Mount Shavano 4/17/10

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Mount Shavano
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Mount Shavano 4/17/10

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Image Type(s):	Hiking, Topo/Diagram, Informational, Scenery, Panorama

This hike is vying...

... for my favorite to date. I planned our route by drawing on a topo map and plugging it into my GPS. We used snowmobiles to reach the summer trailhead and after a short hike on the flat we started climbing the ridge. We were socked in, the snow was deep, and we were apparently discovering all the weak spots. But soon we climbed above the clouds into sunshine and incredible views as we reached timberline. We made our way up the craggy ridge over "Esprit Point" to the saddle below Shavano's south slopes. By this point we were thoroughly exhausted. We climbed up to the summit where we decided we had no reserves to bag Tabegauche and reclimb over Shavano. So we called it good and descended in the waning sunlight.

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Senad Rizvanovic - Apr 22, 2010 9:07 am - Hasn't voted

Well..

Nice report Michael, glad to John is all well and good!

metal4lyf - Apr 22, 2010 10:35 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Well..

Thanks Sen. John was awesome!

Senad Rizvanovic - Apr 22, 2010 10:52 am - Hasn't voted

...

We have to climb something together one of these days

metal4lyf - Apr 23, 2010 10:26 am - Hasn't voted

Re: ...

absolutely!

Senad Rizvanovic - May 20, 2010 1:03 pm - Hasn't voted

hey

I did Angle of Shavano last weekend, i love it.
Did you summit Capitol?

metal4lyf - May 20, 2010 3:14 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: hey

We decided to do Tabeguache instead. Did you go on Saturday? We might have seen each other!

Senad Rizvanovic - May 24, 2010 9:27 am - Hasn't voted