10/5/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 10/5/2017, By: NickJohnson Info: Trail is pretty dry up to the ridge, then varying amounts of snow all the way to the summit. Due to the snow, it was quite difficult to keep to the trail, but staying on the ridge was the obvious route. Despite being pretty windy along the ridge, it was still on the summit, which made for a nice reprieve. Descending was a bit more tricky as the snow was melting, but it was a great day for climbing! We didn't expect to see anyone else, especially considering it was a Thurs, but we met another climber also going up West Ridge. |
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9/30/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 10/1/2017, By: GraceU2DSummit Info: Great day on Tabequache. Snow of varying depths after gaining the saddle, but mostly on the north side of the ridge. Strong winds on the ridge, but absolutely calm on the summit. Not another soul on the mountain all day. MIRACLE!! All is changing today though with storm coming :-) |
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9/18/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 9/18/2017, By: RockyMountainMustang Info: One of the prettiest summits in the Sawatch, imo... Not as impossible looking to get to as the view from Shavano makes it seem. Was a fun ridge. Not much of a real trail going up Tabeguache, but very stable, and just hop up the talus. Saddle very windy. Small dusting of snow making ridge down from Shavano a bit slippery in the early morning. |
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9/2/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 9/3/2017, By: lzinsmaster11 Info: Dry, free of snow. The whole mountain is lots of rock and scree. Beautiful views although the fires in CA and the NW made it a pretty hazy view. |
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8/20/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 8/20/2017, By: merrion13 Info: Outstanding conditions and weather today. Highly recommend this approach, very scenic and far fewer people. For the most part, trail is pretty easy to find at the times it isn't, the route is really obvious. |
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7/16/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 7/17/2017, By: Marmot96 Info: No snowfields to worry about. I can't comment on the trail, since there was a layer of graupel that froze and made it too difficult to walk on the trail. Even with boulder hopping all the way down Shavano, the traverse took 1.5 hours round trip. |
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7/10/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 7/10/2017, By: AcornMan Info: The descent from Shavano is bone dry, and the trail is fairly easy to follow. Tabegauche still has some sizable snow fields, but they can easily be avoided. It's kind of difficult to tell where the official trail on Tabecauche is because there are so many routes visible. It's all scrambling through the talus no matter where you go though, so maybe it doesn't matter. l'd say I'm a little faster than average when I hike 14ers, and it took me roughly two hours to do the round-trip from Shavano's summit to Tabegauche's summit. Most of the time during that trip is spent on Shavano because it's so long. Tabegauche itself is a pretty quick and easy ascent and descent. |
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7/2/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 7/2/2017, By: madadraw1 Info: Summer conditions. 3-4 patches of snow we went over, only one was on the ridge. Snow is easy to avoid if you wish. But, it's packed down and in the basin we walked over it bare boot, no problem. |
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6/24/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 6/26/2017, By: sjkichler Info: Snow is easy to avoid - summer conditions! |
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6/23/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 6/24/2017, By: Cygnus X1 Info: Still a fair bit of snow along the ridge up from the saddle but you can totally avoid it by skirting below it on the south side. |
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6/17/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 6/18/2017, By: xandc Info: Great day! A few manageable patches of snow on the trail. Most are completely avoidable if you choose to walk around. The snow is very grippy and firm -- I found best option was to stick to the trail, over the snow. I carried microspikes but didn't end up needing them. Once on the ridge there is very little snow on the trail and it is easy to avoid the snow that remains. Highly suggest this route |
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6/12/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 6/12/2017, By: schorrratzlaff Info: A great snow climb all the way to the summit. Microspikes are a must |
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6/11/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 6/11/2017, By: Dean82 Info: The snow is pretty hard for the little ascent. Microspikes not necessary but really help. Good Glissading. |
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6/9/2017 Route: Via Mt. Shavano Posted On: 6/9/2017, By: hilo21 Info: Road clear to TH. Spots of snow start just below tree line on trail to Shav, snowshoes not required though. Saddle to Tab is mostly snow. I used micros, but you could get away without them. |
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6/3/2017 Route: West Ridge Posted On: 6/5/2017, By: MountainJunkie88 Info: Conditions were perfect. Only a small amount of snow on the trail. Glad I had my mountaineering boots on and gaiters, but could have gone without. It will be completely snow free very soon. |
