Antora Peak

Route: Bonanza TH
Posted On: 6/7/2025, By: mrickers
Info: Summer conditions. Some snow above 13k, but it is inconsequential. 

Route: North Ridge from east side / Bonanza
Posted On: 6/23/2024, By: tefensmom
Info: The mosquitoes are slightly better than last conditions update. Summer conditions. Made it to TH at 38.32919, -106.18364 no problem in my AWD RAV4 with all-terrains despite a local flagging me down just before the mine to tell me I wouldnt be able to make it and should turn around now. Road was easy peasy and Im not a big risk taker. 

Route: Upper Kerber Creek/Bonanza
Posted On: 6/9/2024, By: kyrawhitworth
Info: All snow is now avoidable save for two small patches up high. Didnt need spikes. Main update is HOLY MOSQUITOS. Our RT time was less than four hrs as we couldnt stop without several landing on us up until 12700. We talked to a guy at the summit who had come from the Marshall Pass side and he encountered snow drifts throughout the trees. 

Route: From Kerber Creek and over Sheep
Posted On: 5/28/2024, By: HikerGuy
Info: The views from Antora are outstanding! Surprisingly nice peak. FS862 is clear and dry to what I will call the Kerber Creek TH (unmarked). There is a sign, Mosquito Lake 1.5 miles, at the parking spot. Started out by walking on consolidated drifts through trees. I then hiked over Sheep. Mostly tundra with a bit of snow here and there from Sheep to Antora. Much snow remains, but everything was firm and supportive. Used microspikes, but nothing else. 5.93 miles and 2,860 feet. 

Route: Marshall Pass
Posted On: 7/4/2023, By: dereks95
Info: A little bit of snow on the route but you can keep your feet dry with a little weaving. Go get it! 

Route: N Slope from sheep
Posted On: 2/25/2023, By: yaktoleft13
Info: I started from the end of the plowing, located past Bonanza at the turnoff for LL56. after leaving the car, I immediately went the wrong way, but realized quick and got back on track. Road is snow-covered all the way to the summer parking. Trailbreaking once leaving the road at 10.8 was tough all the way to the ridge of Sheep at 11.5. A couple slopes to avoid on the ridge at treeline, easy enough to circumvent low and right. From there, it was a scree/tundra/snow hop to the saddle and up to the summit. Wore snowshoes from car to treeline, and spikes from treeline to summit. Really good, simple winter peak with solid access. 11.5 miles, 3650 gain 

Route: via bonanza
Posted On: 9/9/2022, By: zootloopz
Info: Less smokey than the sangres. 3 hours round trip / 6.5 miles / 2,600 ft gain. 90% off trail. 50% forest schwack with blow downs. No cell service anywhere in the area except for on top of the peak. Wear pants for this one, the route is covered in those types of ferns that latch onto socks. 

Route: Kerber Creek
Posted On: 5/31/2022, By: kwhit24
Info: Adding a few pictures to piggyback on the other reports that already talk about the lack of snow. Road is clear and my Ford Edge made it up easily. I was driving from Pagosa Springs so start at noon and summit by 1:50pm. Tagged Sheep Mtn on the way back 

Route: Kerner Creek
Posted On: 5/28/2022, By: thebeave7
Info: Parked at the mine down low because I wanted extra miles. Road would have been perfectly passable to my Rav4 or any Subaru to the end. The schwack up the SE ridge of Sheep went pretty well (took a direct line), snow is a non issue below treeline. The bowl has patchy snow, but it's all shallow and much can be avoided. No gear needed. Tagged Sheep on the way back then got in a short glisade. Early summer conditions in the area, snow pretty much a non issue. Ouray, Shavano and Tab are melting fast but still holding a solid dusting. The Sangres are totally white above treeline until you get to the Blanca group. 

Route: Kerber Creek/East
Posted On: 5/27/2022, By: malogos
Info: Below treeline, avoidable patches of snow, but this means lots of bushwacking. Above treeline, numerous bands of snow, most of which are avoidable. Walked on dry tundra and talus for all but maybe 100yds of the ascent. Then I realized the snow bands tend to be only 2-3in deep and just started going through them on the descent. No flotation or spikes necessary. 

Route: Brewery creek & east ridge loop
Posted On: 4/4/2022, By: Marmot72
Info: Do this now if the stair master at your gym broke and you find post holing in snowshoes to be a fun alternative! Snow is a mess of sugar. Between 10k and 11k, it's no exaggeration to say I sank to my knee (in snowshoes) at least one of every three steps. Above tree line is better and summit is mostly dry, but whether going east ridge or south ridge, there's no escaping the post hole apocalypse of the trees. 

Route: From Bonanza
Posted On: 6/6/2021, By: Reg0928
Info: Essentially summer conditions. A little bit of weaving through drifts in the trees, but you can leave the gear at home. I never touched snow 

Route: Bonanza TH
Posted On: 5/28/2021, By: angry
Info: Mostly dry. Minor post-holing below treeline. Did not use traction or flotation. 

Route: Antora meadows
Posted On: 7/21/2020, By: Kcmartinez22
Info: Follow the Antora meadows 4wd road from the brewery creek gate. It goes all the way to .9 miles below the summit. Straightforward and easy. Just stay on the road. 

Route: East Slopes
Posted On: 5/30/2020, By: supranihilest
Info: We started at the unnamed creek north of Slaughterhouse Creek (took CR LL56/FS 861 from Villa Grove; 2WD is fine) and ascended northwest until we were on a shallow rib. We did not descend back down the western side of this rib but continued up towards 12er Sheep Mountain then curved around under it. There was a snowfield crossing or two but nothing major and the snow was mostly supprtive; no postholing. We then ascended directly up Antora from the Antora/Sheep saddle which was steep and on dinner plated trash. Kind of irritating but could definitely be worse. Instead of descending the way we came we went over Sheep Mountain and Sheep Mountain's northeast summit, avoiding all snow. We descended back to the Sheep/Sheep Northeast saddle then down towards Mosquito Lake on steep, hummocky dirt, then found an old disused road that we followed back to our cars.