8/31/2019 Route: from Grizzly Posted On: 9/4/2019, By: shaunblair Info: Fun traverse - lots of routefinding - available descriptions from Wolfe and others are somewhat poor. Never saw the two cruxes of route, golden gendarme and knife edge - maybe I was enjoying the scrambling too much to notice? Never encountered anything that gave me pause, just a fun, enjoyable trip. |
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8/26/2019 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 8/27/2019, By: supranihilest Info: The trail from the Lenawee Trailhead to where you're supposed to cut off and hike up the grassy slope is in great shape, as is said grassy slope. From "Southwest Lenawee" to Lenawee itself is basically all the meat of the route. If you stay on or near the ridge crest you'll encounter Class 3 and maybe Class 4 climbing on steep, exposed, often loose rock. The easiest way is staying climber's left/north of the ridge crest. There's trail segments most of the way and you can keep the difficulty at Class 2+ like the route description says. |
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8/13/2019 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 8/13/2019, By: Trotter Info: Easy, fun class 1 route until SW Lenawee. The traverse along the ridge is fairly rough, lots of loose rock and class 3. If you want easier, drop about 100 feet lower on the left side, theres some trail remnants that keep it at class 2+. The traverse takes about 45 minutes each way, so dont start it if weather looks poor. |
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10/17/2017 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 10/17/2017, By: tjf242424 Info: Dry all the way to the false summit. Some snow getting over to the true summit, but nothing that poses any real problems. Did not use spikes, but some might want them. Great views of the White Ribbon of Death at A-Basin. |
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11/10/2016 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 11/11/2016, By: BillMiddlebrook Info: Pretty dry for November but there was a bit of snow along the summit ridge, which forced us to make a few easy, Class 3 moves. Didn't use microspikes but gaiters were helpful. |
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9/5/2016 Route: Southwest (SW) Ridge Posted On: 9/5/2016, By: jasayrevt Info: Clear and very nice enjoyable trip w/ reaching summit. Invigorating, Inspiring Hobby. Great, beautiful 13er mountain. This quality, classic route is a unique undertaking and lightly traveled. Incredible views of Front Range and A-Basin Ski Resort. Prime, excellent, and bluebird summer conditions up high for navigating slopes and ridge line extremely well. Successful traverse from neighboring "SW Lenawee" (13,180'). Trail runners and light pack were good. Climb safely / swiftly in the hills folks. Pictures included as beta |
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8/20/2016 Route: South Ridge Posted On: 8/28/2016, By: mdavenport2 Info: Clear and dry. Perfect summer conditions. |
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6/26/2015 Route: Sniktau/Cupid/Grizzly Peak D/Lenawee Posted On: 6/26/2015, By: JasonKline Info: Did the Sniktau/Cupid/Grizzly Peak D/Lenawee route from http://www.quackquackcolorado.com/mt-sniktau-cupid-grizzly-peak-d-lenawee-mtn/ Although there was still a decent amount of snow up there, it was easily avoidable. Microspikes and ice axe weren‘t needed. Avoiding the snow between Grizzly Peak D and Lenawee required some careful route finding to keep it down to Class 3. |
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7/27/2013 Route: From Loveland Pass Posted On: 8/6/2013, By: k-berger Info: Not enough information for a full trip report, but there is a lack of beta online for this traverse so I figured I would add a little detail. We went from Loveland Pass to A-basin (set up a car shuttle in the AM) by summiting Grizzly, over to Lenawee and then to the top of the ski resort. This is an excellent route with some great scrambling from Grizz to Lenawee - I would say the hardest moves go at class 4. There are several loose holds, so testing everything is a must on the route. The traverse from Lenawee to A-basin is tedious and not as much fun as G to L. If you aren‘t set on reaching the top of A-basin, bailing out after topping Lenawee would be the better option. Overall, a great scramble, close to Denver and no crowds - although you do have a great view of the conga line up Grays.... |
