7/8/2025 Route: Imogene Pass Posted On: 7/10/2025, By: JasonKline Info: Starting from the northern terminus of the Imogene Pass Road near Yankee Boy Basin (aka as far as my Hyundai Ioniq could go since the Imogene Pass Road was right out), this route combined https://www.listsofjohn.com/tr?Id=12296&pkid=472 and https://www.listsofjohn.com/tr?Id=19976&pkid=724 to do a loop of Hayden South->Richmond->T8->T7->Chicago->Tomboy. The route is basically in summer conditions. Most of the remaining snow is avoidable. The only places where I stepped on snow were (1) on the Richmond Road around 11,700' on the way up to Hayden South and (2) around 12,500' between Richmond and T8, and both crossings were inconsequential. If you can drive up to where the Richmond Road leaves the Imogene Pass Road, you can save some distance and elevation. |
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8/29/2021 Route: from T7 Posted On: 8/29/2021, By: SnowAlien Info: Lots of 4x4 traffic on Imogen pass. Left the road and hiked T7, then traversed to Chicago pk and Tomboy pk. T7 doesn't have a register, but Chicago pk and Tomboy have new ones. |
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8/5/2021 Route: Via Imogene Pass Road Posted On: 8/6/2021, By: supranihilest Info: I parked on Yankee Boy Basin Road and took Imogene Pass Road all the way up. 90% of the road below treeline is wet and muddy, perhaps 10-20% above treeline is wet. The ridge from Imogene Pass to Chicago is easier than it looks as all of the gendarmes can be bypassed on the right side. Terrain is typical loose Sneffels Range scree and talus with a little exposure, mostly Class 2, fair bit of Class 2+, and I had a move of Class 3 that could probably be avoided. I was never on top of the gendarmes themselves. The ridge goes up and down a few times but nothing serious. Final stretch to Chicago is on easy scree. Don't make the mistake I did and take CR 361 down to Camp Bird Mine if you parked at the start of CR 26A (aka Imogene Pass Road). It's an easy mistake to make if you're descending in the dark like I was. |
