Mt. Antero

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/22/2025, By: CCaffrey
Info: Drove up nearly to the end of the 4WD trail. At about 11,800 ft there is a truck that rolled and a camper that is nearly blocking the remains 4WD trail. There was a Suburban and F150 that somehow got around the camper to park about 200 ft further along the trail. Not worth it IMO. We didn't want to risk getting stuck or sliding off the road, so we opted to reverse down to a flat portion of the trail. On the trail, some snow patches that were avoidable. Good conditions, overall. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 7/11/2025, By: MTNCLmber64169
Info: Subaru Forester made it nearly to the massive snow drift around 13,000. Rocks get sharper as you ascend (due to less vehicle travel?) did have a sidewall blow out on sharp rocks around 12,800 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/17/2025, By: 4x4more
Info: Drove my Jeep up to 11,000. Stopped there so I would get 3000 feet elevation change. Drove the Jeep through a pretty good sized river crossing no problem, but was talking to another hiker who got her feet wet crossing this part. It was pretty swift with all the snow melt. There are a couple pretty large snow drifts in the road at about 13,000 that 4 wheelers can't even get past and all the way at the top where there is a parking lot there is a HUGE pile of snow. I could have avoided the snow drifts, but tried walking across a couple and post holed twice. I went in deep and fast so I recommend avoiding. 

Route: Little Browns Creek
Posted On: 6/18/2025, By: maxwellq
Info: Similar conditions to the 6/10 update. Camped at 11.5K, there are better/flatter spots across the creek IMO and it's easy to cross. This is a really great route, and if you get out there in the next few days could you please look for my shoes at the TH? I was parked at the end of the lot near the creek and took them off to soak my feet when I got back, can't remember if I left them by the creek or the car. Grey Topo trail runners, I can meet you with a six pack in Summit county or Denver area. Thanks! EDIT: Got my shoes! 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/17/2025, By: Omatt89
Info: Rode my wheeler up to around 13000 where there is a big snowbank blocking the road. Its huge and prolly will be there at least another month. Two small snow banks below that in which my wheeler could barely pass. The road is extremely rocky with big rocks in places. Not many places to turn around or park. While there are a decent number of places to park, it's limited and some spots are not level. Very high clearance recommended. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/17/2025, By: JesseLorince
Info: There's still a little bit of snow that you have to cross toward the top but no equipment needed. There's also snow covering the switchbacks around 13,000 so you won't be able to drive up past that. I was too much of a chickenshit to take the F-150 over those two massive rocks at the beginning of the 4WD trail so I hiked from the lower trailhead. It took exactly 9 hours round trip. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/14/2025, By: terribletigzy
Info: I did a loop of Cronin, White, then Antero. Antero is almost entirely snow free. It’s melty out there so the road is wet and muddy in places, but only one mandatory snow crossing over the road at around 13k. Lots of people cutting around it off trail, but the right thing to do is cross the snow. Some snow on the upper 500’ that I think covers the easiest trail, but you can avoid the snow and it’s still standard class 2. Photos are from Cronin looking towards Antero. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/11/2025, By: WinterisClimbing
Info: Road is dry and passable for hikers for the most part. There is only one snowfield at the final switchback that I cut to get around. Other than that, you can avoid all of the snow up until the mining area. A few sections of the road down below treeline are flooded, so waterproof shoes might be the move. Creek crossings are both manageable. Road is not driveable past 12k at this point. There are a few snowfields on the ridge but the most I postholed from 8:30am-10am was up to my ankles. I don't want to jump the gun, but it's reeeaaaaal close to summer conditions up there. 

Route: Little Browns Creek
Posted On: 6/10/2025, By: Flips
Info: Antero from Little Browns Creek. The trail is dry until you get to snow fields at 11,700 elevation. The trail runs mostly next to the snow and occasionally disappears into it. However, you can avoid the snow by using the trail or walking on the edge of the snow. The ridge that is the final approach to the summit has some places to walk over the snow. Even at 2pm the snow was soft but firm. I had a light pack on so that could have helped prevent post holing. I never used my microspikes. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/9/2025, By: kmoss2
Info: Took the standard route from lower trailhead. Snow can be avoided till basically the final ascent to the summit - bless the folks who laid down tracks in the snow because those were nice to climb versus scrambling on the talus! That said, final ascent for sure slower than summer conditions because you really have to check your footing on the snowpack - some spots are quite slick and not exactly where you wanna take a fall up there ... :)Trail runners and poles were great. Left at 6:20a, 6.5 hours. 4x4 road is not the most eventful but those views at the top?? UNREAL 

Route: Little Browns Creek
Posted On: 6/8/2025, By: carmitz001
Info: Started at 1 pm, summited at 6, back to car via Browns Creek at 9:30. Total 17 miles, 5600 feet elevation gain. Lots of great views and varied terrain. The Little Browns Creek hike below treeline was a typical Class 1 14er hike -- nothing special, but much better than dealing with the long 4WD road. There were some snowfields from 11800 to 12700 feet, mostly avoidable or reasonable to walk through. The field at 12800 feet was beautiful with lots of open tundra and trails. The standard 4WD road going up from here was about 70% covered by snow. The ridge to the summit also had snow, but at times this was better than talus hopping. Postholing was infrequent and only up to my ankles. It was possible to glissade down the first ~200 feet from the summit, but I stopped because of cold hands. Great day for a long hike! 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 6/1/2025, By: notidealbutfine
Info: Started at the Baldwin Gulch 2WD trailhead at 2:45am. Risked it for the biscuit and left the micro spikes, snowshoes and boots at home which ended up working out perfectly. Used trail runners all day. Road is free of snow to just below tree line, then a couple big drifts making it impassable in any vehicle from there on. There are a few committing snowfields with bigger run-outs just below the summit that you must cross, so spikes and poles could definitely still be useful if you aren't confident on snow. Great trail to run back to the car. Beautiful, quiet day on Antero. 12.93 miles / 4,757' gain / 6 hours, 16 minutes. 

Route: Little Browns
Posted On: 5/31/2025, By: MountainBuhn
Info: Did Little Browns to summit then down west slopes then back to the car through chalk creek canyon. Peak was pretty much summer conditions, though there were some patches that made the ridge before summit pitch slightly sketch. West slopes down were annoying, but doable without equipment (we summited later at 1pm). Didn’t use any equipment besides poles. Marathon miles.. oof. 

Route: West Slopes
Posted On: 5/31/2025, By: MountainBuhn
Info: Final pitch/pass of Antero from Taylor Mountain 

Route: NW Face
Posted On: 5/21/2025, By: Jcinco
Info: Currently in as a summit ski descent. I came to ski Cronin not really even considering Antero as an option, so I was borderline shocked to see the coverage. Specifically, I skied the NW face, then cut far skiers left into the main lower W gully at 13.2k. Coverage is very thin on the face, so I wouldn’t “wait for it to soften”. Ski the upper face only when it’s bulletproof. You’ll get your soft in the corn gully, which was fantastic. With warming temps, it may not last until the weekend.