring the northern mountains more. Recommend flotation and microspikes. Summit plateau was mostly dry. Skiable from 13,800‘ on the south ridge to maybe a mile below the 4WD TH and on longer north facing sections of the road |
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10/11/2014 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 10/12/2014, By: Guevargas Info: No snow until about 13,500. Snow was knee deep and just a few places were iced over. We used microspikes and walking poles. Didn‘t need ice axe or crampons. |
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9/11/2014 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 9/14/2014, By: SoaringEagle14 Info: 4 wheel in to Nelie Trailhead. Road was muddy from heavy rains two days earlier. In good shape. Recommendation of high clearance vehicles is a good one. Both streams were low, no worries. Trail in excellent condition on the hike. Few few areas on the South Face going up, frozen from the night temperatures. Melted by the time of descent. Starting to see fall colors. Beautiful weather. 5 hours round trip from the trailhead. 14 hour day from my home in Ridgway, through MONTROSE and Lake City. Randy |
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7/13/2014 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 7/14/2014, By: Jasonicfederation Info: There are still a handful of short (not more than 50 yards or so) snow sections along the trail, particularly near 12,400‘ and again near 12,800‘. We did not need traction or experience any post-holing. Stream crossings were not difficult. |
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6/28/2014 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 6/28/2014, By: esagas Info: No traction devices necessary. There are some lingering snowpatches. Most can be bypassed; the rest have nice trenches. Some minimal postholing. |
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6/16/2014 Route: Matterhorn TH Approach and West Face Posted On: 6/16/2014, By: glencharnoski Info: These pics are from my June 1st ascent. I‘m sure the snow has consolidated much since then. Starting early for my trip avoided a lot of postholing. |
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6/3/2014 Route: Southwest Slopes from Matterhorn Creek Trailhead Posted On: 6/3/2014, By: glencharnoski Info: Lots of snow up there! Great conditions for ski touring on Wetterhorn or Uncompahgre. Trails are almost completely covered in snow and creeks are running high. Postholing unavoidable on return below treeline, glad to bring snowshoes. Morning snow frozen above treeline, good for walking on surface and cramponing up bowls. I took the variant (27.2V) in Roach‘s 14ers book). Mostly snow covered route. Snowy slopes above thru short cliff bands to summit. East slopes awesome for a ski/snowboard descent. West face still good for a ski descent as well. |
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9/28/2013 Route: View from Redcloud Posted On: 9/29/2013, By: jimmtman Info: Lots of snow on Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn after Friday‘s storm. |
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9/7/2013 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 9/9/2013, By: sheller Info: Summer conditions. Great easy hike. My boys had a lot of fun hiking this one. Also, did Wetterhorn- see PC. The 4WD road up was also good. Got to the 4WD trailhead from Lake City in just under an hour in a Pathfinder. Saw a couple of Subaru‘s up there too, which I thought was a little surprising. |
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8/17/2013 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 8/19/2013, By: mtapman Info: Trail is in good condition with no snow or problems. Plenty of water lower down. Pack trail across to Matterhorn and Wetterhorn is in excellent shape as well. |
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8/11/2013 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 8/15/2013, By: Munro Baggins Info: Crux section just below summit plateau covered in snow and ice from storms previous day. Route finding more difficult and extra care required, particularly on descent. This section is fairly sheltered and snow did not appear to be melting at all on our descent as it was on other sections further down the trail. |
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6/26/2013 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 6/27/2013, By: mountain_man Info: Trail is completely snow free. No special gear needed. There appeared to be a brand new fire to the north though (on the left of picture one, as seen from the summit). Check on the condition of that fire before hiking. |
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6/23/2013 Route: South Ridge from Matterhorn Posted On: 6/24/2013, By: thebeave7 Info: Ran Uncompahgre from Matterhorn Creek on Sunday 6/23/13. The trail is in pristine condition and you‘ll only cross a few small snow patches enroute to the peak, nothing more than 10-15ft across. The trail is mostly dry with a few marshy sections. Photo #1: Looking up at Uncompahgre from the Nellie Creek Jct. Photo #2: Upper slope of Uncompahgre and the short rock hop section. Photo #3: Looking back from the Nellie Creek Jct toward Matterhorn/Wetterhorn. |
