Uncompahgre Peak

Route: Matterhorn Creek
Posted On: 6/14/2013, By: djrunner
Info: Coming from Matterhorn, there was some snow still. In fact, it was quite muddy. However, no equipment needed. All snow can be walked across or bypassed. 

Route: via wetterhorn
Posted On: 6/12/2013, By: lafutura
Info: we came down from wetterhorn and across and up to uncompahgre. no special equipment needed...guess this means winter is over on this mountain! :) 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 6/7/2013, By: gregpeak
Info: Road is clear all the way to the trailhead. There is still some snow on the route but it is firm and you can walk around most of it. We did not post hole at all. 

Route: Matterhorn
Posted On: 6/5/2013, By: Nelson
Info: We went from Matterhorn TH in conjunction with Wetterhorn. If you are there after 10 AM you will be postholing. Snowshoes would help if you don‘t mind transitioning 10 times. On the upper Uncompahgre you can get by without crampons but after the second switchback you have to see the cairn to go around the snowfield. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 5/28/2013, By: eskermo
Info: Not much snow until treeline. Several smaller snowfields to cross on the standard route. We took a more direct line on the ascent and were able to stay on great snow most of the way up in the east facing gully leading up to the south ridge. The steep, loose gully on the south ridge has a few snowy areas, but they can be avoided with a little bit of easy climbing. There was some post holing on the way down, but nothing too miserable. For the most part, the snow we walked on all day was pretty solid and consolidated. We never used snowshoes, microspikes, or any other special gear. A beautiful day with great conditions! Photo 1 - A broad look at the route just above treeline Photo 2 - Looking down the good snow slope that cuts up to the south ridge Photo 3 - On the south ridge Photo 4 - The loose gully on the south ridge leading up to the final summit push 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 10/28/2012, By: aliciaf
Info: Made it about 2.7 miles up the 4WD road. Stopped before the second creek crossing, as it was solid ice, about 1inch thick. Didn‘t feel comfortable crossing it since our Subaru Outback slid across the first creek crossing. Patchy snow up to the 4WD trailhead, at which point we put on our spikes for extra traction. Almost completely snow covered trail from here until the summit. Many spots where we postholed up to our calves along the trail. Deeper snow in the switchback area, where I postholed up to my knees at times. The rocky west face doesn‘t have as much snow, so the trail up this area was easier to follow. On the descent, we noticed a lot of the snow had a wind blown crust to it and pretty much none of the snow above treeline had melted. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 10/19/2012, By: a forest
Info: hiked all the way up in tennis shoes. little bit of snow but easy to walk over or step on rocks 

Route: Matterhorn
Posted On: 10/2/2012, By: mattyanderson26
Info: There is snow on the route around 13,200. But it isn‘t a problem when climbing, and it‘s pretty packed down. I brought microspikes, but never felt the need to pull them out. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 7/24/2012, By: Zaigon99
Info: Drive up to Nellie Creek trail head dry and no big deal for our Grand Cherokee. Trail is in good condition thanks to the CFI folks who have done a lot of recent trail work, especially clearing out the willows above timberline. Found some weird bird on top. PS Toliet available at TH, but bring your own TP. 

Route: Matterhorn Creek
Posted On: 6/4/2012, By: jfaust
Info: Climbed Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn from Matterhorn Creek on on 3 June. Some minor snowfield crossing necessary between the peaks, but nothing serious. The path is hard to follow at night with the snowfields. Snow is not an issue on either peak. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 5/27/2012, By: Zambo
Info: We did both Wetterhorn and Uncompahgre from Matterhorn Creek. There is very little snow anywhere, and the peak is essentially in Summer conditions. The upper slopes of Uncompahgre were almost all dry, including all of the gullies off the West face. If attempting both peaks, there are a number of snow fields to cross on the pass, but they were easy traversed in the morning, and we only had minor post-holing issues later in the day. Absolutely no need for axes, snowshoes, or any snow gear. Pics below, I will put up a TR in the coming days. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 5/22/2012, By: mikefromcraig
Info: The trees on the 4wd trail that the previous post mentioned have all been removed. You can drive all the way up to the 4wd trailhead. There is no snow but there is a decent creek crossing that may give some pause. Other than that update the snow seems to be melting fast. 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 5/17/2012, By: Chicago Transplant
Info: Just a quick note on the standard route on Uncompahgre. I posted a trailhead report as well, but basically there are trees blocking the road about a mile short of the summer trailhead that would require a chainsaw. After that the road is pretty dry, and so is the trail below treeline. We did not use snowshoes and don‘t think they are really worth it, gaitors are though. Above tree line there is one large cornice blocking the trail but an easy way around to the left and through the snow, then the trail is spotty snow with some of the patches rather long and we did post hole a bit in them (hence gaitors). Once on the ridge crest there are again a couple of snow patches, but they weren‘t bad and were "pre-postholed" so we just followed the old steps. The crux gully was dry except the dusting from the night before, see image, and then the route above was completely dry as is the summit. Great views as always! I figured people would be interested in knowing what things look like down there to plan for the upcoming Memorial Day, so I included a summit shot looking south towards Handies, Redcloud and Sunshine. As you can see, we had great weather on Uncompahgre, but there was a storm brewing to the south... 

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 2/13/2012, By: Carl
Info: Continuous snow from the start of Nellie Creek Rd to where we turned around at approx 13,400ft due to avy conditions.  

Route: South Ridge
Posted On: 10/23/2011, By: dritse
Info: snow on middle 2/3 of trail but not often more than ankle deep, easy to follow trail, ground mostly dry on sides of trail. Beginning of trail and leading up to summit are clear of snow.